An Indian state's new policy of allowing forest guards to shoot tiger poachers is seen as a necessity. full story ![]()

The men were caught after Indian Forest rangers heard them trying to shoot rhinos in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, Northeastern India.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 19 days ago)
GAUHATI, India (AP) -- Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers....
ap.org (1 month and 14 days ago)
GAUHATI, India (AP) — Wildlife authorities used drones on Monday for aerial surveillance of a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers.
boston.com (1 month and 14 days ago)
Authorities in India's Kaziranga national park are taking a more muscular approach to combat poachers who have killed 22 one-horned rhinos in the park last year.
wsj.com (2 months ago)
Has India’s foreign policy toward Sri Lanka been the most disastrous sustained policy it has ever run?
nytimes.com (2 months and 1 day ago)

India said Monday it is deploying drones over a reserve to safeguard the rare one-horned rhino from poachers, the first time the country has employed aerial technology to protect wildlife.The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) gives patrols a new strategic advantage with an eye in the sky, allowing access into previously unreachable areas and a safe view of illegal activities on...
huffingtonpost.com (1 month and 13 days ago)
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - Poachers have killed 28 endangered forest elephants in the Nki and Lobeke national parks in southeast Cameroon in recent weeks, the conservation organization WWF said on Wednesday.
reuters.com (2 months and 12 days ago)

An Edwardsville man being held for robbery at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility was charged Tuesday with making terroristic threats after allegedly threatening to shoot jail guards with a semi-automatic rifle. John Hayden Calk, 28, told guards th
citizensvoice.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
Heavily armed poachers recently killed nearly 40 endangered forest elephants for their ivory in two national parks, officials in Cameroon said Tuesday, the latest in a string of slaughters of the animals in Central Africa.
cnn.com (1 month and 27 days ago)
Wildlife authorities are using aerial drones to oversee a sprawling natural game park in northeastern India to protect the one-horned rhinoceros from armed poachers.
kansascity.com (1 month and 14 days ago)
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