Assam’s Orang National Park to have anti-poaching camps

September 17th, 2009 KAZIRANGA - Forest authorities in India's northeastern state of Assam have intensified patrol at a famed national park as there are fears that poacher gangs might try and kill animals by poisoning the grass instead of gunning down the wildlife. A forest department spokesperson said an alert was sounded at the Kaziranga National Park after they found at least half-a-dozen cattle dead reportedly after grazing on poisoned grass in the fringes of the sanctuary.

September 17th, 2009 DEHRADUN - The Uttarakhand Government has decided to set up a Tiger Protection Force to prevent poaching in the Corbett Tiger Reserve. The Field Director of Corbett National Park will head the force, which would be operational from January 2010.

September 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Union Government is convening a series of meetings from Thursday with the 17 tiger-range states to discus the reasons for the unabated deaths of the National Animal. The Centre has expressed concern over the tiger deaths crossing the 50 mark this year.

September 16th, 2009 MANAS NATIONAL PARK - Having realised the futility of violence, many individuals who were into poaching or worked as militant cadres, are now saving wildlife and promoting tourism in Assam, which includes the Manas National Park. Pople of "Uttarkuchi" and adjoining villages in lower Assam have witnessed the damage caused to nature and wildlife in the last 20 years by poachers and militants.

August 23rd, 2009 KAZIRANGA - Kaziranga National Park authorities have put up barricades to slow down vehicles to ensure safe passage for migrating animals. Heavy downpours during the monsoon season submerge almost 40 percent of the park, posing a grave threat to animals.

July 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday asserted that innumerable instances of poaching of wild animals, particularly the majestic striped felines like the tiger, pose a serious threat to our entire ecosystem. Speaking at an interactive session on the fate of Indian Royal Bengal tiger here, Ramesh said instead of trans-locating the tigers, poaching needs to be curbed.

July 26th, 2009 SARISKA - The Union Government, has signed a tripartite agreement with the Rajasthan Government and the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) for the conservation of tiger in the Sariska and Ranthambore tiger reserve. The pact was signed after a two day all India meet of field directors of tiger reserves in Sariska on Saturday.

June 1st, 2009 GUWAHATI - Authorities in Assam are imparting high-tech training to the rangers and other forest guards with an aim to counter the menace of poaching. The two-day training sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) was conduced at Rajiv Gandhi National Park on May 31.

May 15th, 2009 POBITORA SANCTUARY - The Indian Rhino population, threatened in the past because of rampant poaching, is slowly on the upswing according to a recent census carried out in the three main sanctuaries of Kaziranga, Pobitora and Orang in Assam. Scientifically known as Rhinoceros unicornis, the animals are found only in their natural habitat in northeastern India and Nepal.

May 9th, 2009 BHOPAL - Yet another tiger, the second in a fortnight, has been found dead in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh National Park, its director said Saturday. He, however, ruled out the possibility of poachers killing the animal.

April 6th, 2009 GUWAHATI - The nominations of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Assam's Dhubri constituency Nilimoi Pradhani and Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF) contestant from Tezpur Laxmi Orang were rejected Monday on technical grounds. Pradhani's nomination was rejected during scrutiny by the returning officer as he did not fill up the mandatory A and B forms along with his nomination papers.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Thursday said it would make voting arrangements for the people who have fled their states and are living in refugee camps in the country. 'The Election Commission will make all arrangements in the refugee camps in Jammu, Delhi, Kandhamal and Chhattisgarh so that people (living in camps) could cast their voters,' Deputy Election Commission J.P.

February 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Twenty-four rhinos were poached in Assam's Kaziranga National Park in the last two years, the Lok Sabha was informed Wednesday. Of these, 18 were poached in 2007 and six in 2008, Minister of State for Environment and Forests K.

February 7th, 2009 GUWAHATI - Nine big cats have died at Assam's Kaziranga National Park in the past three months, but wildlife authorities in the state say the tigers were not victims of poachers. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, had warned about poachers on the prowl and asked for strict vigil to ensure tigers are not hunted down.

January 18th, 2009 BHOPAL - A four-year-old male tiger was killed in a turf war with another tiger in Madhya Pradesh's Kanha National Park, officials said Monday. The tiger's body, with deep bruises, was found at the Kisla range of the park.