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Over 27,000 bar headed geese winter in Pong Dam backwaters

Pong Dam (Himachal Pradesh): Over 27,000 bar-headed geese, the world’s highest-altitude migrant bird species, are “holidaying” in Himachal Pradesh’s Pong Dam wetlands along with around 100,000 other...

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Lahual and Spiti Snowfall

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Whooper Swan sighted in Himachal Wetland after 113 years.

Pong Wetland (Himachal Pradesh): The Whooper (pronounced hooper) swan, a long distance migratory bird from subarctic Eurasia has been sighted and photographed at the Pong lake by Devinder Singh...

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Freezing water bodies in Kashmir valley drive migratory birds away

Srinagar: As shallow water bodies within the migratory birds’ reserves in the Kashmir Valley remain frozen, flocks of geese, mallards, teals, gadwalls and pochards have started looking for alternate...

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Migratory 123,000 waterfowl winter at Pong Dam wetland

Species of migratory birds wintering in Pong Wetland, a Ramsar Site, is growing by the year with ornithologists sighting new species at the annual waterfowl estimation that put the avian population in...

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Assam for CBI probe into Rhino poaching

Guwahati: Assam has asked the central government to hand over to the CBI the cases of rhino poaching in the state, an official said. The state has sent formal letters to the central government to probe...

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P – Pi — Pin — Ping —- Pong!

 Each winter when those marvelous, majestic birds descend, Quietly or with flutter, they seem to know beforehand From distant lands fleeing freezing and harsh climes, In geometric formations along age...

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Efforts now to conserve Great Indian Bustard

Dehra Dun: The union ministry of forest and environment has asked the Wild Life Institute here to undertake the conservation of the Great Indian Bustard, a species which is declining fast and only a...

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Crocodile Tears For Wildlife in Uttarakhand

Dehra Dun : This small state of Uttarakhand boasts of a rich wildlife in its national parks, sanctuaries and forests, but the manner in which animals are dying courtesy the callous neglect and least...

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Railway minister comes to aid of wild elephants in Uttarakhand

Dehra Dun : While railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal may have disappointed the people of Uttarakhand as there was no mention of the much hyped Rishikesh-Karanprayag railway line, but he definitely...

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Leopard killing in Uttarakhand continues unabated : Officials unconcerned

Dehradun : Uttarakhand may be known for its bio-diversity and its forests abound with wild life. But given the apathy of the state government towards the wild animals as also that of its forest...

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44 leopards, tigers die in two months in Uttarakhand

Dehra Dun : The number of leopards and tigers dying in Uttarakhand is disturbing. And though the forest authorities are conveniently passing off the deaths as either natural or due to illness or a...

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Anti-poaching cell only on paper in Uttarakhand

Dehra Dun : Call it an irony, but nothing seems to amaze when it comes to non-governance in Uttarakhand. A query under the Right to Information has revealed that the much publicized anti-poaching cell...

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Van Gujjars Linked To Tiger Death in Uttarakhand

Dehra Dun : The worst fears of wild life lovers in this small hill state have only turned out to be true. Information given in reply to a question under the Right to Information by the Chief...

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Lizard species rediscovered after 135 years

Mumbai: For over a century and quarter, the tiny Geckoella Jeyporensis, a small lizard measuring up to 10 cm, was given up as extinct. Now it has been spotted in the Eastern Ghats, causing scientists...

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Rhino population increases at Kaziranga National Park

Guwahati: The one-horned rhino population in Kaziranga National Park in Assam has gone up by 39 since last year, forest officials said today. The latest census located 2,329 rhinos in the park while...

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Fish production declines, fishing fails to catch fancy of Himachal farmers

Shimla: Endowed with many water bodies, both man-made and natural ones, yet fishing as a economic activity has failed to attract more takers with their being just 4538 fishermen families in Himachal...

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Suketi Himalayan Fossil Park suffers neglect

Nahan (Himachal Pradesh): Lack of interest and neglect on the part of the government, Suketi Fossil Park, also known as Shivalik Fossil Park, is losing its charm among tourists for its condition is...

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Uttarakhand now has two Tiger reserves

Dehradun : Uttarakhand is known for the large number of felines that are killed here annually. It may be tigers or leopards, poachers are known to be active in the forests while man-animal conflict is...

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Villagers poisoning tigers in Uttarakhand

Dehra Dun : This year till June 1, nine tigers were killed. Fifteen were killed in 2012 and 24 in 2011. All of them, in and around the Corbett National Park area of Uttarakhand. Incidentally three were...

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