EnvironmentForest officials on 17 February 2026 rescued a critically endangered gharial, about two and a half feet long, and three turtles from a tank at the YouTube Village park in Shimulia, Khoksa, where, local sources said, the gharial had been kept since a fisherman netted it in October 2025.
EnvironmentPolice in Vietnam's Thanh Hoa province said on 14 February 2026 that they had found two frozen adult tigers in a house basement and arrested two men on charges of illegally trading the endangered animal.
EnvironmentThe Bangladesh Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) opened a free clinic for animals in Banani, Dhaka, on 11 February 2026; BNP chairman Tarique Rahman, the association's chief patron, inaugurated it.
EnvironmentStaff at SANCCOB, South Africa's seabird rescue centre, told CNN in February 2026 that they have found stones in the stomachs of starving cormorant and penguin chicks, as a study links the collapse of sardine stocks to the deaths of about 62,000 breeding African penguins.
EnvironmentThe Planning Commission objected to Tk 15.74 crore for consultants in a Tk 42.64 crore Department of Livestock Services project to vaccinate Dhaka's stray dogs against rabies, Jagonews24 reported in January 2026; officials said experts and field services were needed.
An injured palm civet was rescued from a house in Sreemangal town, Moulvibazar, on the night of 26 January.
Dhaka North City Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with Furry Friends Foundation to manage street animals, protect public health and ensure animal welfare.
EnvironmentForest department officials rescued three Himalayan griffon vultures that could not fly from maize fields in Patgram, Lalmonirhat, on the morning of 14 January 2026, and were arranging to send them to the vulture care centre in Dinajpur.
Opening the sixth AHCAB international expo in Dhaka, adviser Farida Akhter said the government cannot ensure food and nutrition security alone.
EnvironmentAmerican streamer Darren Watkins Jr., known as 'Speed', shared a video on 3 January 2026 of a sprint against a cheetah in South Africa; he kept level at first, but the cheetah pulled away and finished first after scratching his leg before the start.
A forest department drive in Khagrachhari has rescued an endangered Asiatic black bear, six barking deer and two monkeys from a former union parishad member's garden house.
LivestockSeven of 31 Indian cattle seized by Sunamganj Sadar police on the Surma river died while kept on a small boat, Jagonews24 reported on 5 January 2026. The officer in charge said legal complications had stopped their auction.
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