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Assam government decides to upgrade Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into national park

Assam government decides to upgrade Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into national park

Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government on Monday decided to upgrade Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary into national park.
Hog deer fleeing from Kaziranga due to flood killed by hunters, two arrested

Hog deer fleeing from Kaziranga due to flood killed by hunters, two arrested

Guwahati/IBNS: As the flood submerged a large part of Kaziranga National Park, many animals, including one horned rhino, deer, elephant started fleeing from the park to seek safer places in the nearby areas and it is making easier for the hunters to locate and kill the wild animals for meat and body parts.
Rajasthan; Locust attack in Alwar

Rajasthan; Locust attack in Alwar

Alwar/UNI:  Farmers here are making frantic efforts to save their crops as the district was hit by swarms of locusts on Friday.
Wildfires engulfs 1,65,000 hectares of forestland in Russia

Wildfires engulfs 1,65,000 hectares of forestland in Russia

Moscow/UNI: As many as 246 wildfires are raging across Russia engulfing about 1,65,831 hectares of forest land, official data showed on Monday.
West Bengal: 36-ft dead whale washes ashore in Mandarmani in East Midnapore

West Bengal: 36-ft dead whale washes ashore in Mandarmani in East Midnapore

Kolkata/UNI: A gigantic 36-ft dead whale washed up on shore in Mandarmani in West Bengal 's East Midnapore district on Monday.
Maharashtra: Leopard caught in Nashik

Maharashtra: Leopard caught in Nashik

Nashik/UNI: A leopard who entered in onion store sieve was caught in cage laid by forest department at Aadwadi shiver in Sinnar taluka of the district in Maharashtra on Friday midnight.
Population of Asiatic lions in Gujarat's Gir forest registers highest increase; PM Modi shares the good news on social media

Population of Asiatic lions in Gujarat's Gir forest registers highest increase; PM Modi shares the good news on social media

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared "some very good news" about Asiatic lions inhabiting the Gir forest in his home state Gujarat.
COVID-19 detected in mink at 4 more fur farms in Netherlands - Reports

COVID-19 detected in mink at 4 more fur farms in Netherlands - Reports

Moscow/Sputnik: New COVID-19 cases have been detected in mink at four more fur farms in the Netherlands, where the fur industry has been severely affected by the COVID-19 outbreak, the Dutch News website reported on Wednesday.
Billions of desert locusts swarm through war-torn Yemen

Billions of desert locusts swarm through war-torn Yemen

Sanaa/Xinhua/UNI: Billions of desert locusts are swarming through war-torn Yemen, threatening crops and exacerbating the food crisis, officials confirmed on Sunday.
Pregnant elephant dies after locals feed her cracker-laden pineapple

Pregnant elephant dies after locals feed her cracker-laden pineapple

Thiruvananthapuram/IBNS: In a brutal instance of animal abuse, a pregnant elephant in Kerala died after she ate a pineapple full of firecrackers offered to her by some locals.
Nashik woman hurt in leopard attack

Nashik woman hurt in leopard attack

Nashik/UNI:  A woman has sustained serious injuries on Friday after she was attacked by a leopard in Vise Mala area of the city, informed police.
Karnataka: Shepherd killed by tiger in Nagarahole National Park

Karnataka: Shepherd killed by tiger in Nagarahole National Park

Mysuru/UNI:  A 65-year-old shepherd was killed and carried away by a Tiger on the fringes of Nagarahole National Park near Hunsur district in Karnataka.
Leopard spotted on outskirts of Hyderabad two days ago remains untraced

Leopard spotted on outskirts of Hyderabad two days ago remains untraced

Hyderabad/UNI: The elusive leopard which created panic among the residents of Katedan locality on the outskirts of the city on Thursday was yet to be traced on Saturday.
Hyderabad: Leopard spotted on outskirts of city, still untraced

Hyderabad: Leopard spotted on outskirts of city, still untraced

Hyderabad/UNI: Despite massive search operations by the forest department and police personnel, a wild leopard which went missing from the city outskirts on Thursday is yet to be trapped, officials said on Friday.
Assam: Poachers kill one-horned rhino in Kaziranga amid Covid-19 lockdown

Assam: Poachers kill one-horned rhino in Kaziranga amid Covid-19 lockdown

Guwahati/IBNS: Amid Covid-19 lockdown, poachers killed a rhino in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP) and chopped off its horn.