Tiger head in a villager's cupboard
In an incident highlighting the forest department's failure in saving the big cat from poachers, the sawn-off head of a tiger was found in a remote village in the Kalimpong Range of the West Bengal
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PETA files suit against Empire Circus, police
The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) an NGO, has filed a law suit in the Bombay High Court against Maharashtra government, Empire Circus and the police. In the suit, PETA which is
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Pench: State yet to extend tiger reserve
Madhya Pradesh has taken a big step towards developing its side of the Pench National Park on the lines of Kanha National Park, but the Maharashtra Government seems to be in no hurry to act on the
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Olive Ridleys continue to fall prey to fish nets
The Olive Ridley sea turtles, an endangered species, have started congregating on the Orissa coast like in the previous years. And they have also started falling victim to the killer nets of the
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Animal acts in circus banned
Taking a note of the cruelty being inflicted on performing animals, the Jalandhar district administration has banned performance by an animal in Bharat Circus, running in the Pratap Bagh. Mr K. Siva
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Jumbo circus seeks more time to shift animals
The management of the Jumbo Circus has sought more time to shift two of its animals, a hippopotamus and a chimpanzee, to the Chhatbir Zoo. District Magistrate Tejveer Singh had written to the circus
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No clue yet to doves' death at KNP
Assam State Forest Department is yet to ascertain the actual cause of recent death to several doves inside the sprawling Kaziranga National Park (KNP). However, the director of the national park, Sri
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Bush set to order shots for smallpox
President Bush is expected to order smallpox vaccinations for 500,000 U.S. military personnel and 510,000 civilian medical workers as a precaution against a biological attack by Iraqi agents or other
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No bauxite extracted, says Satara collector
In a curious development in the controversy about illegal bauxite mining in Satara, the collector has issued an order that runs contrary to information the government announced the legislature. The
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Ground under our feet
Call it a chief justice's farewell gift to the nation, if you will, but Chief Justice B.N. Kirpal did the right thing by signing off his tenure with a landmark order banning mining activity in the
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Australia is desperate for rain
Australian government officials are calling it the country's worst drought in the century. While waiting for rains that would revive his prairie, Hagarty, 68 has been forced to sell most of his
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Export credit agencies 'need tough guidelines'
Environmental pressure groups will meet official from the Organsation for Economic Co-operation and Development as they launch a campaign for tough social and environmental guidelines to be imposed
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US air pollution trading scheme achieving reductions
Emissions of sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides from power plants are both down - due to the emissions trading programme, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced. According to the
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Canada publishes climate change plan
Canada has published its plan for tackling climate change, which includes emissions trading for large industrial emitters, increased investment in innovative technologies, and taxes. The Canadian
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US states tackling climate change, despite Bush's antithesis
Despite George W Bush's lack of action on climate change, US states such as Texas and Nebraska have been making great strides in reducing emissions of man-made greenhouse gases, says a new report.
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Call to implement environmental laws
The Centre for Environment and Development (CEAD), Pakistan, has said drought management plans should be prepared and environmental problems should be addressed on emergency basis. The office-bearers
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Defunct defense sites littered with problems
Dozens of sites, adding up to an area larger than the state of Florida, are contaminated by bombs, chemical and biological weapons buried on abandoned and converted defense sites, show documents from
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At least 37 people killed in floods in Morocco
Floods caused by heavy rains in Morocco have killed at least 37 people, collapsed homes, shut down rail travel and damaged the country's huge oil refinery, officials said. People gather where oil
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May target soot in climate change work - US official
The United States may put more stress on controlling carbon soot as a speedy way to respond to global warming, White House science advisor John Marburger said this week. Marburger used carbon soot
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Drought-hit farmers turn water thieves in tradition of Ned Kelly
Australia's outback has seen its fair share of thieves, from legendary Aboriginal emu-stealer Lungkata to 19th century sheep rustler Ned Kelly. But things appear to have hit rock bottom with the