Tag: Black Buck

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Four held for poaching blackbuck

Berhampur: At least four persons, including a college student, were arrested today for allegedly poaching an endangered blackbuck near Sandhamula village in Ganjam district. A country-made gun and two motorbikes were seized from their possession, while the carcass of the blackbuck was recovered from the spot in Berhampur forest division’s Khallikote range, Divisional Forest Officer […]

  • Monday, 28 June 2021
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Op-Ed: The Challenge of Managing the Black Buck Population In Ganjam

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Two black bucks (Antilope cervicapra) were recently found dead in Ganjam’s Polasara forest range. Both males their carcasses were recovered from different places in the same range. However, the carcasses did not bear any injury marks that led to speculation about consumption of pesticides being the possible cause of death. What […]

  • Monday, 26 April 2021
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