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Rajya Sabha raises concerns over spam calls, outward migration, wild boar menaceDuring a spirited session on Monday, Rajya Sabha members raised crucial issues such as the invasion of privacy through persistent unsolicit...
India saved its tigers. Now big cats are running out of roomIndia now has more than 50 tiger reserves. Some are full. Others still hold ecological potential, if prey can be restored. The key lies not...
Wild boar pins down forest officer in UP for two minutes despite being beaten with sticks: Watch chilling viral videoA forest department officer was injured during a wild boar rescue operation in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. The animal attacked Shivam Pratap Sin...
Four days on, relief yet to reach villages in BengalIncessant rains and landslides have devastated parts of North Bengal. Communities in Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar are cut off. Families strugg...
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...
European Commission considers weakening protections for grey wolves: A look at the controversyWolves have made a strong comeback in Europe thanks to conservation efforts, but their resurgence has sparked conflicts with farmers worrie...
53 people killed in attacks by tigers and leopards in Chandrapur district of Maha in 2022: Forest minister"While 44 people were killed in the attack by tigers, nine others were killed in the attack by leopards in the calendar year of 2022 in Cha...
'Rewilding' centre aimed at reducing man-animal conflict to come up in UP's Pilibhit"Wild animals normally maintain critical distance with humans and their habitation. Because of the landscape of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve ...
Mysuru: Solar-powered lights to deter animals a hit among farmersIn order to prevent wild animals from entering the villages, the forest department has taken up various measures including digging elephant...
Environmentalists welcome Uttarakhand HC order banning killing of big cats- Experts say big cat was shot at from close range
The Nagarahole tiger, hiding near a tribal colony bordering the reserve, may have been shot at by poachers. Vets have suggested amputation ...
- Wild boars count underway as TN farmers demand culling
After repeated complaints from farmers across the state that wild boars have been uprooting their crops, the government has taken up a stud...
- Wildlife census for carnivorous animals conducted in Goa
The wildlife division of North and South Goa from April 21 to 23 conducted a wildlife census for carnivorous animals wherein pugmarks of ti...
- Tusker found dead, officials rule out poaching
A day after notorious poacher Sansar Chand died of cancer, carcass of a female elephant was found in Kotdwar range of Lansdowne division an...
- Lakhimpur’s killer tigress caught, released in Dudhwa
In a first for the UP forest department, a tigress that had killed a man in Lakhimpur Kheri district, was tranquilized, trapped and release...
Wild tension in KarnatakaEvery year in Karnataka, around 30 people get killed and hundreds get injured due to attacks by wild animals, most of them elephants.
- Killer tiger netted, shifted to Bennerghatta reserve
By 12.30pm the team had finished the task of capturing the killer tiger which has become man eater killing three people in a week's time.
- 30 die in human-animal conflict in just 8 months
Tigers are getting too close for comfort: three human deaths in five days have once more brought the man-animal conflict into focus.
- Captured man eater sent to Lucknow Zoo
A man eater tiger, captured after killing eight people in the forests of Uttar Pradesh in the last six months, has been sent to the Lucknow...
- Sanjay Gandhi National Park sees rise in leopards
Leopards in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai recorded an increase with its number going up to 24 from 21, as per the latest census.