Wild Animals

Watch: Rare Flying Snake Seized From Odisha Man

Bhubaneshwar News | Edited By Richa Taneja (With Inputs From ANI) | Tuesday August 20, 2019

Per the Wildlife Protection Act, offences related to possession, trade and commerce of wild animals attracts imprisonment and heavy fine.

Man, 28, Killed By Wild Animal At Pench Tiger Reserve's Buffer Zone

Cities | Press Trust of India | Wednesday August 7, 2019

A 28-year-man from Seoni in Madhya Pradesh has been killed in an attack by a wild animal, suspected to be a tiger, in the Khawasa buffer zone of the Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR), an official said today

The Other Greens In Your Bagged Lettuce - Frogs, Snakes And Lizards

Science | Laura Reiley, The Washington Post | Sunday July 28, 2019

The first review by scientists of wild animals found by customers in prepackaged produce makes clear that frogs are the trouble, and bagged lettuce and spinach are, by and large, their preferred medium. While 21 of the 40 reported incursions under review involved amphibians, it is also the unfortunate case that rodents, snakes, lizards, birds and e...

How Do You Give A Tiger A Root Canal? With Knockout Gas, And Great Care

World News | Ian Shapira, The Washington Post | Sunday February 10, 2019

Nikita, a 308-pound Amur tiger, was blissfully gassed out on a gurney at the National Zoo. On Saturday morning, as the orange, black and white feline lay on her side, her tongue dangling out, some 15 zoo staffers fearlessly hovered. They opened her mouth, checked her heart rate, and, crucially, monitored for the slightest signs of muscle twitches a...

Colorado Jogger Fends Off, Kills Mountain Lion On Rural Trail

World News | Reuters | Tuesday February 5, 2019

A Colorado jogger fought off a mountain lion in the foothills of Horsetooth Mountain on Monday, suffering severe bites before he killed the wild animal in self-defense, authorities said.

When Maharashtra Students Caught Wild Animals Taking Over Their Schools

India News | Karin Brulliard, The Washington Post | Thursday December 20, 2018

Thousands of kids around the world have been asking that question for four years - and using camera traps to get some wild answers.

Earth's Wild Animal Population Plummets 60 Per Cent In 44 Years: WWF

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday October 30, 2018

"Runaway consumption" has decimated global wildlife, triggered a mass extinction and exhausted Earth's capacity to accommodate humanity's expanding appetites, the global conservation group WWF warned Tuesday. From 1970 to 2014, 60 percent of all animals with a backbone -- fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals -- were wiped out by human appe...

Mumbai Man Injured In Leopard Attack While Saving His Pet Dog

Mumbai News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 30, 2018

A 29-year-old man was injured in an attack by a leopard when he tried to save his pet dog from the wild animal in Mumbai, a civic official said today.

Lion Kept Inside Glass Enclosure At Istanbul Cafe Draws Online Outrage

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Tuesday July 10, 2018

A cafe in Istanbul, Turkey has come under fire for keeping a lion inside a glass enclosure meters away from diners. A video circulating on social media shows a lion pacing inside the glass enclosure as a little girl tries to play with the wild animal from the other side of the enclosure.

Goa Puts On Hold Process To Declare Animals As Harmful To Crops

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 21, 2018

The Goa government has decided to put on hold the process to declare certain wild animals as vermin (harmful and objectionable). Earlier, several farmers had complained to authorities about animals like wild boars, bisons and others damaging crops, thus causing losses to them.

Researchers Develop AI to Identify, Describe Wild Animals

Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday June 6, 2018

Researchers have developed an AI system that can automatically identify, count and describe wild animals using photographs collected by "camera traps".

The Internet: A Dangerous Place for Wild Animals

Agence France-Presse | Wednesday May 23, 2018

From ivory baubles and leopard coats to rare turtles and live bears, the online market for protected wildlife is booming.

Mamata Banerjee, Maneka Gandhi Spar Over Killing Of Royal Bengal Tiger

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday April 19, 2018

Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Wednesday termed West Bengal as the only place in the country where illegal killing of wild animals is "allowed and encouraged", prompting an angry reaction from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who demanded an apology from the minister for "insulting adivasis" (tribals).

This Bear Cub Was Caught In A Poacher's Trap. How He Had A Lucky Escape

Karnataka News | Written by Maya Sharma | Thursday November 9, 2017

Trapping wild animals in India is illegal, but this practice is still rampant in many parts of the country. Often, animals who are not the actual target of the traps are also caught and die a miserable death.

Animal Ban For Woman Who Walked A Seagull In The UK

World News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 19, 2017

A 44-year-old woman who was arrested as she walked an injured seagull on a lead has been banned from keeping wild animals for a year by a UK court.