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July 06, 2016

New Book Focuses on Importance on Indian Forests for Wildlife

July 6, 2016 – India’s protected areas are at a crossroads, and a new book by top Indian scientists provides a roadmap on the way forward.

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April 15, 2016

Statement of Concern by Tiger Biologists

April 15, 2016--The following statement was released today concerning the status of tigers.

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April 13, 2016

Night Stalker: Rare camera trap images show leopard making kill in India’s Bhadra Tiger reserve

NEW YORK (APRIL 13, 2016) –WCS (Wildlife conservation Society) released a stunning set of camera trap images recorded last week that show the dramatic end for a large Sambar deer (possibly weighing 200-300 kilos) taken down by the suffocating bite of a leopard.

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March 25, 2016

STUDY: Micro-Sanctuaries Key to Survival of Wildlife in Human Dominated Landscapes

March 25, 2016 – A new study by a team of researchers from the Centre for Ecological Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science, Manipal University, Centre for Wildlife Studies and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)-India, says that maintaining even the tiniest wildlife sanctuaries will help preserve some biodiversity in increasingly urbanized landscapes.

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September 04, 2015

Conservationists launch appeal on Vulture Awareness day: “Ban killer drug or Europe’s birds face extinction”

There are warnings tomorrow’s International Vulture Awareness Day [Saturday 5 September] could be one of the last to see these birds in Europe.

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September 01, 2015

Saving Coral Reefs Depends More on Protecting Fish Than Safeguarding Locations

September 1, 2015— A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) has found that coral reef diversity ‘hotspots’ in the southwestern Indian Ocean rely more on the biomass of fish than where they are located, a conclusion that has major implications for management decisions to protect coral reef ecosystems.

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August 21, 2015

WCS Scientists Nominated for 2016 Indianapolis Prize

August 21, 2015 - WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) congratulates WCS scientists Joel Berger, P. Dee Boersma, and Tim Davenport for being nominated for the 2016 Indianapolis Prize— the world's leading award for animal conservation.

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August 11, 2015

WCS's Prospect Park Zoo Welcomes Mini Zebu Calf

New York – Aug. 11, 2015 – A miniature zebu calf (Bos Taurus indicus) was born at the WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) Prospect Park Zoo.

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July 17, 2015

Dan Zanes and Friends to Perform at WCS’s Bronx Zoo

Grammy Award winning musician Dan Zanes will perform with his band, Dan Zanes and Friends, On Saturday, July 25 on the historic Astor Court at WCS’s Wildlife Conservation Society) Bronx Zoo.

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June 12, 2015

Groups push EU to ban vulture-killing veterinary drug ahead of EC meeting

WCS has joined with other conservation groups to urge the European Union to ban the use of the veterinary anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac because of its harmful effects on vulture populations.

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