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Indore Forest department fails to provide water for wildlife in forests With scorching heat, dried-up lakes and ponds, summers are a tough time for wildlife survival. Despite this, forest department has ignored its prime responsibility to provide water for animals in forests. Every year the budget for arranging facilities for wildlife in the forest is …

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Odisha’s blackbucks(Krushnasara Mruga) double in 6 years, reveals census Odisha’s blackbuck population has doubled in the last six years, according to figures from the latest population census released recently by the chief conservator of forest (wildlife). The antelopes numbered 7,358 — 4,196 females, 1,712 males and 1,450 young, according to census figures. The census was …

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World's tiniest pig, once thought extinct, returning to the wild In the thick, tall grasslands of the Himalaya foothills lives the endangered pygmy hog, a species so small its piglets can fit in your pocket. Standing about 10 inches tall, the shy animal once roamed the border regions of India, Nepal, and Bhutan, snuffling about …

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West Bengal: Forest department, NGOs ready plans to help wildlife in distress Taking a cue from Amphan, when urban wildlife, particularly birdlife, took a hit a year ago, many wildlife activists have come forward with helpline numbers where one can contact and report about animals in distress after cyclone Yaas, that’s likely to make a …

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Veteran Endian Sundarlal Bahuguna dies of COVID Veteran environmentalist and architect of the Chipko Movement Sundarlal Bahuguna died May 21, 2021, at the age of 94, Press Trust of India reported. He had been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Rishikesh, Uttarakhand after having contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Bahuguna was one of the leaders …