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Vietnamese deer, thought to be extinct, spotted in the wild for the first time in 30 years
•Researchers joined hands with villagers and set up 30 cameras to get images of the rare deer.
Chimpanzees are being forced to live in forest 'ghettos' because of human expansion
•The chimps' main threat is habitat loss & Africa's 1.2 billion human population is expected to double by mid-century.
Hunters become the hunted: Riflemen out to poach rhinos in South Africa get mauled by lions
•At least three suspected poachers who were apparently hunting for rhinos have been mauled to death and eaten by lions on a game reserve in South Africa, the owner said on Thursday
Saif Ali Khan reportedly served Interpol notice for owing 10,000 euros to Bulgarian hunting expedition company
Fp Staff •Saif Ali Khan, who was acquitted for his alleged involvement in shooting a blackbuck in 1998, has again been dragged into a hunting related scandal.
The Pangti Story documents how a Nagaland village went from hunting the Amur Falcon to conserving it
Sonalijain •In just one year, the hunters of Pangti become conservationists of these visiting raptors, but they are now struggling to earn a livelihood
Animal cruelty shouldn't be seen with 'us versus them' lens; all life has inherent, equal rights
Maneka •People who would limit moral standards only to humans are guilty of the same prejudice that make racism and sexism objectionable.
Bihar nilgai culling: Controversial shooter Shafat Ali Khan claims 250 kills were ‘free social service’
Sanjay •Nawab Shafat Ali Khan, who has previously been arrested for dealing arms to Maoists, is now the go-to person for governments when they want an animal culled
Men due in court for killing Zimbabwe's Cecil the lion
Fp Archives •Two men were due to appear in a Zimbabwean court on poaching charges on Wednesday after a wealthy American dentist killed a beloved lion at a national park, sparking waves of criticism around the world.
Maneka miffed with MP govt's move to simplify hunting rules
Fp Archives •BJP MP Maneka Gandhi has flayed Madhya Pradesh Forest Minister Sartaj Singh's proposed move to simplify rules for hunting of wild boars and blue bulls.
India's hunting problem: You can't ban a way of life
Janaki Lenin •It's feasible to move people away from hunting as a pastime as seen in most cases in Nagaland. But what when, there's little else to do?