Hog deer fleeing from Kaziranga due to flood killed by hunters, two arrested
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:43 am
Guwahati/IBNS: As the flood submerged a large part of Kaziranga National Park, many animals, including one horned rhino, deer, elephant started fleeing from the park to seek safer places in the nearby areas and it is making easier for the hunters to locate and kill the wild animals for meat and body parts.
Rajasthan; Locust attack in Alwar
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:43 am
Alwar/UNI: Farmers here are making frantic efforts to save their crops as the district was hit by swarms of locusts on Friday.
Wildfires engulfs 1,65,000 hectares of forestland in Russia
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:43 am
Moscow/UNI: As many as 246 wildfires are raging across Russia engulfing about 1,65,831 hectares of forest land, official data showed on Monday.
West Bengal: 36-ft dead whale washes ashore in Mandarmani in East Midnapore
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:43 am
Kolkata/UNI: A gigantic 36-ft dead whale washed up on shore in Mandarmani in West Bengal 's East Midnapore district on Monday.
Maharashtra: Leopard caught in Nashik
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:43 am
Nashik/UNI: A leopard who entered in onion store sieve was caught in cage laid by forest department at Aadwadi shiver in Sinnar taluka of the district in Maharashtra on Friday midnight.
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared "some very good news" about Asiatic lions inhabiting the Gir forest in his home state Gujarat.
COVID-19 detected in mink at 4 more fur farms in Netherlands - Reports
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:43 am
Moscow/Sputnik: New COVID-19 cases have been detected in mink at four more fur farms in the Netherlands, where the fur industry has been severely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Dutch News website reported on Wednesday.
Billions of desert locusts swarm through war-torn Yemen
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:43 am
Sanaa/Xinhua/UNI: Billions of desert locusts are swarming through war-torn Yemen, threatening crops and exacerbating the food crisis, officials confirmed on Sunday.
Pregnant elephant dies after locals feed her cracker-laden pineapple
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: In a brutal instance of animal abuse, a pregnant elephant in Kerala died after she ate a pineapple full of firecrackers offered to her by some locals.
Nashik woman hurt in leopard attack
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
Nashik/UNI: A woman has sustained serious injuries on Friday after she was attacked by a leopard in Vise Mala area of the city, informed police.
Karnataka: Shepherd killed by tiger in Nagarahole National Park
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
Mysuru/UNI: A 65-year-old shepherd was killed and carried away by a Tiger on the fringes of Nagarahole National Park near Hunsur district in Karnataka.
Leopard spotted on outskirts of Hyderabad two days ago remains untraced
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
Hyderabad/UNI: The elusive leopard which created panic among the residents of Katedan locality on the outskirts of the city on Thursday was yet to be traced on Saturday.
Hyderabad: Leopard spotted on outskirts of city, still untraced
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
Hyderabad/UNI: Despite massive search operations by the forest department and police personnel, a wild leopard which went missing from the city outskirts on Thursday is yet to be trapped, officials said on Friday.
Assam: Poachers kill one-horned rhino in Kaziranga amid Covid-19 lockdown
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid Covid-19 lockdown, poachers killed a rhino in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and chopped off its horn.
Winds hamper efforts to put out forest fire in China's Sichuan
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
Chengdu/Xinhua/UNI: Firefighters were forced to suspend their work to put out a forest fire in southwest China's Sichuan Province due to strong winds, fire police said Friday.
Eight arrested for poaching Tibetan antelopes
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
Lhasa/Xinhua/UNI: Police in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region arrested eight people on suspicion of illegally killing endangered animals, local police said on Friday.
Rare golden monkeys born in China's Shaanxi
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
XI'an/Xinhua/UNI: Two healthy golden snub-nosed monkeys, one of the most endangered species in the world, were born in a wildlife breeding center in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, the center said Friday.
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:44 am
Guwahati/IBNS: After 2500 pigs of the state died due to the African Swine Fever (ASF), Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal directed the state Veterinary department and Forest department to work with National Pig Research Centre of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (RILEM), Rani to draw a broad roadmap to save the state’s pig population from the disease.
COVID-19’s impact on tourism economy in southern Africa impacts rhino protection: IRF
May 02, 2020, at 09:45 am
Strasburg/IBNS: In Africa, wildlife protection and conservation efforts are often funded by tourism income. With COVID-19 lockdowns in place leading to a complete halt in tourism, reserves are facing serious budget shortfalls.
UP: Stray leopard captured by forest dept in Lucknow
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:45 am
Lucknow/UNI: Forest department sleuths on Friday captured a leopard which strayed in the outskirts of the state capital on last night.
Odisha: Wild elephant tramples four to death
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:45 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: A wild elephant has trampled four people, three of them from a family, to death in Baragarh district in Western Odisha during the last 24 hours.
US zoo: Tiger tests positive for COVID-19
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:45 am
New York/UNI: A tiger here in the city's Bronx Zoo was tested positive for the deadly novel coronavirus.
73-yr-old attacked by tusker in Karnataka's Tumakuru
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am
Tumakur/UNI: A 73-year-old man sustained serious injuries when a tusker attacked him at Kolihalli in Karnataka's Tumakuru taluk on Monday, forest official said on Monday.
Kaziranga festival postponed for Coronavirus scare
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am
Guwahati/IBNS: As the Assam government sounded Coronavirus alert across the state, the organizers have postponed the first ever Kaziranga Utsav which was slated to take place in the world heritage site from Mar 12 to 15.
Ten new migratory species protected under global wildlife agreement
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am
New York/IBNS: Asian elephants, jaguars and great Indian bustards were among 10 new species added to a global wildlife agreement on Saturday.
Man arrested for poaching endangered snow leopards in Mongolia
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am
Ulan Bator/Xinhua: Mongolian police have arrested a man involved in poaching endangered snow leopards, the country's Ecological Police Department (EPD) said Friday.
Gujarat: Lion found dead in sanctuary area of east Gir forest
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am
Amreli/UNI: The body of an 12 year old lion was found from the Tulsishyam range of Eastern Gir forests in Khambha taluka in Amreli district on Friday.
Gujarat: Farmer attacked, injured by leopard
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am
Junagadh/UNI: A farmer was attacked and injured by a wild leopard while he was working in his farm in Sankhda village under Una taluka of Gir Somnath district in Gujarat on Friday.
Women sitting on bike trampled to death by wild elephants in Jharkhand's Latehar
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am
Latehar/UNI: A group of wild elephants caught a woman who was travelling on a motorcycle and trampled her to death in Aurajharia forest located in East Chipadohar Forest region falling under the Palamu Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand.
Assam: Stray out rhino from Kaziranga creates panic among villagers in Biswanath
Sep 19, 2024, at 01:53 am
Guwahati/IBNS: A full-grown one-horned rhinoceros created panic among the villagers in Assam’s Biswanath district on Monday morning.