NEW DELHI: The city-based NGO Wildlife SOS rescued and brought back 50 Indian star tortoises, which were trafficked to Singapore, to be sold at higher rates in the black market. The rescue was carried out with permission from the environment ministry, while Singapore Airlines was roped in to help in free transportation. The species is […]
Himachal Pradesh: A leopard cub was rescued by wildlife wing of the forest department from the parking area near judicial complex in Shimla. The leopard cub was hiding under a parked car and police were informed who then called forests officials. The rescue team reached the spot and captured the cub using a net instead […]
NAINITAL: The Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) will allow day safari and night stay in the popular Dhikala zone from November 22. The five prominent zones of CTR— Bijrani, Dhela, Durga Devi, Gairal and Jhirna — had opened for tourists earlier this week, but visitors were disappointed as only day safaris were being permitted in these […]
Kurnool: A year-old leopard was found dead on the railway tracks near Chelima in the Nandyal forest division on Friday. She was hit by a train. It is suspected that the leopard had strayed from the nearby forests in search for food.
NAGPUR: Days after T1 was shot dead on November 2, her cubs were sighted after a gap of 14 days by monitoring teams in the wee hours of Thursday at Vihirgaon. They were later spotted near the Anji dam. Like T1 was lured by tigress’ urine and Calvin Klein perfume in Borati for capture, the […]
MUMBAI: Two men were arrested after they were caught with a creep of 300 star tortoises meant to be smuggled abroad. The star tortoises, also known as button tortoises, had been bundled in a very “claustrophobic” manner- some were stuffed into two tiny boxes and some in haversacks with hardly any ventilation. Also, the containers […]
There were around 15 family members in the house while at least 20 buffaloes and cattle were in the shed when the lion entered the farmer’s house. Dramatic scenes were witnessed in Patla village of Amreli district in Gujarat when an Asiatic lion entered a farmer’s house killing a buffalo calf and later sought refuge […]
BHUBANESWAR: Having evaded forest officials for over two weeks since its second suspected human kill, tigress Sundari was on Tuesday tranquillised and captured at Majhipada in Satkosia Tiger Reserve of Odisha. Kunki elephant Yoshada, who was brought to Satkosia from Chandaka Wildlife Sanctuary for the purpose of tracking Sundari, helped the team of Wildlife Institute […]
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