Villagers in Amtola, a small settlement on the edge of the Bamungaon Hills in Assam’s Bongaigaon district, put more than 500 native saplings into the ground on 5 August.
Assam Forest Department
Two orphaned leopard cat kittens, hand-raised from infancy by vets in Assam, took their first steps back towards a wild life this week — into an acclimatisation enclosure in Raimona National Park, with no radio collars and about a month left before the door opens for good.