Eagle Returns to the Open Sky
The forest department released a sick eagle into a keora forest in Char Fasson, Bhola, after giving it first aid.
The forest department released a sick eagle into a keora forest in Char Fasson, Bhola, after giving it first aid.
A Sylhet university student paid Tk 600 for a waterhen tied up for sale and had it released into a wetland.
A Bogura environmental group rescued a sick black kite in Sonatala, nursed it back to health on a wildlife officer's advice and released it into the wild.
A local Jubo League leader freed thousands of native and migratory birds that hunters had trapped on a Padma char in Sreenagar, Munshiganj, apparently to sell.
Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin said government action has reduced the killing of migratory birds and appealed for everyone's help to stop it completely.
Restaurants in Sunamganj's Tahirpur upazila sell the meat of migratory birds to tourists who pay extra, and locals say hunting has driven many birds away from Tanguar Haor.
Thousands of migratory birds of about 50 species have arrived at the Baikka Beel sanctuary in Moulvibazar, but hunting around the wetland remains a threat.
A shimul tree beside the Kulik river in Thakurgaon's Keutan village draws hundreds of cormorants and many visitors each winter, though locals say hunting is reducing the birds.
Thousands of colourful migratory birds from colder countries have gathered on the beaches and chars of Rangabali in Patuakhali this winter.
Fewer migratory birds have arrived this winter at Tanguar Haor, the Ramsar-listed wetland in Sunamganj, and people living around it blame hunters.
More than 7,000 migratory birds of 12 species came to Jahangirnagar University this winter, the highest in two decades, with few visitors on the closed campus.
Migratory birds that shelter in Satkhira every winter are being trapped and shot in beels across the district, with little enforcement of the wildlife law.
Hazarikhil wildlife sanctuary in Chattogram's Fatikchhari, with more than 123 species of birds, is a paradise for bird lovers.