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Radio collar fitted to Sunderbans tigress falls off

Ananya Dutta

It was fastened less than two weeks ago

Concerns raised over success of the initiative

KOLKATA: Animal instinct seems to have won over human intervention in one particular case as a pair of tigers detached the radio-collar fastened onto a tigress less than two weeks ago by officials of the State's forest department as part of the ongoing tiger census.

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Ranthambhor tigers in danger

Sunny Sebastian

One of the young male tigers found dead outside the Ranthambhor National Park over the past weekend

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Getting to the 1,412th tiger

Want to increase the number of tigers? Pay people quickly and generously for the crops destroyed or the cattle killed

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Conduct animal census on scientific basis: Kerkar

Environmentalist, Rajendra Kerkar has said that the proposed animal census in state’s wildlife sanctuaries should be done on scientific basis.
Kerkar feels that by conducting animal census, the state will be in better position to predict whether Goa is a tiger habitat or not.

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Poisoning of tigers sparks debate on management

RASHME SEHGAL

The poisoning March 10: The poisoning f two tigers on the outskirts f Ranthambore National Park has once again trigered a fresh debate etween tiger conservationsts and the government's wn forest officials maning the key tiger sanctuares in the country.

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UP: HC sends notice over monkey issue

The Allahabad high court has issued show cause notices to three officials for noncompliance of an order, asking them to initiate steps to drive away dangerous monkeys from a village in the district. The officials who have been issued the notice include Pilibhit district magistrate and Vishalpur SDM, reports our correspondent.

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29 elephants knocked down by trains in last three years

Twenty-nine elephants have been killed after being knocked down by trains across the country since 2007, the Lok Sabha was informed today.

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