Pit bulls went from America’s best friend to public enemy — now they’re slowly coming full circle

If a dog has “vicious propensities”, the owner is assumed to share in this projected violence, both legally and generally in public …

Emerging cross-species infections are killing lions and humans

Infectious agents causing life-threatening diseases are spreading to new hosts, and human actions, ranging from dairy farming to tourism, are …

Gir awaits locally made CDV vaccine for lions, experts divided on outcome

Lions vaccinated earlier still in captivity; experts fear similar fate this time as well

Dog attacks a ‘serious menace’, say SC court judges, urge CJI to address issue

Conversation began when CJI noticed a lawyer’s bandaged arm & learnt he was attacked by street dogs

Is it time to find a second home for Asiatic lions?

The recent deaths of lions in Gir has raised the issue of their translocation to a safer place

Not just virus, tourism and staff crunch also kill Gir lions

Illegal lion shows and laxity in protection of forests one of the major reasons behind deaths of 23 Asiatic lions

‘It may be too late to contain virus outbreak killing Gir lions’

An American researcher, who worked on mitigating the canine distemper outbreak in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park in 1994, talks to Down …

African cheetahs in Kuno-Palpur: Have we assessed disease risks well

Stress of unfamiliar conditions can spur diseases, especially during translocation: IUCN  

NTCA sounds alert for deadly virus stalking tigers

Tiger in Dudhwa park tested positive for canine distemper virus last month; four tigers died of it last year

92 lions already dead in Gir this year, report flags

Union govt was aware of high mortality even as PM Modi played up rise in count