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Animals News tagged with India

Elephants Don't Belong in Zoos: Central Zoo Authority
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, elephants, zoos, India, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 3 days ago - beta.thehindu.com
As per an order from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) of India, "elephants have been banned from zoo collection throughout the country with immediate effect". The order stipulates that all elephants kept at zoos should be immediately relocated to elephant
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This Jungle Drives Away the Big Cats, and It Is Concrete
Animals  (tags: animals, tigers, India, habitat, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 6 days ago - dnaindia.com
Tigers have disappeared from 126 districts across India over the last 100 years and can be found in only 180 of the country's 593 districts. The main culprit for this approximately 40% shrinkage of habitat is the growth of towns into cities and cities
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Elephants in Indian Zoos, Circuses Moved to Sanctuaries
Animals  (tags: good news, zoo, circus elephants, india, moved to sanctuaries, safe, freedom )

Simone
- 6 days ago - washingtontimes.com
All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday. The decision affects around 140 elephants in 26 zoos and 16 circuses in the country,
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No More Elephants in India's Circuses and Zoos
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, elephants, zoos, India, environment, protection, suffering, wildlife )

Cher
- 8 days ago - animalrights.change.org
In Defense of Animals has just sent out word of good news for elephants in India. Recognizing that zoos and circuses can't possibly, even in the best of circumstances, meet these animals' needs, the Central Zoo Authority has ordered the release of 140
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Confinement of Elephants to Zoos Banned in India
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, elephants, captivity, banned, India, zoos, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 9 days ago - blog.peta.org
That's right. India, which is home to an estimated 23,900 to 32,900 wild elephants, will no longer allow its most prominent national symbol--the elephant--to be imprisoned in zoos. The move by India's Central Zoo Authority (CZA) comes after years of
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India (Various Locations): Animals in Urgent Need of Adoption / New Homes
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, adoptions, dogs, India, environment, protection, pets )

Cher
- 10 days ago - serbiananimalsvoice.wordpress.com
PLEASE TRY AND HELP FIND HOMES FOR ALL THESE LITTLE SAV BUDDIES
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India Calls for Elephant Range States to Address Increasing Elephant Deaths
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, elephants, killing, India, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 18 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Officials from elephant range states are meeting in Delhi this week in hopes of finding a solution to the growing number of elephant killings in India
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Indian Tiger Welfare Society
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, tigers, India, environment, habitat, protection, endangered, extinction, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 22 days ago - indiantiger.org
Indian Tiger Welfare Society, moved by the plight of the members of "Cat Family" like tigers due to shrinking habitat and large scale poaching, Indian Tiger Welfare was founded to spread awareness and work towards building safe haven for tigers that
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Dignitaries Come Calling at Sariska
Animals  (tags: animals, tigers, India, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 32 days ago - beta.thehindu.com
Visiting dignitaries of SAARC countries have been invited to witness India's success story in re-introduction of tigers in the wild in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve. That the wildlife authorities are comfortable enough to bring a group of foreign
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India to Showcase Tiger Conservation Success to SAARC Nations
Animals  (tags: animals, tigers, conservation, India, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, endangered, extinction, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 34 days ago - zeenews.com
India will showcase its success story in re-introducing big cats in Rajasthan's Sariska tiger reserve to the SAARC nations when their environment ministers meet here on Tuesday.
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Cheetah's Return in the Cards for India?
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cheetahs, India, return, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 38 days ago - treehugger.com
After widespread hunting of both the cheetah and its prey, along with the converting of grassland habitat to farmland, caused the big cat to disappear from India nearly a century ago, the world's fastest land animal may once again start zipping around
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Be Realistic. It's Rare to See a Tiger in India
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, tigers, India, habitat, protection, endangered, extinction, wildanimals, wildlife )

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- 41 days ago - independent.co.uk
As India's wild tigers fight for survival, our desire to see them grows. More boutique lodges are opening in the heartland state of Madhya Pradesh - courtesy of Taj Safaris, a joint venture between Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces and &Beyond.
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Governments Seeks Return of Cheetah to India
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, cheetahs, return, India, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 45 days ago - thaindian.com
The Ministry of Environment and Forests has asked the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to prepare a roadmap for re-introduction of the cheetah in India, the NGO said in a statement Wednesday. Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh conveyed the
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Elephant Goes on a Rampage in Southern India! Video!
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, India, elephants, rampage, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 52 days ago - guardian.co.uk
An elephant went on a rampage in India's southern Andhra Pradesh state during a ceremonial procession in the Tirupathi Balaji temple, injuring six people
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Wildlife Trust Of India
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, wildlife, India, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals )

Cher
- 58 days ago - wti.org.in
Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), is a non-profit conservation organisation, committed to urgent action that works towards the protection of India's wildlife. Its mission is to conserve nature, especially endangered species and threatened habitats, in
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