Flooding in the Sunderbans and neighbouring parts of South 24 Parganas district in the wake of cyclone Yaas has caused serious breach in embankments of forest camps in many areas.
Poacher detained at Bhetapara area in Guwahati
Forest Department personnel detained a suspected poacher from the Bhetapara area here on Wednesday night. The detention has been made on the request of West Bengal Forest department.
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: Forest Department personnel detained a suspected poacher from the Bhetapara area here on Wednesday night. The detention has been made on the request of West Bengal Forest department.
Sources informed that the poacher identified as Jamaluddin from Manipur lives in a rented place here. He plies a cab under Uber.
The case relates to the poaching of a rhinocerous in West Bengal on March 31, 2021. Sleuths zeroed down on Jamaluddin after his mobile phone was traced at the location of the incident in Bengal.
Botswana is home to more than 33 per cent of Africa’s savanna elephants
Print edition : January 15, 2021
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A herd of bull elephants in the Savuti region of the Chobe National Park (11,700 sq. km) in Botswana. Photo: S. Murali
A bull in an overused habitat. Bulls who are responsible for the death of trees from ring barking and uprooting may have a daily range of 15-20 km from water-available areas. Photo: S. Murali
Watching wildlife from cruising boats is popular on the Chobe river. Photo: Mike Johnsingh
A debarked baobab tree. The elephants debark and feed on the fleshy interior part of the stem. This behaviour is much more widely prevalent in the dry season and in the very dry areas. Photo: A.J.T. Johnsingh