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India's tiger population has grown to 'nearly 3,000'
Associated Press, Published on 29/07/2019
» NEW DELHI: India's wild tiger population has grown to nearly 3,000, making the country one of the safest habitats for the endangered animals, the government has announced.
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China defers lifting ban on trading tiger parts, rhino horn
Associated Press, Published on 13/11/2018
» BEIJING: China is postponing its decision to allow trading in tiger and rhinoceros parts a bare two weeks after the easing of the ban had raised fears the country was giving legal cover to poaching and smuggling of endangered wildlife.
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‘Hung over’ English golfer finishes sixth at British Open
Associated Press, Published on 23/07/2018
» English golfer Eddie Pepperell admitted to being a "little hung over" during his final-round 67 at the British Open on Sunday.
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Alleged wildlife smuggling kingpin jailed
Associated Press, Published on 12/05/2018
» A court has sentenced a man believed to be a kingpin in the illicit wildlife trade to two years in prison for smuggling rhinoceros horns, according to an organisation that works with police to combat trafficking.
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Animal welfare for travellers: Do’s and don’ts
Associated Press, Published on 30/04/2018
» The next time you want to take a selfie with a tiger, ride an elephant or swim with dolphins, stop to consider the consequences.
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Putin praises Trump, raps US politics
Associated Press, Published on 08/03/2018
» MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin lavished praise on President Donald Trump, but added that he was sorely disappointed with the US political system, saying that it has been "eating itself up."
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Men describe rape, torture by Sri Lanka government
Associated Press, Published on 09/11/2017
» LONDON: One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down.
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Palm oil kills orangutans in Indonesia peat swamp
Associated Press, Published on 27/08/2017
» TRIPA PEAT SWAMP, Indonesia -- It's been called the orangutan capital of the world, but the great apes in Indonesia's Tripa peat forest on the island of Sumatra are under threat by palm oil plantations that have gobbled up thousands of acres of land to make room for trees that produce the most consumed vegetable oil on the planet.
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Thai jungle seen as breeding ground for Indochinese tigers
Associated Press, Published on 28/03/2017
» Conservationists say they have evidence that the critically endangered Indochinese tiger is breeding in a Thai jungle, giving hope for the survival of an animal whose total population may be less than 300.
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Man mauled to death by tiger at resort in China
Associated Press, Published on 30/01/2017
» BEIJING -- The fatal mauling of a man by a tiger at a Chinese resort zoo is under investigation by local authorities who say the victim climbed a fence into the animal's enclosure.
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