Jaipur, Dec 12 : A panther on Thursday entered a posh locality here in the afternoon and a search for it was on with drones till the time of filing this report. It triggered panic among the locals while the police and forest department teams were seen searching for the animal. The police were informed […]
Tag: Wildlife
Two-headed snake found in Bengal village
Kolkata, Dec 12 : A rare two-headed snake was found in a village under Belda forest range in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, a forest official said on Thursday. Inhabitants of Ekarukhi village found the snake, but did not hand it over to the forest officials. While there was speculation that the villagers were reluctant […]
Leopard attacks on the rise in West UP
Bijnore, Dec 11 : There have been six instances of leopard attacks in the past one month in Bijnore district. The latest incident took place on Tuesday in Jamalpur Dhikali village of Bahupura, when a two-year-old boy was seriously injured when a leopard pounced on him. The boy was sitting on a bullock cart and […]
PETA awards Dino Morea, Ketan Kadam for e-carriage initiative
Mumbai, Dec 9 : People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has presented entrepreneur Ketan Kadam and actor Dino Morea with its Innovative Business Award for bringing e-carriages to Mumbai through their electronic, battery-driven carriages business, UBO Ridez. At a special event over the weekend, the group also gave “Compassionate Business Awards” to […]
Indonesian police nab five poachers of rare Sumatran tigers
Jakarta, Dec 9 : The Indonesian police and officials of the Environment and Forestry Ministry have apprehended five people who illegally hunted the endangered Sumatran tigers, a senior official of the ministry said on Sunday. Three out of the five alleged poachers were arrested on Saturday in Pelalawan district, Riau province on Sumatra island and […]
Endangered mahseer multiplying in Himachal
Shimla, Dec 8 : The golden mahseer has been saved from extinction through a conservation plan launched to improve its status in reservoirs and rivers of Himachal Pradesh, according to conservationists here on Sunday. India’s nearly extinct ‘tigers of the water’, which suffered severe population declines in recent years and declared endangered by the Washington-based […]