All Posts Tagged With: "wildlife protection act"

Elephants to now get same level of protection as tigers

Source: The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government on Tuesday accepted the Elephant Task Force report and decided to set up a National Elephant Conservation Authority along the lines of that existing for the tiger. The task force, led by Mahesh Rangarajan, submitted its report to the environment and forests ministry and recommended that [...]

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Zoo set to welcome new guests

Source: The Times of India KANPUR: The Kanpur Zoological Park will soon be welcoming another pair of barking deer (a rare specie) which is known for producing a strange sound, like that of a dog. With an aim to add a variety to its animal kingdom, the zoo is presently making fresh endeavours to go [...]

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Four blackbucks brought to Pradhyuman Park zoo

Source: The Times of India RAJKOT: Elegant blackbucks will be back in the newly-built Pradhyuman Park zoo in the city soon. Four blackbucks were recently brought from Surat zoo to Rajkot and are under observation here. According to Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) officials, the animals were brought from Surat in a truck. Surat zoo has [...]

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Ailing bear dies at Lucknow zoo

The Times of India LUCKNOW: Chhotu, the five-year old Indian sloth bear, died at Lucknow zoo on Saturday. Chhotu was brought to the zoo on July 19, 2007, after being rescued from Azamgarh forest division. The animal had been ailing for a long time and was undergoing treatment for lung infection. Chhotu was rescued from [...]

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Cobra dies without mate at Solapur zoo

Prafulla Marpakwar- The Times of India MUMBAI: A 16-foot long King Cobra, which was gifted ‘freedom’ by the Bombay high court had four days before Valentine’s Day last month, has died at the Mahatma Gandhi Zoo in Solapur. On Wednesday, when the PIL filed by nature lover Gururaj Pore comes up for hearing, there will [...]

9Mar2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Rare deer breed at Kanpur zoo

Abhinav Malhotra – The Times of India KANPUR: Here is a piece of good news for all nature and wildlife lovers. Three Thamin deer (critically endangered specie of deer) have recently given birth to healthy fawns (one each) at the Kanpur zoological park. Thamins, which are also known as ‘Brow Antlered Deer’ or ‘Dancing Deer’ [...]

6Nov2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Rescued bears brought to Vandalur zoo

D Madhavan – The Times of India CHENNAI: Three sloth bears, rescued at a bus stand in Kuthumedu of Villupuram district by forest officials on Saturday, were brought to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur on Monday. “We had been asked by a court to be the custodian of the rescued animals. All the [...]

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Baby orang utans rescued

By HILARY CHIEW – The Star Online KUALA LUMPUR: Three baby orang utans believed to be part of a smuggled group of five animals were confiscated from the Taiping Zoo and a private ostrich breeder in Klang recently by the Department of Wildlife and National Park (Perhilitan). The raid on the zoo came about after [...]

30Jun2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Zoological Park gets 3 new inhabitants

The Wildlife Wing of the Forest department have, on two different incidents, rescued one male Clouded Leopard (Neofelis Nebulosa) and a Slow Loris with its baby. The Clouded Leopard was rescued on April 16 from Bade Village with assistance from troops of the 24th Assam Rifles. The animal has been shifted to the Nagaland Zoological [...]

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