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Rare Orange Bat And Endangered Indian Wolf Spotted In Chhattisgarh's Bastar
The Indian Wolf has been listed as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 due to its extremely low numbers.
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80 Endangered Turtles Rescued In Agra, 3 Arrested
Parvesh Kumar, Station House Officer said these turtles are of engendered species and they are hunted for their meat and even exported to the South Asian countries.
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Killing of Cecil Pressures United States to Protect African Lion
The killing of Cecil the lion by a US hunter in Zimbabwe has turned up the pressure on Washington to extend legal protection to the African lion by declaring it an endangered species, but some hunting advocates said that would lead to more regulations that could ultimately harm the big cats.
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US Wildlife Managers Declare Eastern Cougar Extinct
Eastern cougars that once roamed North America from parts of Canada to South Carolina are extinct and no longer warrant federal Endangered Species Act protections, US wildlife managers said on Tuesday.
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600 Kilograms of Sea Cucumber Seized in Tamil Nadu
A large quantity of sea cucumber, an endangered species under the Wildlife Protection Act, has been seized from a fishing hamlet near Nagapattinam and one person arrested on the charge of stocking it with a plan to smuggle it to Sri Lanka.
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Man keeps swamp deer captive in house
Mangal Dehriya , a resident of Nainpur in Mandla district near Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, has illegally kept a swamp deer in his house.
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Rare Orange Bat And Endangered Indian Wolf Spotted In Chhattisgarh's Bastar
The Indian Wolf has been listed as a Schedule I species in the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972 due to its extremely low numbers.
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80 Endangered Turtles Rescued In Agra, 3 Arrested
Parvesh Kumar, Station House Officer said these turtles are of engendered species and they are hunted for their meat and even exported to the South Asian countries.
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Killing of Cecil Pressures United States to Protect African Lion
The killing of Cecil the lion by a US hunter in Zimbabwe has turned up the pressure on Washington to extend legal protection to the African lion by declaring it an endangered species, but some hunting advocates said that would lead to more regulations that could ultimately harm the big cats.
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US Wildlife Managers Declare Eastern Cougar Extinct
Eastern cougars that once roamed North America from parts of Canada to South Carolina are extinct and no longer warrant federal Endangered Species Act protections, US wildlife managers said on Tuesday.
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600 Kilograms of Sea Cucumber Seized in Tamil Nadu
A large quantity of sea cucumber, an endangered species under the Wildlife Protection Act, has been seized from a fishing hamlet near Nagapattinam and one person arrested on the charge of stocking it with a plan to smuggle it to Sri Lanka.
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Man keeps swamp deer captive in house
Mangal Dehriya , a resident of Nainpur in Mandla district near Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, has illegally kept a swamp deer in his house.
