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Animal Adoption Scheme at Delhi Zoo The National Zoological Park has come up with an amazing animal adoption scheme which will offer the animal lovers to participate in wildlife conservation. In this scheme, zoos offer the zoo animals/animal species in their collection to the general public for taking care of them. To adopt an animal, …

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Primate under threat: Why the slender loris needs a protected area in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul The slender loris(Loris lydekkerianus) is in danger. The loris has become threatened mainly because of habitat loss. The disappearance of the acacia tree, a preferred tree species of the loris, hunting for the pet trade and for their meat, road …

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Bakhira, Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuaries added to Ramsar sites; Total tally 49 in India India now has a total of 49 Ramsar sites covering an area of 10,93,636 hectares, the highest in South Asia. On the morning of World Wetlands Day, February 2, it was announced that Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat and Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary …

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Now Experts blame concretisation of Gauripada Lake walls for turtles' death: Kalyan Turtle Death Mystery Even as the official cause for the death of the turtles in Kalyan’s Gauripada Lake is still unknown, animal rescuers and activists from the city have blamed the concretisation of the lake walls in the name of beautification for the …

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‘Inaccuracies, procedural violations’ in Great Nicobar draft EIA report The details of the recently released draft environment impact assessment (EIA) report for the mega development project in the Great Nicobar Island have raised serious questions related to submission of incorrect or incomplete information, scientific inaccuracy and failure to follow appropriate procedure. A public hearing to …

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Leopard Skin, Elephant Tusk, Pangolin Scales Seized In Odisha, 1 Arrested One person was arrested in Odisha's Deogarh district after one leopard skin, an elephant tusk and pangolin scales of over one kilogram were recovered from his possession, police said. Acting on a tip-off, a team of special task force personnel conducted a search operation …