http://wildlifeworld.info/blog The ramblings about wildlife... Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:27:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A 3-year-old girl was mauled Sunday by a leopard, which injured the girl severly, Tirupathi Devasthanam officers said. This incident occured in the pilgrimage area - Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams on Sunday Morning. A group of 9 pilgrims took the  Alipiri path in the evening and they saw the leopard in their parallel path ... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=98 Dr.SS.Bawaskar, my wildlife vet friend whohas beenwiththe Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth-owned city Zoo in NAGPUR (in INDIA) innovated an idea to end man-tiger conflict with a desi idea. Man-tiger conflict is on rise for the past few days due to surging sun as the tigers intruded into near by villages ... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=95 A census for Elephants was conducted by Tamilnadu Forest Department (INDIA) from12th May-2010 to 15 May-2010. The census was simultaneously carried out in three states- Tamilnadu, Kerala, and Karnataka. This elephant census was conducted by "block and dung counting method" to give accurate data. This census will help the officials to ... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=92 Due to decades of unsustainable and illegal fishing in the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic Bluefin Tuna is at serious risk of commercial extinction. This fish is having high demand in the seafood markets in Japan. At present nearly 40,000 tons of Atlantic bluefin tuna are fished out of sea, which is four ... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=85 Cadbury chocolates has been pulled out of the shops and restaurants of Auckland zoo due to the decision of the manufacturer's decision to start make use of palm oil instead of cocoa butter. Other products that contain palm oil is also being banned to sell in the auckland zoo owing to ... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=80 One more feather in the cap of Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Yes! They announced today the discovery of a new monkey in a remote region of the Amazon in Brazil. This monkey was first noticed in 2007by the scientists and confirmed the presence in Amazon forest - state of Amazonas in ... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=77 The white tiger cubs at Vandalur zoo- Arignar Anna Zoological Park are happy with its mother. Both these female cubs will be shown to the public only after few months. But you can see the video footing of these two female cubs. Their parents name is Anu and Beeshmar. White Tiger Cubs ... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=67 Three baby orangutans believed to be part of a smuggled group of five animals were confiscated from the Taiping Zoo and a private ostrich breeder in Klang recently by the Department of Wildlife and National Park (Perhilitan) .The raid on the zoo came about after the private ostrich breeder in ... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=65 The Iraq Government ordered the Baghdad Zoo officials to euthanise three wild boars. Wild boars were put into sleep by the Zoo authorities with hard heart. These 10-year-old wild boars in Baghdad were killed as a precautionary measure to thwart an outbreak of swine flu. The wild boars were put into ... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=62 I don't want explain about the sleeping behavior of giraffes? Just see the picture below and comment on it... http://wildlifeworld.info/blog/?p=59