Teen critically injured in bear attack in Ramban
A 14-year-old boy was critically injured in a bear attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Saturday. Akram Ahmad Chopan, a resident of Seeri village, was attacked by a wild bear…
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Kerala ministers to visit Aralam farm over human-wildlife conflict
A joint team of Kerala ministers will visit Aralam farm in Kannur next month to review measures against human-wildlife conflict, The Hindu reports. The team includes Forest Minister Shibu Baby John, Electricity…
Uttarakhand sees 46% of wildlife conflict deaths since 2020
Nearly half of all human deaths from wildlife encounters in Uttarakhand since 2000 occurred between 2020 and 2025, according to a study by Prof. Vishwambhar Prasad Sati of Mizoram University. The state…
Five-foot crocodile caught after three-day Odisha pond rescue
A five-foot-long crocodile was captured from a village pond in Odisha's Malkangiri district on Wednesday, after a three-day operation by the Forest Department. The reptile was first spotted at MV-104 village three…
Study links tourism in tiger reserves to higher stress in big cats
A study across five Indian tiger reserves found that tigers exposed to higher levels of tourism and other human disturbance had elevated stress hormone levels. Female tigers appeared to favour less disturbed…
Elephant charges at people with torches in paddy field
A video shared by Dr PM Dhakate, Special Secretary to the Uttarakhand Chief Minister, shows a wild elephant charging at a group of people in a paddy field. The people were trying…
Herders quitting, skills for tiger coexistence disappearing
A commentary on Mongabay-India reports that herders in the Kanha-Pench corridor, which connects two tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh, are quitting their occupation due to low wages, loss of pastures, and the…
Two killed, one injured in wild elephant attacks in Karnataka
Two men have been killed and a woman injured in separate wild elephant attacks in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar and Kodagu districts over two days. Mahadevaswamy (45), a forest watcher on night patrol after…
Operation to capture tiger in Arankal intensified
The forest department has intensified efforts to capture a tiger roaming the Arankal region of Peermade in Idukki for over a month. The Times of India reports that a specially trained eight-member…
AI sentries achieve near-100% success in Kerala wildlife conflict zones
Kerala’s Forest Department has deployed AI-driven ‘Farmguard’ digital sentries across six high-risk forest fringes, reporting a near-100% success rate in deterring wild animals. The units use night-vision cameras and machine learning to…
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