Geese being released, following their treatment at CWRC

Sivasagar (Assam): Six Himalayan griffon vultures and a number of migratory geese were killed due to poisoning in Sivasagar district of the northeast Indian state of Assam last week. Six of the poisoned geese were treated at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC), and released.

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Dudhwa (Uttar Pradesh): A group of frontline forest staff in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh was trained on widely-used scientific techniques to help track, monitor and estimate abundance of tigers and their prey, last week.

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File photo: Wild buffaloes in Kaziranga National Park, Assam.

Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal): Authorities in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal have seized a huge cache of horns, suspected to belong to the endangered wild buffalo, raising fears of trade as a potential threat to the species of which less than 4000 individuals remain in [...]

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File photo: Leopard and otter skins seized in Majnu-ka-Tila in 2005

Nagpur: The Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nagpur, yesterday denied bail to the eight persons arrested in November last year for illegal trade in wildlife articles including tiger skins and bones.

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