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		<title>Porbandar swings into action for &#8216;Whale Shark Day&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Porbandar (Gujarat): A huge crowd gathered today at the Chowpatti cricket ground in Porbandar, Gujarat, for the annual &#8216;whale shark day&#8217; celebrations. 
Students, local fishermen, Indian as well as international marine experts and other stake holders were among the participants, who congregated to celebrate the  existence and protection of whale sharks along Gujarat&#8217;s coast and to assert their support to its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/11/27/porbandar-swings-into-action-for-whale-shark-day/</link>
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		<title>Second seizure of illegally-procured teak in less than 24 hours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delhi: Less than a day after more than 100 cubic feet of illegally-procured teak was seized at Old Delhi Railway Station, another consignment of a higher quantity headed for the same station was intercepted and seized today at Ghaziabad Railway Station. 
The consecutive seizures have brought to light the extent of wood smuggling going on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/11/21/second-seizure-of-illegally-procured-teak-in-less-than-24-hours/</link>
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		<title>100 cu ft teak seized in Delhi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delhi: More than 100 cubic feet teak, believed to have been illegally-procured, was seized today by authorities at the Old Delhi Railway Station. The teak was sent from Diphu, Assam, through cargo via Brahmaputra Mail. Further investigation is on-going. 
The seizure was jointly done by Delhi Police, Railway authorities and People for Animals staff. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/11/20/100-cu-ft-teak-seized-in-delhi/</link>
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		<title>Rare traditional Kashmir pashmina for sale in Delhi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delhi: Buyers looking for authentic and high quality Kashmir handmade pashmina, which was recently awarded the Geographical Indication (GI) of Origin, will be able to purchase them at Dilli Haat in Delhi during the fortnight-long &#8216;Dastkar&#8217; festival that began Tuesday.







A stall selling Kashmir handmade pashmina products including shawls, stoles and scarves, has been set up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/11/20/rare-traditional-kashmir-pashmina-for-sale-in-delhi/</link>
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		<title>IFAW-WTI team rescues wild tiger from well</title>
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Tezpur (Assam): In a daring operation, an adult male tiger which had fallen into an open well, was rescued and released today by  the forest department and the rescue team from International Fund for Animal Welfare and the Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI).
The tiger was noticed by local villagers yesterday morning in a well near Tezpur in the northern Indian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/10/30/ifaw-wti-team-rescues-wild-tiger-from-well/</link>
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		<title>Czech convict jumps bail, escapes from India</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Darjeeling (West Bengal): Emil Kucera, one of the two Czech nationals convicted in a case of biopiracy in Darjeeling district, West Bengal, less than two months ago, has jumped bail and fled from India. 
Convicted for collecting insects illegally from Singhalila National Park, Kucera was sentenced to three years imprisonment along with a fine, on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/10/30/czech-convict-jumps-bail-escapes-from-india/</link>
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		<title>CITES-APPROVED IVORY SALE BEGINS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Namibia: The controversial auction of stockpiled ivory from four African nations approved by the 14th CoP of CITES began yesterday. About 7 tonnes of raw African elephant tusks as well as carved ivory from Namibia were sold to bidders Japan and China on the first day.
The ongoing one-off sale of about 108 tonnes of ivory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/10/29/cites-approved-ivory-sale-begins/</link>
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		<title>20 get three years imprisonment for hunting Asiatic lions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Junagadh (Gujarat): Twenty persons were convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment by a Gujarat court today, for poaching endangered Asiatic lions in Gir National Park in March last year. 
The Court of PK Makwana, I class magistrate, Junagadh, announced the sentence which also included a fine of Rs 10,000 each.
JM Sakanpara, public prosecutor, said, “The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/10/23/20-get-three-years-imprisonment-for-hunting-asiatic-lions/</link>
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		<title>Conservationists continue to sound alarm over international ivory sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delhi: The controversial auction of nearly 108 tonnes of stockpiled ivory (equivalent to about 10,000 dead elephants) from four African nations to bidders Japan and China, begins in a week.
Despite strong protest from conservationists, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) had earlier this year, approved this one-off sale, intended to generate revenues [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/10/20/conservationists-continue-to-sound-alarm-over-international-ivory-sale/</link>
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		<title>Authorities speed up project to mitigate elephant deaths due to train hits in Assam</title>
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Guwahati (Assam): A recently-initiated project to &#8216;mitigate elephant mortality due to train accidents&#8217; in Assam looks likely to be sped up following the death of a pregnant feral elephant, hit by a goods train just outside Guwahati, along the track connecting Azara to Kamakhya, yesterday. 
An initiative of the Wildlife Trust of India, the project is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/10/17/authorities-speed-up-project-to-mitigate-elephant-deaths-due-to-train-hits-in-assam/</link>
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		<title>Wildlife traders held in Bijnor, UP</title>
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Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh): Three wildlife traders were arrested from Chandpur Village in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, on Saturday, when they unwittingly attempted to sell ivory and elephant molar teeth to a decoy customer. Two molar teeth weighing five kilogrammes each were seized from them in the undercover operation, jointly implemented by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/10/14/wildlife-traders-held-in-bijnor-up/</link>
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		<title>Penguins flown South for record-breaking release to the wild in Brazil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rio Grande (Brazil): Close to 400 rescued penguins took to the skies on a C-130 Hercules military aircraft bound for Pelotas, in southern Brazil where they were released back to their ocean home. The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) assisted the Instituto Mamíferos Aquáticos (IMA) and Brazilian officials to save hundreds of juvenile Magellanic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/10/06/penguins-flown-south-for-record-breaking-release-to-the-wild-in-brazil/</link>
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		<title>WTI-IFAW recommended Kashmir Pashmina GI awarded</title>
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Delhi: Ending two years of litigation the Kashmir Handmade Pashmina Promotion Trust (KHPPT) and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) on the one hand, and the Crafts Development Institute (CDI) and the Tahafuz, on the other, resolved their differences leading to the award of Geographical Indications of Goods patent to Kashmir Pashmina.
The Geographical Indication (GI) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/18/wti-ifaw-recommended-kashmir-pashmina-gi-awarded/</link>
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		<title>800 openbill storks die in Assam as nesting tree collapses</title>
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Shilonijan (Assam): In a freak accident, more than 800 Asian openbill storks, mostly chicks and juveniles, were killed as the banyan tree on which they were nesting collapsed on Monday night.

