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Who sanctioned the rape of a sanctuary? - 27 Sep 2008 Sunday Times.lk,For, this is where the elephants including four majestic tuskers (one being ‘Walawe Raja’) the sloth bear, the leopard and the sambhur roam. Thumbs - Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008 - 27 Sep 2008 Beckley Register-Herald (subscription),Remains of this long-extinct ground sloth/bear-like creature were discovered in Monroe County in the 18th century, but the animal is believed to have been Jumbos at Dudhwa National Park receive pension - Sep 24, 2008 Newspost Online,These include the tiger, panther, sambhar, swamp deer, spotted deer, barking deer, wild bear, sloth bear, crocodile, jackal, elephant, hyena, porcupine, New forest zone to help protect N Gujarat wildlife - Sep 12, 2008 Times of India,Forest officials say that there was a possibility that Jessore sloth bear sanctuary in Banaskantha too might be covered in this zone. UP asks Railways to remove killer track - Sep 8, 2008 Hindu,Elephants, spotted deer, hog deer, fishing cat, crocodile and sloth bear were the other animals killed in Dudhwa.Thirteen animals, including tiger cubs, Bearing it all! - Jul 26, 2008 Sunday Times.lk,The sloth bear has a marked preference for Palu berries. The Palu season starts in May and goes on till end July, coinciding with the unofficial bear Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and ... - Jul 28, 2008 7thSpace Interactive (press release),The mitogenomic data yield a well-resolved topology for ursids, with the sloth bear at the basal position within the genus Ursus. The sun bear is the sister Concern over safety of tigers in reserve - Aug 6, 2008 Hindu,Moreover, the seismic vibrations caused by TBMs would harm endangered animals like tiger, panther, sloth bear, mouse deer, chinkara and python. Boston lemur? - Jul 27, 2008 New Yorker,...squirrel, raccoon, rat, skunk, possum—and began working his way down a checklist of more exotic possibilities: sloth, bear, porcupine, beaver. Great Indian Bustard found in Bellary pocket - Jul 24, 2008 Hindu,The new specimens were found during an expedition undertaken on Wednesday by naturalist Santosh Martin, president of Sloth Bear Foundation, and Abdul Samad, No test for tigers - Aug 4, 2008 Easier (press release),2-nights enjoying game drives in search of resident wildlife including Common Langur, Spotted and Barking Deer with possible sightings of Sloth Bear. iExplore Unveils Top Ten Wildlife Safaris Worldwide - Jul 16, 2008 eNewsChannels,Fortunately the lead shooting has finished and it now provides protection to the one-horned rhinoceros, tiger, leopard, sloth bear and the gaur (wild bison) New Sloth Bear Added to National Zoo Exhibit - Apr 11, 2008 MyFox Washington DC,Visitors exploring Asia Trail at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo can now see Khali, a female sloth bear that came from the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Animal Planet examines conservation in the Raw - Apr 11, 2008 C21Media,Each report from the field is filed in the moment and on camera, bringing the audience up close to animals such as the sloth bear, through the actions of a How I got here: Into the wild - Mar 27, 2008 Irish Independent,It was a sloth bear and very aggressive. It was the most frightening experience of my life — like in a Sunday movie when the lion comes running at the man Zoo Boise hosts Party for the Planet - Apr 16, 2008 KBCI CBS 2,...is home to more than 200 animals from 80 species, including a red panda, Magellanic penguins, Amur tigers, a sloth bear, monkeys and a Komodo dragon. Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary to reopen on April 14 - Apr 10, 2008 Chennai Online,The fauna includes Elephant, Gaur, Bonnet, Macaque, Common langur, Tigers and Leopards, Chital, Dhole Panther, Sloth Bear, Python, Barking deer, Sloth bear at LR zoo dies, likely had cancer - 22 Feb 2008 Pine Bluff Commercial,The male sloth bear was born at the Little Rock Zoo in 1992 and was transferred to a zoo in Alabama later that year. He returned to Little Rock in 2006. Two sloth bear cubs rescued - Feb 18, 2008 Hindu,HYDERABAD: Thanks to a meticulously devised plan, two sloth bear cubs, both under 12 weeks, were rescued from an alleged poacher by the Forest Department Man arrested while selling bear cubs - Feb 20, 2008 Hindu,Bangalore: The Andhra Pradesh Forest Department officials on Monday arrested Shah in Hyderabad while he was illegally selling two sloth bear cubs brought Two bear cubs rescued from poacher in Andhra Pradesh - Feb 19, 2008 Thaindian.com,Karim Nagar (Andhra Pradesh), Feb 19 (IANS) Two sloth bear cubs have been rescued from a poacher by a joint team of the state forest department and a Back from the brink - Feb 16, 2008 Hindu,Unusual and charming: A sloth bear comes for its quota of jaggery at the park. The stocky black creature came close… too close for comfort. State tourist map to have a new spot - Feb 10, 2008 Ahmedabad Newsline,Since it lies close to Ratanmahals sanctuary there are also chances that sloth bear dens are located in this area.� He said the forest department intends to Earning your stripes in India - Jan 31, 2008 NEWS.com.au,The guides point out other wildlife including leopards, chital, sambar and barking deer, sloth bear, jungle cat, langur and rhesus monkey, wild boar and Orissa has only 45 tigers in its forests - Feb 12, 2008 KalingaTimes,Orissa reported mapable leopard presence in 25516 sq km, dhole presence in 8215 sq km and Sloth bear presence in 43236 sq km of forested habitat. Satkosia gorge sanctuary the beauty of Orissa - Feb 4, 2008 Newindpress,Wild animals like the Royal Bengal Tiger, Leopard, elephant, four horned antelope, giant squirrel, wild dogs, nilgai, sloth bear, mouse deer, spotted deer Ratanmahals sanctuary area all set to spread to MP - Feb 4, 2008 Ahmedabad Newsline,While Ratanmahals forest area was notified as a sloth bear sanctuary in 1982, some parts of the area adjoining MP could not be declared the same. Six out of eight species of bear at risk of extinction - Nov 15, 2007 Raw Story,Three other Asian species -- the sun bear, Asiatic black bear, and sloth bear -- are threatened by commercial hunting as well as by habitat loss. Club hosts nonprofit protecting sloth bears - Nov 12, 2007 Red and Black,From the moment a sloth bear cub is born in India, it may be destined to a full-time job of dancing for money. "In order to stop a practice like this that Seventy-five percent of bear species threatened with extinction - Nov 12, 2007 YubaNet,Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) – Vulnerable (VU) [Factsheet - PDF] 5. Andean Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) – Vulnerable (VU) [Factsheet - PDF] 6. Majority of world's bears 'at risk of extinction' - Nov 13, 2007 International Animal Rescue,Other bear species considered at risk of extinction include the Asiatic black bear, the sloth bear, the Andean bear and the polar bear. Bears under threat, experts warn - Nov 12, 2007 CBBC Newsround,The giant panda is the world's most endangered species of bear, but others like the polar bear and sloth bear are also under threat. More Bad News for Bears - Nov 26, 2007 E/The Environmental Magazine,The other vulnerable species on the Red List are China’s Giant Panda, the Asiatic black bear, the sloth bear on the Indian subcontinent, the Andean bear in World's Smallest Bear Faces Extinction - Nov 12, 2007 The Associated PressOther vulnerable bear species are the Asiatic black bear, the sloth bear on the Indian subcontinent, the Andean bear in South America and the polar bear. Six of 8 bear species at risk of extinction- group - Nov 12, 2007 ReutersThe Asiatic black bear, the sloth bear and the Andean bear were all reaffirmed as vulnerable after the reassessment of land-living bears. Bear species: six of eight face extinction - Nov 11, 2007 Telegraph.co.uk,Of