Animals

Kozhikode, June 11: Three people were injured in two separate wild elephant attacks in Kerala’s Attappady region on Thursday, once again drawing attention to the persistent threat of human-wildlife conflict in the tribal belt along the Kerala–Tamil Nadu border. The first incident occurred at Mulli in Attappady during the early hours of the day. A […]

Amid mounting allegations of mistreatment and deaths of animals at city-run Animal Birth Control (ABC) centres, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) has announced plans to install 60 CCTV cameras across five such facilities. The project, estimated to cost ₹17.82 lakh, aims to improve transparency and strengthen monitoring mechanisms at these centres. According to GCC officials, […]

Chennai,March 27,2025 The Tamil Nadu forest department officials have installed surveillance cameras and set up cages in Mettur village of Salem district following villagers complaining of leopard presence in the area. Villagers and farmers in the area have complained to the forest department that a leopard has recently been attacking local livestock, including dogs, goats, […]

Chennai, November 14 (BPNS) The Madras High Court has refused to grant custody of a partially paralysed infant monkey to a veterinarian who had been caring for it over the past ten months. Justice C.V. Karthikeyan, presiding over the case, declined the petition by veterinarian V. Valliappan, stating that the monkey is considered government property […]

Chennai, Sept 18( BPNS) The stray dog that bit 7 people including a child who was sleeping at her home was confirmed with rabies. The dog was killed by local people after it turned violent and rampantly bit several people. The dog was confirmed with rabies after the postmortem conducted in Kottayam veterinary hospital. With […]

Sheopur (MP), Sep 17 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released cheetahs brought from Namibia into a special enclosure at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh as part of the programme to reintroduce the feline in India seven decades after it was declared extinct in the country. Modi, who is celebrating his 72nd […]

Thiruvananthapuram, September 17 (BPNS) The victims of dog bites in the state will now get free medical care at government hospitals. This has been facilitated by a division bench of the Kerala High Court as it considered the rising stray dog bite cases in the state. According to the court, free medical care also includes […]

Thiruvananthapuram, September 15 (BPNS)With a day left for the Kerala High Court’s scrutiny over the state government’s interventions in addressing the stray dog menace, an action plan got rolled out. The plan based on four components – an intensive vaccination programme, shelter homes for stray dogs and abandoned dogs, waste management, and awareness campaigns – […]

Thiruvananthapuram, September 13 (BPNS) With stray dog attacks continuing unabated in the state, the entire government machinery has sprung into action. It is learned that similar efforts made during the times of floods and the Covid-19 pandemic are what is expected by the government to address the stray dog menace. According to local bodies minister […]