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6,960 poachers arrested for killing, trafficking 2,869 wild animals in last 10 yrs: Minister
While the seized elephant tusks have been stored at the state government's treasury, the other s…
PTI
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Odisha forest officials arrest poacher with leopard, deer skulls
Officials in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district arrested Lanka Badra for poaching, recovering skulls of a…
PTI
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A suspected poacher is missing after authorities say he jumped into a crocodile-infested lake to avoid arrest
A suspected poacher is missing after leaping into a crocodile-filled Lake St Lucia at a South Afric…
Joshua Zitser
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Suspected poacher trampled to death by elephants in South African national park
In 2019, another suspected rhino poacher was killed by a herd of elephants, and his remains were "d…
Zac Ntim
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Female African elephants evolved toward being tuskless over just a few decades as poachers sought ivory
During the civil war in Mozambique, armies hunted African elephants for ivory. That poaching led to…
Aylin Woodward
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Africa's last known white giraffe fitted with tracking device to stop poachers
The GPS was placed on one of the giraffe's horns giving rangers hourly updates of its location in t…
Naina Bhardwaj
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Arrested from Nicobar, Myanmarese poachers test Covid negative
Their samples were sent to Port Blair for Covid-19testing and the results were found to be negative…
PTI
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A notorious poacher suspected of killing up to 70 rare Bengal tigers captured after 20-year pursuit
Habib Talukder, 50, hunted the Sundarban, a vast mangrove forest straddling the border between Indi…
Ashley Collman
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Japan's coast guard busted 11 poachers who were trying to make off with 1,500 pounds of sea cucumbers worth $20,000
The group, completely kitted out with diving gear, was nabbed by the Japanese coast guard just off …
Cheryl Teh
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Amazon poached 30 executives from Microsoft in the last three years - six times as many executives as the next lead poacher, Google
The companies are innovating in such similar ways (e.g. smart assistants and cloud computing), that…
Prachi Bhardwaj
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The filmmakers behind a big game hunting documentary talk about tackling a controversial subject and their close call with a poacher
That led to the making of "Trophy" (opening in select theaters on Friday), the duo's powerful docum…
Jason Guerrasio
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Poachers Are Trying To Hack GPS Collars Of Endangered Species To Track And Kill Them
The World Wildlife Fund estimates that the illegal wildlife sale industry cashes in somewhere betwe…
Kelly Dickerson
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Poachers Machine Gun 33 Pregnant Elephants In Africa
"The killing of 86 elephants, including pregnant cows, is evidence of the callous brutality demande…
Jennifer Welsh
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2 lions made a mile-long swim across a crocodile-infested channel in search of mates. It's a sign of how desperate the animals are getting.
Two lions who are brothers swam for nearly a mile, potentially in search of mates, in a Uganda park…
Jenny McGrath
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Assam floods: 26 dead so far, 1.61 lakh people affected in 15 districts
The flood situation in Assam is still grim, as over 1.61 lakh people in 15 districts have been affe…
ANI
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Scientists finally think they know why giraffe necks are so long
Giraffes have the longest necks of any living animal today, but scientists debated why for over a c…
Jessica Orwig
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Climate change and human encroachment is making India's tigers move higher up the mountains
Recently, camera traps set up in various locations in the mountains of Sikkim have captured the a…
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Starbucks customers are snapping up $50 Stanley red holiday tumblers and reselling them for as much $300
Starbucks employees accused of buying limited-edition Stanley tumblers ahead of customers
Nancy Luna
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Exotic turtles have been poached to near-extinction in Asia, but in Hong Kong, these species thrive
Three species of turtles poached for sale in Asia are finding refuge in Hong Kong. But poachers cou…
Hannah Getahun
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The Queen owned swans, dolphins, whales, and sturgeons. Here's who inherits them now.
The reigning monarch was given symbolic ownership of the species in the 12th century in an effort t…