Forest officials in Karnataka’s Shivamogga seized 45 country-made explosive devices from a habitual poacher on 19 April 2026. Here’s what handi bombs are, how they work, and why they’re one of the most dangerous threats to Indian wildlife.
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IWN Original Report — Saturday, 18 April 2026 India’s highways are expanding at a pace its wildlife cannot […]
IWN Daily Digest — Saturday, 18 April 2026 Four cheetahs from South Africa touched down at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda […]
Karnataka has lost 15 tigers, 13 leopards, and 19 people to human-wildlife conflict in six months. The state’s answer is to sterilise wild animals. The science — and the logic of what is actually driving conflict — says this is the wrong answer entirely.
Between October 2025 and April 2026, Karnataka lost 15 tigers, 13 leopards, 8 elephants, and 19 people to the widening fault line between humans and wildlife. Now the state is proposing to sterilise wild animals — and the science says that’s not the answer.
The southern Indian state of Karnataka has notified a dedicated otter conservation reserve along the Tungabhadra river to protect […]