#SouthAsia - #Nepal govt bypasses parliament to allow commercial projects in protected areas

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#SouthAsia - #Nepal ’s #tiger (s) & prey need better grassland management: Interview with Shyam Thapa msn.com/en-us/news/oth…

Committed to end wildlife crime!
On intelligence inputs of WCCB, One #Tiger skin and one elephant #tusk were seized in joint #operation conducted by #WCCB , Bihar #Police and #Forest Department at Shivala, #Bihar on 17-04-2024.

#SouthAsia - Why a rare ‘golden’ #tiger photographed in #India is worrying conservationists

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#WildlifeCrime #SouthAsia UPDATE re carcass discovered last week in #Gujarat - #Leopard poached, body parts used in gambling toi.in/nfzheY22/a24gk via The Times Of India

#SouthAsia #India OPINION - Move beyond #tiger numbers.

Project Tiger must now take a holistic approach to benefit the wild cats and communities.

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#SouthAsia - Hotels likely to return to #Nepal ’s national parks. The new regulation will open up protected areas that are the habitats of species such as #tiger (s) and #rhino (s). scroll.in/article/106614… via Scroll.in

#WildlifeCrime #SouthAsia - Inter-state #wildlife smuggling racket busted in #Odisha , 7 held. Skins of 5 #leopard , 1 leopard cat, 1 fishing cat and a significant amount of #pangolin scales seized deccanherald.com/india/odisha/i… via @deccanherald

#SouthAsia - Mountain biking, with #tiger (s): #Nepal proposal sparks alarm scroll.in/article/106614… via Scroll.in

#WildlifeCrime #SouthAsia - #Leopard poaching goes unabated in #Odisha as yet another skin seized msn.com/en-in/news/Ind…

#WildlifeCrime #SouthAsia #MadhyaPradesh : Snares Spell Trouble For #Tiger (s), #Leopard (s).

Snares set up by hunters to catch wild boars and other herbivore animals are also claiming the lives of big cats in the state.

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#SouthAsia - High funding but poor results: #Bangladesh struggles with Bengal #tiger #conservation .
Weak coordination among donors and government agencies and the absence of deliberate conservation measures are to blame, says an expert.
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#SouthAsia - #Nepal mulls policy shift to allow hotels back into #tiger strongholds

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#WildlifeCrime #SouthAsia #Pakistan - The forest department has fined poachers in Nowshera PKR250,000 each on for hunting down a #leopard and posting a video with it. This is not the first incident of a leopard being killed in the area.

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#SouthAsia - #Gujarat High Court tells railway authority and forest department to work out a standard operating procedure to curb incidents of #AsiaticLions being run over by trains

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#Indonesia hunts for ‘extinct’ Javan #tiger .
Search for big cat prompted by DNA research based on a single strand of hair plucked from a fence in West Java.

aje.io/59nvux via Al Jazeera English

#WildlifeCrime #SouthAsia - FOLLOW UP re recent #tiger skin seizure in Banke District, #Nepal (posted 20/3), according to census data the big cat had territory in nearby Bardiya National Park. 3rd skin seizure in last 10 months re tiger ID from Bardiya/Banke NPs.

‘Once in a lifetime shot' - #Tiger ’s majestic jump to cross river wins internet indianexpress.com/article/trendi… via The Indian Express

#SouthAsia #Nepal - Efforts on to make Koshi Tappu #Wildlife Reserve a #rhino habitat. A male rhino from Chitwan National Park will soon be paired with two female rhinos at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve for natural breeding.
kathmandupost.com/weekender/2024… via The Kathmandu Post

#SouthAsia - Two elusive species, Palla's Cat and the Central Asian Lynx cat- both found in #India 's highest cold zones like in #Ladakh and #HimachalPradesh have been included in the UN list of migratory species for better #conservation - dailypioneer.com/2024/india/rar…