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Srinagar: Department of Wildlife Protection, J&K under the guidance of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests(WL)/Chief Wildlife Warden, J&K Sarvesh Rai, is organizing six days Technical workshop cum training programme on ‘Human Wildlife Conflict for the frontline staff of Kashmir Region consisting of Forest Territorial, Forest Protection Force and Wildlife Department from 29th April, to 4th May, 2024. The workshop cum training

Nagaland has 148 notified community reserves, the highest in the country and accounts for more than 50% such reserves nationally.

A 55-year-old woman was mauled to death by a tiger in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district on today, while her husband is missing after the attack, a forest department official said.

The incident took place in compartment 34 of Nagbhid Range, says Chief Conservation of Forests (Chandrapur Circle) Prakash Lonkar

San Diego Zoo and Safari Park giving animals coronavirus vaccine The animal-specific vaccine will be given to close to 200 animals between the zoo and safari park to begin. and last updated 2021-07-22 21:38:29-04 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- The San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are in the process of vaccinating their animals. Zoetis, a pharmaceutical veterinarian company, just donated enough doses to vaccinate 180 animals at the Zoo and 90 animals at the Safari Park. It’s a two-dose ...

City of Castlegar named Bear Smart community SHARE ON: (supplied by pixabay) The City of Castlegar has now been officially named the tenth community in the province to obtain Bear Smart status by the B.C. Conservation Officers Service. “It is great to see the City of Castlegar and, more importantly, our residents get recognized as a Bear Smart community,” said Kirk Duff, Castlegar Mayor. “This accomplishment is possible because of a collective effort by our community to change everyday h...

Great Apes at San Diego Zoo receive experimental COVID vaccine Becoming the first non-human primates to be vaccinated against COVID-19 San Diego Zoo and last updated 2021-03-04 20:55:14-05 SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Nine great apes at the San Diego Zoo are the first non-human primates to be vaccinated against COVID-19. In 1994, at the San Diego Zoo, an orangutan named Karen became the first ape in the world to have open heart surgery. Karen just made more history. Last month, she and three other orangu...