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A tiger was shot and killed after a man working for a third-party cleaning company was attacked at Florida's Naples Zoo on Wednesday, according to officials.
The Niger Defence Ministry announced Sunday that 12 soldiers and "dozens of terrorists" were killed in a battle in western Niger, in the conflict-torn "three borders" zone. Eight more soldiers were wounded in the clash with "hundreds of armed terrorists" five kilometres (three miles) from Fantio, the statement said. The soldiers encountered hundreds of fighters and came under heavy fire. Also read | At least 69 dead in west Niger jihadist attack
A day after a tigress pounced and killed a lady forest guard in the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), the Maharashtra government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 15 lakh to the family and job to her husband. The lady forest guard, who hailed from neighbouring Gadchiroli district, was identified as Swati N Dhumane, a 31-year-old.
A woman forest guard was attacked and killed by a tigress at the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on Saturday. The lady forest guard was identified as Swati N Dhumane, a 31-year-old, who was on the Kolara beat along with three beat helpers. Dr Jitendra Ramgaonkar, Chief Conservator of Forests and Field, TATR, confirmed the incident.
Eleven Nigerien security personnel died in an ambush against a regional prefect's motorcade near the country's border with Burkina Faso on Wednesday, the interior ministry said on Friday.