the other species four - Asiatic black bear, Sloth bear, Andean bear and Polar bear - are also listed as vulnerable. The giant panda is facing the Third of all species 'at risk' - Nov 13, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,The sun bear, the Asiatic black bear, the Sloth bear, the Andean bear, the Polar bear and the giant panda are on the 2007 red list drawn up by the World Smallest species joins other bears on red list - Nov 13, 2007 Guardian Unlimited,...the giant panda remains the sole bear species considered endangered while five others are considered vulnerable: the Asiatic black bear, the sloth bear, IAR’s partners in India rescue a badly burnt bear - Nov 16, 2007 International Animal Rescue,The juvenile sloth bear had ventured out of the safe protected areas of surrounding countryside in search of food. Having discovered a honeycomb on the top Sun bear gets 'vulnerable' listing due to deforestation, poaching - Nov 12, 2007 Mongabay.comThe sun bear joins the Asiatic black bear, the sloth bear and the Andean bear (also known as spectacled bears) on the vulnerable list. Jungle Book Animals Face Fight For Survival - Nov 7, 2007 Glasgow Daily Record,The bear in the original Kipling story was a sloth bear with real-life comical qualities. When feeding, they can be heard sucking up termites from many Bad news bears - Nov 15, 2007 Reno News & Review,The Asiatic black bear, sloth bear, Andean bear and polar bear are all rated as vulnerable. The group reaffirmed China's panda bears as endangered. Sun Bears reclassified by IUCN as Vulnerable - Nov 13, 2007 Mongabay.comThe Giant Panda is listed as endangered, while the Asiatic Black Bear, Sloth Bear, Andean Bear, and Polar Bear are all considered vulnerable. In the white mountains - Nov 24, 2007 Hindu,The jungles of BR Hills have generously offered us several memorable and endearing sightings — a sloth bear mother with cub on its back; the majestic black Bears Put On Notice For Extinction - Nov 12, 2007 Environmental Graffiti,The other four vulnerable species are the Polar bear, Sloth bear, Andean bear, and Asiatic Black bear. The European Brown bear and the American Black bear Mid-Week Briefing: Goodbye Politics, Hello Politics.hu - Nov 21, 2007 Pestiside,Awwww. Meanwhile, the Veszprém Zoo welcomed its newest resident, a bouncing baby sloth bear. Unfortunately, the human sloths in charge of minding the bear Mizo tribals stop hunting to save wildlife - Nov 20, 2007 DailyIndia.com,...just 127 km away from Aizwal, is home to many endangered species such as the tiger, elephant, guar, barking deer, wild boar, sloth bear and black bear. Coffee estates favoured as buffer zones for wildlife conservation - Nov 11, 2007 Hindu,...sloth bear, jackal, dhole, tiger, common leopard, small cats, civets, Indian giant squirrel, jungle striped squirrel, and two other squirrel species. * Popular wildlife in Sri Lanka heading towards extinction, says ... - Nov 20, 2007 Colombo Page,Nov 20, Colombo: Popular wildlife such as the leopard, elephant and sloth bear are heading towards extinction, while 21 species of endemic amphibians and 72 From the Theater to the Zoo - Oct 5, 2007 Washington Post,Upon arriving at the zoo, families should go to the visitors center across from the sloth bear exhibit, where they can pick up a "Jungle Book Journal. Don`t just expect antics from animals, conserve them: Expert - Oct 21, 2007 Zee News,Once the plan is approved, zoo authorities also intend to keep some of endangered species in the premises - like giant squirrel and sloth bear and do their gapguru introduces Tiger conservation project - Oct 23, 2007 Easier,Working directly with the Chief Ranger and his forest guards you will be patrolling dense deciduous forest looking for signs of Tiger, Elephant, Sloth Bear Rescued bear undergoes dental surgery - Aug 4, 2007 Hindustan Times,..."The dental tumour removal surgery performed on the sloth bear is the first of its kind in the history of