Hassan (Karnataka), Sep 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) A wild injured elephant attacked the Forest Department team who went to administer treatment to it, leaving a forest officer dead, in Karnataka’s Hassan district on Thursday, officials said. The…
Bijnor, Aug 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) A 35-year-old woman, Jagiro Kaur, was attacked by a leopard in the Champatpur village of Bijnor’s Afjalgarh block in Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Thursday. The attack took place on Wednesday. She…
Chittoor (Andhra Pradesh), Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) In another major instance of man-animal conflict, a couple was killed and another person injured in an attack by wild elephants in Andhra Pradesh’s Chittoor district, near the Tamil…
Bhopal, Aug 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Some people in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh were seen, in a viral video, walking along with a leopard who apparently seemed sick. In the viral video, the leopard is seen…
Hyderabad, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a heartwarming act, a traffic police constable rescued a kitten stranded on iron bars of an under construction pillar in Hyderabad. The constable climbed on the iron grilles and rescued…
Surat, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) A whale calf died after being stranded ashore for the second time within two days in Surat. Despite combined efforts from local residents and the forest department staff to rescue and…
Lucknow, Aug 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a case of self-mutilation, a white tigress named Indra at the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah Zoological Garden in Lucknow bit off her own tail. She is now being treated under…
Guwahati, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) In yet another tragic incident, a wild elephant came into contact with a high voltage electric wire in Assam’s Udalguri district and died on Monday, officials said. The incident happened in…
Tirupati, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Another leopard was trapped in a cage set up by the forest department on the Alipiri footpath route to the famous Tirumala temple. The leopard was caught on Sunday night near…
New Delhi, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Congress leader and former Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday claimed that bird species have declined in the country. “The second iteration of the diligently curated State of India’s…
Gir (Gujarat), Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six persons, comprising two tourists and four locals, has been collectively fined Rs 1.75 lakh for unlawfully entering a reserved area within Gujarat’s Gir forest – the natural habitat of…
Guwahati/Agartala, Aug 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Deaths of people due to human-elephant conflicts is on the rise in Assam with 118 people losing their lives since last year. During the same period, as many as 29 wild…
Agra, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) A team of the Wildlife SOS on Saturday rescued a 5-foot-long Indian rat snake found inside a refrigerator stand in Sikandra, Agra. The snake, which had taken refuge in an unexpected…
Kevadia, Aug 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kevadia, known for housing the Statue of Unity, is all set to welcome a thrilling addition to its attractions — a new jungle safari that promises an intimate encounter with the…
Guwahati, Aug 25 (SocialNews.XYZ) A carcass of a rhino was found in Kaziranga National Park; however, authorities ruled out possibility of poaching. Talking to IANS, Arun Vignesh, the Divisional Forest Officer at Eastern Wildlife Division…
Chennai, Aug 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Vellore Cooperative Mill in Tamil Nadu will supply wild boar repellent to sugarcane farmers across the state from Friday onwards. Sources in the cooperative mill told IANS that the repellent had…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The West Bengal Forest Department has now decided to act tough against illegal electric fencing around agricultural land adjacent to elephant corridors in the state to prevent frequent electrocution deaths of…
Jaipur, Aug 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Dholpur-Karauli Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan has received final approval from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). Now a total of 50 villages will be displaced under the Dholpur Karauli Tiger…
New Delhi, Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Customs officials at the Bengaluru airport on Tuesday rescued 234 wild animals, including pythons, chameleons, iguanas, turtles, alligators, and a baby kangaroo, and arrested a man in this connection. According…
Kolkata, Aug 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) The West Bengal forest department has outlined an ambitious strategy for increasing the roaming space for wild animals, especially rhinos, at the Jaldapara National Park in Alipurduar district. Forest department sources…