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Fenced in: how a million kilometres of invisible borders are harming wildlife Getty Images Modern fences are often so thoroughly impenetrable, they can slice up already-scarce habitats and restrict wildlife to increasingly small scraps of land. Getty Images Białowieża Forest is the last refuge for wild bison in Europe, after they were nearly hunted to extinction A global problem Around …

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The forest department translocated an aggressive Indian bison from Indapur to the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve in Chandoli on July 16. Ashutosh Shendage, assistant conservator of forest, Pune forest division said, “During the lockdown, a group of Indian bison left their natural habitat and migrated to Indapur via Baramati-Saswad and resided there for a few days.” “While the rest returned to …

NAVI MUMBAI: A four-year-old Indian male bison, unmistakable by its 1,000 kg mass, attracted much attention in Taloja’s MIDC area on Sunday. Bison on the loose since December rescued and released in its habitat It took four hours, a handful of forest officials and members of an NGO’s smart execution to rescue the animal without the use of tranquilisers to …

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An Indian bison, known as Gaur, which strayed into a residential complex in Kothrud in Pune, was rescued but died a few hours later, officials said here on Wednesday. An official of Kothrud police station said that the forest department rescue team arrived at the spot armed with nets and tranquilisers to control and capture the huge horned creature. However, …