The animal had spread panic among residents of Tathengalam, Thenkara and Mezhukumpaara in the district
The number of wild boars in Hong Kong has declined by more than half in the four years since authorities adopted a capture-and-kill policy, with HK$105.6 million (US$13.46 million) spent over the same period. A Legislative Council study published on Monday found that the number of boars culled since 2021 rose elevenfold to 723 last year under the new policy. Over the same period, the number of injuries from boar attacks declined by 80 percent. In the research brief seen by the South China...
According to the Forest department, KM1 regularly breaches various protective barriers installed along the forest boundary to enter in habitat areas
Integrated wildlife management system, rapid-response teams and scientific monitoring proposed for Alipiri and Srivari Mettu footpaths
Forest Department has intensified field-level mitigation measures; DFO appeals to the public not to approach, provoke, or disturb the elephant and to immediately report its movement to the forest officials.
A prefecture in western Japan is drawing attention for a unique bear management programme that uses microchips implanted in captured animals to estimate population levels and guide culling decisions, as rising sightings across the country fuel calls for more effective countermeasures. Hyogo prefecture says it is the first in Japan to use information gathered from microchipped bears to determine an appropriate population size and maintain a balance between conservation and population control. The...