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People want conservation of Krishna's 'pristine pastures' As the three-day-long Sri Krishna Janmashtmi celebrations began in Braj Mandal, the green activists are debating: "Can the Sri Krishna Land, spread over 84 kos (roughly 100 km around Mathura) be saved from spurious development that is turning the pilgrim area into tourist or picnic spots with all …

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Bengal tiger maimed by crocodile 13 yrs ago turns 25 at South Khairbari rehab A Bengal tiger, rescued from the Sunderbans 13 years ago after being maimed by a crocodile, turned 25 on Monday at the South Khairbari Leopard Rehabilitation Centre in north Bengal’s Alipurduar district, forest officials said. A video on life of the …

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Indore Survey finds 18 new bird species in Ralamandal Wildlife Sanctuary Bird species population down in Ralamandal to 78 species from 82 species in the second survey conducted on Sunday. Along with some other striking species, Peregrine falcon –the fastest bird and in fact the fastest animal on Earth, has flown away for now. The …

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Tigers too Have a Right to Privacy; Uttarakhand keeping wildlife reserves always open is problematic at many levels The Uttarakhand government has decided to keep the Jim Corbett National Park and the Rajaji Tiger Reserve open all year round to boost tourism. This raises an important question, has the time come to grant the right …

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Rajasthan's Ramgarh Wildlife Sanctuary upgraded to Tiger Reserve Rajasthan now has 4 Tiger Reserves after National Tiger Conservation Authority (NCTA) gave its nod to notify Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary as a Tiger Reserve. The other notable Tiger Reserves are Ranthambhore, Sariska and Mukundara. The addition of Ramgarh Sanctuary as a Tiger Reserve has taken the …

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Odisha’s blackbucks(Krushnasara Mruga) double in 6 years, reveals census Odisha’s blackbuck population has doubled in the last six years, according to figures from the latest population census released recently by the chief conservator of forest (wildlife). The antelopes numbered 7,358 — 4,196 females, 1,712 males and 1,450 young, according to census figures. The census was …