veterinary treatment in Madhya Pradesh," an SOS Bhopal vets successfully operate on sloth bear for tumour - Aug 8, 2007 DailyIndia.com,Bhopal, Aug 8: For the first time in the country, a rescued sloth bear has been successfully operated for a removal of a tumour. Thirteen-year-old Fido was Rescued Bear Visits Dentist in Bhopal:First ever Dental Surgery ... - Aug 2, 2007 India PRwire (Press Release),..."This is the first of its kind dental surgery performed in the state of Madhya Pradesh on a Sloth Bear; we are very happy by the success of this surgery", Wildlife SOS Intelligence Cell works in tandemn with Uttar Pradesh ... - Jul 23, 2007 India PRwire (Press Release),In a battle of wits with wildlife smugglers and traders, the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department with assistance and information from Wildlife SOS cracked down Friendship? Animals perhaps know better! - Aug 4, 2007 Times of India,For Munnu the sloth bear, his caretaker Safir is the alter-ego. Even before Safir opens the entrance of his enclosure, Munnu gets astir. COWATCH: Wilderness ADVENTURES-II - Jul 24, 2007 The Statesman,On a jungle safari you could spot a sloth bear or a leopard. Even the occasional tiger is known to have been spotted here. Langurs and macaques chatter in Poscoplan: Still in the Woods - Aug 10, 2007 Tehelka,Khandadhar is home to a number of endangered species like tiger, leopard, sloth bear, gaur and elephant and the limbless lizard, rediscovered after 137 Back to the beginning of a botanical and zoological journey - Jul 21, 2007 Sunday Times.lk,...as that on Marianne North, the Victorian botanical artist who visited Sri Lanka in 1876-77, or the one explaining the origin of the name ‘Sloth Bear’. WILDLIFE SRI LANKA Nov 23, 2006 ...at the peak of the drought when the Palu tree _ a species endemic to Sri Lanka _ suddenly blossoms with life, the unusual and mysterious sloth bear re-emerges ... - Bangkok Post, Won over by wide-eyed, understated wit Nov 10, 2006 ...two Indian princes. There is talk of bagging a tiger, but Newby, more by accident than anything else, shoots a sloth bear. Then he ... - The Age, Bear's death puts officials in spot Nov 8, 2006 CHANDIGARH: The death of 12-year-old sloth bear Reena has put the officials of Mahendera Chaudhary Zoological Park at Chhatbir in a tight spot. ... - Times of India, Call of the wild Oct 28, 2006 Varun slows down and points up into the trees - a sloth bear, camouflaged by the bark and branches, is enjoying a breakfast feast from a termites' nest. ... - Scotsman, CC AFRICA AND TAJ HOTELS UNVEIL FIRST INDIAN SAFARI LODGE Nov 8, 2006 ...to India’s legendary Bengal tiger, the forest is also home to leopard, chital (spotted deer), Indian wild dog, jungle cat, wild boar, sloth bear, nilgai and ... - TravelVideo.tv (press release) Young 'uns put bounce in National Zoo's step Mar 29, 2006 ...tiger cubs in May 2004, the zoo has seen multiple births: four cheetah cubs in November 2004, a second cheetah litter of five last April, a sloth bear cub this ... Washington Times, Great Indian Bustard may take the Dodo route Mar 28, 2006 A team of naturalists, comprising Sloth Bear Foundation Executive Trustee Santosh Martin, Samad and Anand, had surveyed the entire area in the last two days ... Deccan Herald, Illegal mining threatening Rajasthan sanctuary Mar 3, 2006 JAIPUR: The protected Jawahar Sagar Sanctuary in Rajasthan that is home to leopards, sloth bear, vultures and other wildlife is on the brink of destruction due ... Newindpress, Holi revelry turns violent Mar 15, 2006 Pelts seized: Pelts of a black buck and a sloth bear have been recovered by the CID Forest Cell after the arrest of two traffickers Nagaraju and ... Times of India, India Update Feb 26, 2006 ...in Jawahar Sagar sanctuary would bring a deleterious impact on environment and ecology and it would diminish wildlife like leopard, sloth bear, hyena, king ... 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