Sixty-one birds which survived were brought to IFAW-WTI run Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation on Tuesday from Shilonijan in Karbi Anglong Autonomous District, where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/18/800-openbill-storks-die-in-assam-as-nesting-tree-collapses/</link>
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		<title>4 sloth bears readied for Indian Kalandar market seized in Nepal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Delhi: Four sloth bears including a cub were rescued by authorities in Lahan in the southeastern Sirhaha district in Nepal, last week, acting on the information provided by the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI). Three of the four bears were adults trained as dancing bears to be sold to Kalandars in India. 
With the support of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/17/4-sloth-bears-readied-for-indian-kalandar-market-seized-in-nepal/</link>
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		<title>Flood relief operations in Bihar continue in the face of new challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forbesganj (Bihar): Water level in the flood-hit East Indian state of Bihar is gradually receding in places. However, the animal toll is not expected to stop at the current official number of 131. Over 23,000 cattle are estimated to have been affected by the flood in two districts of Araria and Supaul alone. The IFAW-WTI team based in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/16/flood-relief-operations-in-bihar-continue-in-the-face-of-new-challenges/</link>
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		<title>Quickest wildlife trial in India; Three years imprisonment for insect thief Kucera</title>
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Darjeeling (West Bengal): In India’s fastest legal trial for a wildlife case, Emil Kucera, one of the Czech nationals convicted for illegally collecting rare insect species from Singhalila National Park, was sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Darjeeling, today. He was also given a fine of Indian Rupees (INR) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/10/quickest-wildlife-trial-in-india-three-years-imprisonment-for-insect-thief-kucera/</link>
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		<title>IFAW-WTI step up emergency relief in Bihar</title>
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IFAW-WTI rescue team members load boats with relief material for distribution




By Aniruddha Mookerjee
Forbesganj, Bihar: An International Fund for Animal Welfare and Wildlife Trust of India (IFAW-WTI) Emergency Relief team camping in the flood hit northern Bihar has treated over 6000 cattle and livestock, that escaped the fury of the catastrophic floods, but were starving.







A relief [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/08/ifaw-wti-step-up-emergency-relief-in-bihar/</link>
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		<title>Czechs convicted of insect theft</title>
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Darjeeling (West Bengal): The two Czech nationals Petr Svacha and Emil Kucera accused of unauthorisedly collecting rare insect species from Singhalila National Park were today convicted of their crime by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) of Darjeeling. 
The CJM has announced them guilty of violating both the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 as well as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/08/czechs-convicted-of-insect-theft/</link>
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		<title>IFAW to eBay: First clean up your own site</title>
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Yarmouth Port (USA): IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) expressed dismay with eBay’s investment in a new “socially responsible” web site when it has not yet meaningfully addressed significant animal welfare and conservation issues on its own flagship site. 
Last week, eBay launched WorldofGood.com, billing it as “a new e-commerce marketplace” that offers “products [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/08/ifaw-to-ebay-first-clean-up-your-own-site/</link>
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		<title>IFAW-WTI begins rescue operation in flood-hit Bihar</title>
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IFAW-WTI staff ensure food availabilty for cattle affected by flood 


New Delhi: Even as the Kosi River continues to wreak unprecedented havoc in the lives of humans and animals alike in Bihar, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have dispatched a team of veterinarians and rehabilitators to assist in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/04/ifaw-wti-begins-rescue-operation-in-flood-hit-bihar/</link>
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		<title>India amends pharmaceutical law to protect vultures</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Delhi: The Government of India has amended the Drugs and Cosmetics Act to affirm the existing ban on diclofenac, giving a major boost to vulture conservation efforts in the country.
The notification issued by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on July 5 this year states that it “prohibits the manufacture, sale and distribution [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/03/india-amends-pharmaceutical-law-to-protect-vultures/</link>
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		<title>United and prepared, agencies face floods in Kaziranga</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kaziranga (Assam): Heavy rain in the last few days has resulted in flooding in Kaziranga National Park and animal displacement has begun. The Assam Forest Department and Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) supported by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) have responded by gearing up their flood management measures. Patrols, to prevent poaching of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/03/united-and-prepared-agencies-face-floods-in-kaziranga/</link>
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		<title>Survey of endangered Mishmi takin begins in Arunachal Pradesh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Arunachal Pradesh: An extensive survey to assess the distribution and population status of the endangered Mishmi takin has begun in the northeastern Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The survey will also cover parts of Sikkim from where the species has been reported, and assess threats faced by the takin in both states. The information generated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/02/survey-of-endangered-mishmi-takin-begins-in-arunachal-pradesh/</link>
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		<title>Verdict on Czechs trial on September 4</title>
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Darjeeling (West Bengal): The verdict on the case against the two Czech nationals arrested for illegal collection of insects from Singhalila National Park in Darjeeling, will be announced on September 4, 2008, the Chief Judicial Magistrate has said.
The foreigners, Petr Svacha and Emil Kucera were arrested on June 22 from a hotel in Srikhola near [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wildlifetrustofindia.org/news-archives/2008/09/01/verdict-on-czechs-trial-on-september-4/</link>
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