Leopard enters Uttarakhand medical college, attacks people
Dehradun: A leopard entered the Srinagar Government Medical College in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district on Sunday, attacking a couple of persons and creating panic in the premises, an official said. Wildlife officials have started efforts to trap the wild cat from the hostel The leopard, which entered the medical college in the morning, was seen at More...
Gujarat’s Gir lions to soon have radio collars
Ahmedabad: The rare Asiatic lions in Gujarat’s Gir forests and surrounding regions will have radio collars fitted around their necks this month, similar to the lions of the African savannah and the Serengeti. Since More...
14 lions escape from South Africa’s national park
Johannesburg: Communities around Phalaborwa, in South Africa Limpopo Province, have been alerted after 14 lions escaped from Kruger National Park. We are organising resources and logistics to send them back where More...
Strayed leopard mauls old woman in Maharashtra’s Village
Chandrapur (Maharashtra): A wild leopard strayed from a forested tract and struck for the second time in five days in Gadbori village, this time killing a 65-year-old woman, a police official said here on Friday. They More...
Tiger strays into Sugarcane field, attacks a man in Madhya Pradesh
Seoni (Madhya Pradesh): Barely days after a youth in the Seoni district of Madhya Pradesh was attacked by a tiger on June 1, another incident of the tiger attack on Tuesday near the Paraspani village in the same More...
Cheers for wildlife enthusiasts as tiger spotted in South Goa national park
Panaji: The development is bound to bring cheer to Goa wildlife enthusiasts in general and authorities in particular as a tiger was spotted in the state’s only national park in South Goa, an official statement More...
Amur Falcon ‘Longleng’ reaches northeast, joy in Naga Hills
Guwahati: The arrival of an Amur falcon in the northeast as it heads back from Africa to its breeding grounds in northern China and Mongolia has cheered conservationists and other animal-lovers in the region. Female More...
Two wild elephants run over by train
Dehradun: Two elephants were killed after they were hit by a train in Jwalapur area of Haridwar district early on Friday, a forest department official said. A case has been registered in this regard The Divisional More...
Supreme Court bans mining in Kaziranga National Park
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a ban on mining and construction activities in Kaziranga National Park and animal corridors. The CEC report came in the wake of alleged large-scale illegal mining and More...
Tiger’s decomposed body found in Bengal’s Sundarbans
Kolkata: In a setback to tiger conservation efforts in Sundarbans, a decomposed body of a big cat was found in the mangrove forest. Forest officials suspected that the tiger might have died 10-15 days ago According More...