Wildlife
World’s most trafficked mammal ‘Pangolin’ found in Nagpur

World’s most trafficked mammal Pangolin was found in MIDC area near Tarun Bharat Press at Hingna. Resident named Ashutosh Inamdar found it moving across the road on Friday evening at 8:00 pm who immediately informed Regional Forest Officer at Hingna AS Ninawe. Soon Hingna Rescue team reached the spot and moved it to Transit Treatment Centre in Nagpur. After the medical examination it would be released in the forest.
Pangolins have large, protective keratin scales covering their skin; they are the only known mammals with this feature. They live in hollow trees or burrows, depending on the species. Pangolins are nocturnal, and their diet consists of mainly ants and termites, which they capture using their long tongues. Pangolin is scheduled I animal according Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972.
The team included NN Kendre, RO Sawangi, Rama Shrirame, Vanmajoor and Prakash Sahare along with other local person Rajendra Shrirame.
Watch the video below:
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Wildlife
Sloth bear at Melghat Tiger Reserve kills two poachers after it finds her two cubs dead

Two men were killed by a mother sloth bear on June 11 after she found her two cubs axed to death inside Ambabarwa Wildlife sanctuary, which is part of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR).
As per forest officials, the incident occurred at 7:30 am on June 11 in compartment number 357 under Sonala forest range in Akot wildlife division of MTR. A press release by Deputy Conservator of Forest (DCF), MTR, informed that the victims Ashok Gavte (52) and Mana Gavte (42), residents of Nimkhedi village, had illegally ventured deep inside the core area of tiger reserve with an intention of poaching.
Forest officials found two six-to-eight-month-old cubs of the sloth bear lying 15 metres away from the bodies of the men. The cubs had marks of axe injuries on their bodies as per the press release. An official from MTR told TOI: Sloth bears are very protective about their cubs and defend them from any predator, including humans. It is possible that the bear attacked the two after they axed her two cubs to death.
Wildlife
Sachin Tendulkar enjoys safari at Tadoba near Nagpur


Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar along with his family on Friday visited Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur for a tiger safari.
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Wildlife
Nagpur doctors operate python entangled in ‘manjha’, extract rotten crow stuck inside


In an unusual case, Nagpur forest department rescued a python, which had got entangled in nylon manjha and was immediately taken to Transit Treatment Centre.


The manjha had got entangled nearly two feet below the snakes mouth. Since the python had consumed a crow earlier, it got rotten and happened to be stuck inside, exactly where the manjha had got entangled.
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The doctors including Dr Mayur Kate cut the manjha and removed the crow and operated the snake. However, the condition of the reptile has improved since then.
Watch the video of the operation below:
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