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May 27, 2023 03:54 PM IST Camera footage captured the moment when police officials discovered the animals caged, along with dead animals, in a house in Northamptonshire.
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April 26, 2023 10:45 PM IST Around 71 percent of the survey respondents said that the management of stray dogs and other animals should be a measurement criterion for Swachh Bharat rankings and to provide funding to local bodies.
- November 25, 2022 12:23 PM IST
It has endless scope for new learning but is also fraught with dangers.
- August 18, 2022 01:42 PM IST
The famed Mudhol hounds of Karnataka are likely to join the SPG team which will provide security to PM Modi. Here’s a look at the Mudhol, and some lesser known dog breeds native to India
- July 20, 2022 07:20 PM IST
Zoo animals across Europe enjoy frozen treats as they try to beat summer heatwaves.
- May 01, 2022 05:06 PM IST
As Russia began its attacks on Ukraine, Asya Serpinska, 77, an animal shelter owner, prioritised her animals over her own safety.
- April 17, 2022 09:43 AM IST
Anastasia, a 17-year-old stray cat, spends her days in front of the Rector's Palace in Croatia's tourist hotspot, Dubrovnik. The city’s museum authority wants to remove the cat from there, causing anger among locals and tourists, who adore it.
- January 29, 2022 09:35 AM IST
'Tiger king': Joe Exotic, who owned a big-cat facility in Oklahoma in the United States, had tried to kill animal rights activist Carole Baskin. She had accused him of mistreating his animals.
- January 18, 2022 06:40 PM IST
The Federation for Camel Culture and Camel Wrestling says there is no exact date for when the tradition began in the country but it is thought to date back to the 19th century among competing nomadic groups.
- January 08, 2022 12:48 PM IST
In an initiative in Assam, agricultural scientists are helping farmers in the state to conserve and increase the number of barn owls with the help of artificial nest boxes.
- January 06, 2022 06:11 PM IST
London Zoo keepers participate in the annual stocktake at ZSL London Zoo.
- November 17, 2021 04:13 PM IST
A look at some amazing pictures of magnificent deer stag living in London’s Richmond Park.
- November 09, 2021 04:26 PM IST
The sleek, majestic jaguar and spectacularly powerful harpy eagle are two of the most iconic species threatened by the accelerating destruction of the Amazon, whose breathtaking biodiversity risks collapsing as the world's biggest rainforest approaches a "tipping point."
- October 30, 2021 11:06 AM IST
Researchers have described 12 gecko species from the Western Ghats, ten of which are found nowhere else.
- September 04, 2021 09:01 PM IST
Helping a lone orphan survive and get back to the wild can be important for endangered populations, said Shifra Goldenberg, a behavioral ecologist with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. But being raised by humans also carries costs for solo animals, Goldenberg said. “You’re meeting their needs, but they’re not learning from animals of their species.”
- August 26, 2021 01:30 PM IST
On the occasion of International Dog Day, let's take a look at the science behind why dogs, and other pets, make you happier.
- August 25, 2021 02:00 PM IST
ZSL Whipsnade Zoo conducts the 2021 weigh-in and measurement of its animals in Dunstable, Britain.
- July 12, 2021 03:10 PM IST
The new vaccine, described in the journal Science Advances, is administered through a nasal spray similar to those commonly used to vaccinate against influenza. This new method is unlike the currently approved COVID-19 vaccines that require an injection.
- May 07, 2021 01:58 PM IST
In a first in India, eight Asiatic lions tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Here’s what we know about the cause of COVID-19 infection in animals.
- March 03, 2021 02:42 PM IST
For 30 years, Huseyin Yildiz has bred powerful shepherd dogs in Turkey’s central Anatolian province of Sivas, home of the livestock-guarding Kangal canines that are a source of pride for the country.
- February 24, 2021 02:35 PM IST
The world needs monkeys, whose DNA closely resembles that of humans, to develop COVID-19 vaccines. But a global shortage, resulting from the unexpected demand caused by the pandemic, has been exacerbated by a recent ban on the sale of wildlife from China, the leading supplier of the lab animals
- February 09, 2021 02:22 PM IST
The Chinese Year of the Ox began on February 5 and in the shadow of Hong Kong's futuristic urban skyline, wild bovines are getting some love. Cattle and water buffalo embody hard work and serenity in the 12-animal Chinese zodiac, and were used on Hong Kong farms for centuries to plough rice fields, pull carts and provide milk and meat. But as farms began to shut down in the 1970s, many animals were abandoned and their descendants became the wild cattle and buffalos now commonly seen in rural Hong Kong.
- February 05, 2021 02:01 PM IST
The future is in doubt for a Thai shelter that looks after more than 600 dogs, some paralyzed and disabled after the coronavirus pandemic led to a 40 percent drop in donations and slashed the number of foreign visitors.
- February 02, 2021 05:17 PM IST
After being closed for almost three months due to COVID-19, the zoo on the fringes of Athens could be on the road to extinction: With no paying visitors or — unlike other European zoos — enough government aid to cover its very particular needs, the Attica Zoological Park faces huge bills to keep 2,000 animals well-fed and healthy.
- July 17, 2020 06:01 PM IST
Wild animals are unable to roam as the city encroaches on Nairobi Park in Kenya. The park has been fenced in on three sides as the capital city spreads around it.
