Animal Hunting
What is 'zombie deer disease' and are humans at risk? What you need to know
Experts have termed the zombie deer disease a "slow-moving disaster" and have urged governments to prepare for the possibility of it spreading to humans
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10 held for hunting, encroachment of forest land near Kuno National Park
Ten persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in forest crimes, including hunting and tree-cutting, near the Kuno National Park (KNP), the home of cheetahs, in Madhya Pradesh's Sheopur district, officials said on Saturday. These persons were arrested from the Karahal forest range, some 40 km from KNP boundaries, officials said. The accused, including four from Rajasthan, were taken into custody in connection with tree-cutting, encroachment and hunting, the forest department said in a press release. Two axes, a gofan' (sling) and five nooses that are used in hunting were seized from their possession, it said. Karahal's Forest Range Officer Satyendra Singh Dhakad said that the accused have been booked under Indian Forest Act and Wildlife (Protection) Act. They were presented before a court before being sent to jail, he said. KNP has been under the spotlight ever since eight Namibian cheetahs five female and three male were released into enclosures there last Septemb
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Unsustainable hunting threat to 1,300 wild mammal species globally: Report
Around 12 per cent of tree species in the wild and 1,341 wild mammal species globally are threatened by unsustainable logging and hunting, according to a new report by the IPBES
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SC to hear challenge to hunting, killing of wild animals
Petitioners also challenged the constitutional validity of section 62 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
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