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US: 3 women injured in rare otter attack in Montana's Jefferson River
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
According to a news release from Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) on Thursday, the women saw one or two otters while floating along the Jefferson River on Wednesday at around 8:15 pm.
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Greece PM offers free Rhodes vacation for travellers affected by wildfires
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is offering a “do-over” for travellers whose trip to the holiday island of Rhodes was cancelled or cut short due to the country's wildfires, CNN reported.
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Assam: Three wild elephants die of electrocution in Kamrup
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Three elephants on Friday died after being electrocuted in the Kamrup district, said officials.
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Assam: Women from human-elephant conflict-affected villages learn handloom
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The workshop was organised in partnership with the British Asian Trust and with support from the Darwin Initiative to provide additional livelihood options for women to help them offset some of the losses incurred by the conflict with wild elephants.
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Housefull at Linen Club Nature inFocus Festival and Awards 2023
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 3: The Linen Club Nature inFocus Festival and Awards 2023, presented by Sublime Wilderness Odyssey, held over three days (28, 29, and 30 July 2023) brought together nature enthusiasts, filmmakers, and wildlife experts from all corners of the world.
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Sea level rise alters habitat of endangered species: Study
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The silver rice rat, an endangered species unique to the Florida Keys, prefers to live along the water's edge for easy access to its low-tide marine species diet.
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Illegal tiger trade syndicate busted, former field officer of WPSI arreste
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), an apex body constituted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to combat the organised wildlife crime and illegal wildlife trade issued a red alert to all Tiger reserves and tiger bearing areas to intensify the patrollin
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Venus Williams accepts wild cards into Cincinnati, Montreal
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Venus Williams has been awarded a main-draw wild card into the Cincinnati Masters, which begins on August 14.
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US: 8-year-old injured after being attacked by cougar in Olympic National
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The cat attacked the child while he was camping with his mother at Lake Angeles, in the Heart O’ the Hills area south of Port Angeles, according to a news release from the National Park Service.
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Maharashtra: Pune fire department rescues two dogs trapped in drum of asph
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
In a rescue operation on Saturday morning, a Pune fire brigade team along with a local animal NGO named Wild Animal and Snakes Protection Society sprang into action to save two dogs trapped inside a drum of asphalt (bitumen).
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Major wildlife smuggling attempt foiled: DRI seizes 306 live exotic animal
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
“Among the confiscated animals were rare species of Turtles, including the Yellow Spotted Turtle, Albino Red Eared Slider Turtle, Asian/Chinese Leaf Turtle, and Red Bellied Short Head Turtle. In addition, Tortoises like the Greek Tortoise, Red-footed tortoise, and Asian Spurred Tortoise were
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India has 75 pc of world’s wild tiger population: Ministry of Environment,
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
India currently harbors almost 75 per cent of the world’s wild tiger population, and now more than 3/4 of the tiger population in the country is found within protected areas, according to a detailed report released by Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest, and Climate Chan
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