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Animals News tagged with poachers

Dolphin Murder Shocks Nitish
Animals  (tags: ganga dolphin, river, death, murdered, killed, poachers, investigation, outrage )

Simone
- 1 day ago - telegraphindia.com
Poachers allegedly killed a dolphin -- India's national aquatic animal -- in the Ganga, sending shockwaves among environmentalists. The Manmohan Singh government conferred the 'national' honour on the fresh-water mammal as recently as October 5. The
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Poachers Kill 65 Elephants, 30 Rhinos in Zimbabwe: Official
Animals  (tags: elephants massacred, ivory trade, international crime sydnicate, poachers, wildlife, tragedy )

Simone
- 7 days ago - google.com
An international crime syndicate is behind an escalation in poaching in Zimbabwe which has slaughtered 65 elephants and 30 rhinos this year, a wildlife official said Monday. "From January to October this year we have lost 65 elephants through poaching
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Poacher Kills Trophy Bull Moose on Jefferson River
Animals  (tags: poachers, killed, moose, slaughter, wildanimals )

Lone
- 11 days ago - missoulian.com
CARDWELL - A trophy bull moose living along the Jefferson River near Cardwell was shot from a road and left to rot, state wildlife officials said Monday
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With CBI Hot on Trail, Poachers Killed Tiger in Tadoba Reserve
Animals  (tags: CBI, investigatins, poaching, poachers, wildlife, authorities, tigers killed )

Simone
- 14 days ago - indianexpress.com
For over two months, the CBI had been on the trail of the poaching gang that the agency's sleuths busted at Nagpur railway station on Friday. Over this period, the poachers not only managed to evade their pursuers but also killed a tiger in the Tadoba-
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Nepal Emerges as 'Poacher's Paradise'
Animals  (tags: nepal, wildlife, butchered, slaughtered, poachers, poaching, black market trade, tragedy )

Simone
- 16 days ago - google.com
Forest warden Narendra Man Babu Pradhan is on the frontline of Nepal's battle against poachers and he grimaces as he recalls the recent discovery of an injured rhino whose horn had been cut off. "We found a male rhino with bullet in his head around a
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Indonesia Activist Hunts Poachers of Endangered Wildlife
Animals  (tags: indonesia activist, poachers, endangered wildlife, markets, advocate )

Simone
- 21 days ago - latimes.com
The monkey, shackled to an iron stake, paced a narrow strip of dirt filled with its own excrement. As people laughed and pointed, the creature bared its teeth and lunged at the end of its line. "He gets angry," said one trader at the teeming animal
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Illegal Tiger Skin Trade : Illegal Tiger Skin Trade in China Exposed By Investigators
Animals  (tags: illegal tiger trade, poachers, endangered, investigations, china )

Simone
- 26 days ago - newspostonline.com
An undercover investigation by the Environment Investigation Agency has exposed the trade in tiger skins in China, which is continuing despite the fact that it is illegal in the country. According to a report by BBC News, the campaigning group has
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DANGER SIGNALS FOR THE SIBERIAN TIGER
Animals  (tags: siberian tigers, monitoring programme, survival, numbers, poachers, endangered )

Simone
- 35 days ago - wcsrussia.org
The Siberian Tiger Monitoring Program has released results indicating that Siberian tiger numbers are falling in the Russian Far East, primarily due to poaching and habitat degradation. The results can hopefully be used to improve conditions for tigers
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Two Poachers Shot to Death After Killing Rhino
Animals  (tags: animals, poachers, shot, killed, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife )

Cher
- 35 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Two poachers were killed over the weekend in India's Orang National Park after the duo allegedly killed a one-horned rhinoceros. The poachers were hoping to use the loud sounds and noises of the Diwali festivities to drown out the sound of their
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These Poachers Skinned Sariskas Tigers Alive
Animals  (tags: sariska tigers, poachers, captured, charged, horrendous cruelty, tigers, endangered, killed )

Simone
- 36 days ago - epaper.mailtoday.in
THE TWO most notorious killers of Sariskas tigers and leopards have recounted chilling details of how the big cats were mercilessly skinned alive to keep the value of the skin intact.
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Shot By Poachers, Rhino Drowns
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, poachers, killed, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 44 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
A bull rhino that had possibly been shot by poachers fell into the Torsha river in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary and drowned on Saturday morning. Another rhino carcass -- that of a female -- was found deep inside the forest a few hours late
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Elephant Poacher Killed in Zimbabwe, 3 Others Arrested
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, elephants, poachers, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 44 days ago - ecoworldly.com
After a gun battle in Charara National park near Sanyati Gorge, park rangers shot and killed an elephant poacher, arrested three accomplices - and recovered an AK-47 rifle
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Wildlife Authorities in War Against Tiger Poachers
Animals  (tags: wildlife, authorities, poachers, snares, tiger poachers, extinction, wildlife trade )

Simone
- 45 days ago - thestar.com.my
The Perak Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) has uncovered and destroyed 47 snares meant for tigers near the Royal Belum rainforest this year alone. State Perhilitan director Shabrina Shariff said the traps were found during its anti-
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Kaziranga Shootout Update: 3 Rhino Poachers Arrested
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, rhinos, poachers, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 60 days ago - ecoworldly.com
Forest officials have arrested three suspected poachers involved with last weekend's rhino killing in Kaziranga National Park.
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Bloodhounds Arrive in Kenya to Track Poachers
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, bloodhounds, poachers, environment, protection, wildlife, dogs )

Cher
- 84 days ago - ecoworldly.com
A pair of bloodhounds from Britain join Kenya's war against wildlife poachers.
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