The officers of Umblebailu Range Forest in Bhadravathi division have arrested three people on the charge of hunting a spotted deer, listed in Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act. The arrested are Hanumanthappa, Anjanappa and Rama. All are residents of Umblebailu village. Acting on a tip-off, the officers arrested them on February 11. The … Read more
Initial inquiries revealed that two youth from Polur taluk near Tiruvannamalai were involved in the poaching, Forest officials said | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Two persons fled after poaching a two-year-old male spotted deer in the Kowthimalai reserve forest (RF) in Tiruvannamalai, on Saturday. Forest Department officials said a country-made gun, explosives, gun power, a … Read more
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — They look so cute, grazing quietly in your backyard. But the overpopulation of white-tailed deer across the Northeastern United States could help spread Lyme disease and another tick-borne illness, anaplasmosis, especially in suburban areas, a new study suggests. The research points out that … Read more
Nov. 17, 2021 — Growing reports that white-tailed deer have been infected with the coronavuris along with continuing infections and illness in zoo animals and pets, is giving rise to concern that animals may become reservoirs for the development of new variants or even direct animal-to-human transmission. So far, it has mostly been humans who … Read more
THURSDAY, Nov. 4, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The discovery that up to 80% of white-tailed deer in Iowa may be infected with COVID-19 has scientists worried that the animals could become a reservoir for variants that could come back to haunt humans. In the new study, samples were collected lymph node samples from hundreds … Read more