Karnataka man held with four deer skins

October 8th, 2009 Dead deer in clown suit left on Iowa porchSIOUX CITY, Iowa — You'll never see this clown in the circus. Animal control officers in Sioux City, Iowa, say someone dressed a dead deer in a clown suit and wig and put it on a family's porch.

October 1st, 2009 Mule deer or Yule deer? Buck draped with decorHELENA, Mont. — Call it a case of Christmas creep.

September 19th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Two poachers have been arrested alongwith three spotted deer skins and 50 antlers of the animal in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, forest officials said Saturday. Deepak Verma and Muneer - both in their late 30s - were arrested late Friday from the Sadar area of Saharanpur district, some 400 km from the state capital.

September 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Citing deaths of animals in captivity, activists of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India Wednesday staged a demonstration in front of the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) here and called for a shut down of all zoos. Following a recent case at a zoo in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where 13 cheetals and a swamp deer died, the animals rights organisation called for the closure of all zoos and held banners saying "Let Animals Show Their True Colours - Shut All Zoos".

September 12th, 2009 KANPUR - Panic prevailed at the zoo following the mysterious death of 13 spotted and one swamp deer Saturday. There was neither any sign of injury nor could the post-mortem carried out by a team of expert vets reveal the cause of death.

September 6th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Six people were arrested for attempting to poach deer in Orissas Bhitarkanika national park, a forest official said Sunday. The six were arrested from Charchia village near the park, P.K.

September 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Three people have been arrested for killing two spotted deer in a protected forest in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district, an official said Friday. The men were nabbed Thursday along with the carcasses of the animal following a joint operation by police and forest department officials.

August 15th, 2009 PATNA - Two people have been arrested for allegedly killing a rare black deer in Kaimur district of Bihar, police said Saturday. A police officer said Sattar Mian and Mohammad Abdul shot dead the animal in a village.

August 13th, 2009 Bird-feather bandits strike English museumLONDON — Somebody's been feathering their nest with an irreplaceable English archive of rare tropical birds. Curators of the Natural History Museum at Tring, 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of London, said Thursday that thieves have stolen about 300 of their most gloriously hued specimens from a vast collection assembled over centuries.

June 30th, 2009 RAIPUR - A poacher has been arrested with six pair of deer horns costing Rs.150,000 in Chhattisgarh's Durg district, police said Tuesday. Crime Branch officials arrested Ravishankar Taram late Monday after a senior official acted as a decoy customer and struck a deal with him.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - K.H.Muniyappa on Monday took over as the new Minister of State for Railways. Chairman, Railway Board, S.S.Khurana, all Railway Board Members and senior officials of Railway Board were among those present on the occasion.

May 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy Monday offered his party's support to the Congress-led government at the centre but wanted assurance of development in his state Karnataka.

March 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Communist Party of India- Marxist (CPM) on Saturday released its second list of 16 candidates for Kerala, Karnataka and Lakshadweep for general elections. The party will field 14 candidates in Kerala while one candidate each in Karnataka and Lakshadweep.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two leopard skins were allegedly seized Wednesday from a person in Dehradun, the capital of Uttarakhand. The accused in Vasant Vihar area of Dehradun was arrested, Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), an NGO, said in a statement.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress President Sonia Gandhi is likely to launch the party campaign for the Lok Sabha elections from Davangere in Karnataka March 23, party sources said Monday. Launching the election campaign from Karnataka is a strategic decision for the party as the state was once considered its stronghold but was lost to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2008.