Three orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs left the Centre for Bear Rehabilitation and Conservation on 24 September for a pre-release site inside Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, a 26-kilometre journey on foot and elephant back.
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A tiger cub rescued near Kaziranga broke out of its forest department holding crate and disappeared on 19 September, leaving pugmarks four days later as the first solid evidence that it is surviving alone in the wild.
A wild bull elephant found with a suspected spear wound and a clouded left eye near a tea estate in Assam’s Sonitpur district a month ago is still under treatment, with vets tracking whether his eyesight will come back.
A domesticated elephant in Assam whose tusks were sawed off by poachers in April has finally undergone the surgery his injuries required.