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Uttarakhand: Over 900 lives lost in human-wildlife conflict since 2000Uttarakhand faces a severe human-wildlife conflict. Over 900 lives have been lost in 25 years due to animal attacks. Recent leopard inciden...
Maharashtra govt ramps up measures to curb leopard attacks; AI, drones used for surveillanceMaharashtra is boosting efforts against leopard threats. AI alerts, extra cages, and drone surveillance are being deployed in Pune, Ahilyan...
Centre seeks localised, humane SOPs for taming human-animal conflictsState forest departments across India have raised concerns about human-wildlife conflicts, prompting the Centre to consider measures such a...
Not lion, but this is what wild animals fear the mostA recent study has found that wild animals such as elephants, rhinos, and giraffes fear humans more than they fear lions. The research, whi...
US, Germany to send scores of tanks to help Ukraine fight Russian invasionThe U.S. decision to deliver M1 Abram tanks helped break a diplomatic logjam with Germany over how to best to help Kyiv in its war with Rus...
Karnataka calls off month-long search for Belagavi leopardReports said 300 personnel from the forest, police department, sharpshooters and wildlife experts tried to trap the big cat.
Walk on the wild side of beasts and men (or victims and predators)How a new crime series, with a man who may be using fear of wild beasts as a cover for his own dark pursuits, can remind viewers of a 1940s...
Need a humane solution to this wild problemHuman-wildlife conflict isn’t new, but is on the rise in India. Cutting of forest for farming and industrial activities is bringing humans ...
With her 20-run cameo against Bangladesh, Veda Krishnamurthy underlined her importanceKrishnamuthy’s second go-to shot complements her first one perfectly. If Plan A is problematic, because that gap has been sealed, Krishnamu...
- For poachers, vermin tag can be cover for overkill
When sighted in the wild, tourists make use of the photo-op but when the same wildlife comes closer to human habitation it becomes a threat.
- Heat wave sends wildlife out of their habitats
The severe heat wave prevailing across AP and Telangana has forced wild animals to leave their habitats and search for cooler environs in v...
- 2 trapped leopards 'killed' in two months
Six leopards had been captured by forest officials this year from villages in several taluks in Hassan district.Two of them allegedly didn'...
'Crude bombs used to poach wild animals'Poachers are using crude bombs and cable snares to poach wild animals in forested areas and fringe areas of wildlife sanctuaries in the sta...
- Leopard trapped in Bantwal taluk
Forest department officials trapped on Thursday a 6-year-old female leopard which was creating panic among residents of Chennayithodi villa...
Forest department planning 'micro-chip' technology to track felinesWith the leopard menace growing in the district, the state forest department is planning a hi-tech way of maintaining a data base of feline...
- Leopard menace: Villagers living on the edge
Villagers, farmers and daily wage earners in some Telangana districts are living on the edge, what with all the leopards and other animals ...
- Jharkhand yet to find prominence in tourist map
As many as 18 of the 24 districts in Jharkhand are Naxalite-affected and some of the best attractions are in those districts.
- PCCF orders to shoot down 'man-eater leopard'
Finally, the Principal Conservator of Forests has ordered to shoot down the man-eater leopard of Vejgaon, it is reported.
Leopard found dead in Bor SanctuaryA month after a leopard was poisoned to death in Hingni Forest Range, another full-grown leopard was found dead near Juninadi nala, outside...
- Forest, local squad to curb leopard menace in Goa
Goa will form a joint squad of locals and forest officials to curb leopard menace that has been haunting the rural areas of Bicholim for al...