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In 1859, English settlers released 24 wild rabbits; in 2024, scientists were shocked to find that the DNA of almost all the rabbits in Australia descended from those 24A seemingly simple request for hunting rabbits in 1859 by Thomas Austin in Australia unleashed a continental plague. While rabbits were int...- Kerala: Nipah patient's route map released; animal husbandry dept sets up control roomKozhikode district administration has released the route map of a 43-year-old man infected with the Nipah virus. He is currently on ventila...
- 'Possibly most beautiful jungle': Award-winning wildlife photographer and investor Sridhar Sivaram reveals a hidden destination wildlife and nature lovers must visitDudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh offers a raw and wild jungle experience away from crowds. Award-winning photographer Sridhar Sivaram ...
- Dogs and cats can be infected by hantavirus, but can they spread it to humans? Here's what CDC recommends for pet ownersHantavirus and pets: A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship has sparked global health worries. Passengers fell ill and some died during a v...
- Why are California’s wild pigs turning blue inside? and what it means for the pork on your plateCalifornia hunters found wild pigs with blue flesh. Officials traced it to rodent poison. The poison, diphacinone, is dangerous to animals ...
- The $2.5 billion reason why US is worried about Canada's 'Super Pigs'Canada's 'super pigs,' a hybrid of wild boars and domestic pigs, are poised to invade the northern US. These animals cause significant agri...
- African Swine Fever outbreak reported in Kerala's Thrissur districtAfrican Swine Fever outbreak reported in Kerala's Thrissur district prompts culling of 310 pigs at a private farm in Madakkathara panchayat...
- Escaped pig Albert Einswine leads New Jersey police on wild chase. Know about it, watch funny videoAlbert Einswine, a pig, escaped from a New Jersey farm and led cops on a wild chase before they were able to 'apprehend' the pesky porker. ...
- Kerala reports cases of African Swine fever in Kottayam district; more information hereThe African Swine Fever Virus is highly contagious but does not infect humans. It quickly spreads from one animal to another.
- African Swine Fever spreads to wild pigs in Mizoram: officialAfrican Swine Fever has now spread to wild animals in Mizoram and it appears that inoculation is the only option left to contain the outbre...
- Nepal reports first African swine fever outbreakNepal has 1,426 susceptible and 1,364 active cases of the African swine fever as of Thursday evening, said the animal organisation that has...
- World's smallest hog released into wild in India by conservationistsThe pygmy hog, which has the scientific name porcula salvania, lives in tall, wet grasslands and was once found along plains on the Himalay...
- World's smallest hog released into wild in India by conservationists
- When it comes to innovation, think pigTheir tools are still quite basic, but can they end up hogging our planet?
- Order to cull Himachal Pradesh’s ‘vermin’ monkeys draws activists’ ireUnion environment ministry has declared monkeys (Rhesus Macaque) as ‘vermin’ in Himachal Pradesh, allowing local authorities to cull this a...
- 292 crude bombs seized in Thane; one heldThe Shil Daighar police has booked the accused under Indian Penal Code section 286 and relevant provisions of the Explosive Substances Act,...
- Centre has not given any permission for culling of wild animals: Anil Madhav DaveThe minister said "declaration vermin for a limited period is a response only for dealing with overpopulation in some areas, outside forest...
- Centre allows Bihar to cull Nilgai herds and wild pigs; declares them ‘vermin’This is the first instance of the environment ministry declaring any species as vermin and granting rights to a state to hunt them down.
- Assam conservationist Goutam Narayan first Indian to get Harry Messel awardThe award, instituted since 2004, is usually given at an interval of two to four years with 18 individuals and an organisation receiving th...
- Wild grazers make up 76.4% of lion prey in GirThe lions of Gir are more expert hunters than cattle lifters. A study by experts revealed that lions within the sanctuary hunt ungulates - ...
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