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Andhra Pradesh: Forest officials trap second leopard after recent attack o
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
One more leopard was caught at Tirumala Footway. This is the third leopard to be caught in 50 days in Tirupathi and the second one from Tirumala after a six-year-old girl named Lakshitha was killed in a leopard attack last week.
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Leopard captured in Andhra’s Tirumala, days after 6-yr-old girl mauled to
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A leopard who had killed a six-year-old girl was caught by forest officials on Sunday night, according to officials.
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Locals rescue 18-feet long python from tea garden in Assam's Nagaon
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A group of locals rescued the python with the help of forest officials. Later, it was released at Suang Reserve Forest Area in Nagaon District by locals with the help of forest staff.
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Andhra Pradesh: Villagers panic as herd of elephants wanders in Rangappava
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Herds of elephants were seen roaming in Rangappavalasa village, located in Therlam mandal of Vizianagaram district in Andhra Pradesh, according to forest officials.
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TN forest officials confiscate more than 100 rose-ringed parrots
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Rose-ringed parrots have been declared a protected bird under the Tamil Nadu Wildlife Protection Amendment Act 2022, making it a punishable offence to breed or sell these species of parrots.
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Chhattisgarh: Three held for allegedly smuggling Pangolin in Kanker
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"Following a precise tip-off that smugglers are looking for a customer to sell a pangolin, a forest department team swung into action and launched an operation to nab the accused persons", said a forest officer.
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DRI detains 4 persons with 2 leopard skins in Delhi: Officials
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) detained four persons in the national capital and recovered 2 leopard skins from their custody, officials said on Thursday.
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Assam: Couple dies after being attacked by elephant in Kamrup
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"Following the incident police and forest officials rushed to the area and recovered the bodies. The bodies are under the custody of Boko police for sending to Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for post-mortem," Dimpi Bora said.
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One-Horned Rhino enters village in Assam's Jorhat, creates panic
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
According to officials, the local villagers of Nakachari Dohutia village spotted the rhino straying in a paddy field on Wednesday morning and immediately informed local forest officials.
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Baby elephant rescued from 10-foot-deep well in Odisha's Keonjhar
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Forest Officials rescued a baby elephant from a 10-foot-deep abandoned well along the Baitarani River at Tuntuna under the Champua forest range in Keonjhar district of Odisha in the early hours of Thursday.
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Rare melanistic tiger found dead in Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
A rare melanistic tiger was found dead in Odisha's Simlipal National Park (STR) in Mayurbhanj district, forest officials said on Monday.
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Madhya Pradesh: Escaped Namibian cheetah 'Oban' brought back to Kuno Natio
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
'Oban' - one of the male Namibian cheetahs, who ran away from the Kuno National Park and was heading towards the Uttar Pradesh border, was rescued and brought back, informed the forest officials.
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