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10-Foot Burmese Python Found in Mango Tree at a Home
The Forest Department rescued a 10-foot Burmese python weighing 25 kg from a mango tree at a house in Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, and released it into the forest.
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15 Including Vets Injured While Treating Wounded Elephant
Fifteen people, including vets, were injured when a wild elephant wounded by a landmine on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border attacked the team trying to treat it.
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Deer Meat Recovered in Sundarbans, Eight Held
The Coast Guard held eight people with deer meat and crabs at Harbaria in the Sundarbans during the forest's seasonal harvest ban.
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Villagers Beat Injured Fishing Cat to Death
Villagers in Shailkupa, Jhenaidah, beat to death a fishing cat cub that had been injured by a combine harvester cutting paddy.
Bangladesh
Wild Elephant Injured in Landmine Blast on Bandarban-Myanmar Border
A wild elephant was badly injured by a landmine on the Naikhongchhari-Myanmar border and is receiving first aid from the forest department.
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A Unique Journey Full of Wild Beauty
The writer's first stop in Tanzania, Tarangire National Park, offered huge elephant herds, giraffes, zebras and a paradise of birds.
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Sundarbans Deer Strays Into Village, Rescued and Handed to Forest Department
Villagers in Shyamnagar, Satkhira, pulled a spotted deer from a pond after it fled the Sundarbans, and forest officials released it back into the forest.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh's Only Liger Spends Its Days Resting at Khulna Cantonment Zoo
A six-year-old liger, rescued from smugglers as a sick cub, is drawing visitors to Ban Bilas Zoo in Khulna Cantonment.
EnvironmentMongla World Tiger Day meeting told 30 Sundarbans tigers died in 25 years
At a World Tiger Day discussion in Mongla on 29 July 2025, campaigner Md Nur Alam Sheikh said 30 tigers had died in 25 years, 14 of them beaten to death by local people. Speakers called for an end to poisoning in the Sundarbans' waterways and to tiger trafficking.
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Sundarbans Tigers Threatened by Climate Change and Food Shortage
Climate change, a shrinking prey base and poaching are putting the endangered tigers of the Sundarbans under threat, experts say.
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Restaurant Lets Diners Cuddle Lion Cubs Over Tea
A restaurant in Taiyuan in China's Shanxi province is letting diners hold lion cubs over tea, prompting widespread criticism online.
Environment
Raid on Mirpur Bird Market, 61 Birds Released
A Forest Department raid on the Mirpur-1 bird market in Dhaka rescued 61 birds and two turtles, which were released at the Mirpur Botanical Garden.
EnvironmentLeopard-like animal with two cubs reported at a Mirsarai village graveyard
Villagers in Dakshin Bhuiyan, Mirsarai, Chattogram, reported a leopard-like animal with two cubs near their homes in July 2025; the Forest Department said such animals rarely attack unless provoked.