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How Youth in Bidar Are Helping Wildlife Survive Karnataka's Brutal Summer Heat

3+ hour, 6+ min ago  (732+ words) The scorching heat of summer in India is nothing new. Every year, the sun's relentless rays turn the land into a baking oven, with temperatures climbing past 40 C in several regions." Cities, towns, and villages across the country struggle under…...

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Dolphin Ambulance Saves Stranded Ganges River Dolphin in Rescue Operation

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (535+ words) A Ganges River Dolphin trapped in a shrinking canal in Gonda was rescued after a 13-hour operation using India's first Dolphin Ambulance. The mobile unit is changing river wildlife care by bringing emergency treatment directly to stranded dolphins. A stranded…...

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These 10 Rare Animals Were Caught on Forest Cameras Across India in the Last 5 Years

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (777+ words) From a tiny wild cat in Madhya Pradesh to wolves in Bengal's industrial belt, camera traps across India are revealing species once thought missing, and reshaping how we understand wildlife. Across India, camera traps are doing what people often cannot…...

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How Life-Sized Mechanical Elephants Are Replacing Captive Animals In Kerala

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (835+ words) From Kerala workshops to public spaces, life-sized mechanical elephants are emerging as a safer, humane alternative to captive elephants in India. It blinks, sways, and lifts its trunk on cue. Its ears flap, its trunk curls back, almost like a…...

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New Born Lion Cubs In Mumbai Park Raise A Rare Question: Can Lions And Tigers Coexist?

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (696+ words) Three lion cubs born in Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park spotlight a rare reality " India's only urban forest where lions, tigers and leopards are all present. But while they share space on the map, nature keeps them apart. Three lion…...

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Meet the Vet Treating Sloth Bears Rescued From India's 400-Year-Old "Dancing' Practice

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (1009+ words) Better known as the "dancing bears, the sloth bears of India have been subjected to street entertainment for decades now. Through Wildlife SOSs project, the bears are being rescued, treated and rehabilitated. Dr Arun's role involves rescuing wild sloth bears…...

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How Dudhwa Tiger Reserve Is Rebuilding Its Rhino Legacy

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (722+ words) At Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, teams led by Dr H Rajamohan and supported by WWF-India released four rhinos as part of a phased rewilding effort to restore the Terai's grassland ecosystem and rebuild a viable wild population. Rhinos aged…...

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I Rescue Dogs Left To Die In The Desert

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (113+ words) "In this world, every life deserves safety and love. After losing my parents young'and my brother last year'I found purpose in the dogs who became our family. Through the Rajesh Dubey Seva Foundation, we rescue abandoned dogs in the scorching…...

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You Found a Home, I Found Mine: Inside TBI Employees Stories With Rescued Pets

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1777+ words) From a puppy in the middle of traffic to kittens born into grief, The Better India team shares deeply personal stories of adopted and rescued animals, revealing how these chance encounters grow into lifelong bonds of care, responsibility, and unconditional…...

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In Gujarat's Kutch, a Rare Wild Hatch Brings Back the Endangered Great Indian Bustard

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (898+ words) In Gujarat's Kutch, IFS officer Dheeraj Mittal led a first-of-its-kind intervention under Project Great Indian Bustard, transporting a fertile egg 770 km from Rajasthan to enable a rare wild hatch after nearly a decade. In the vast, wind-swept grasslands of Kutch,…...