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Seven attacks by leopards and one death this year, the highest since 2002, have left residents of the area, mostly the Warli tribe, so helpless that they depend on adopted stray dogs to guard their homes, warn them, and sometimes, even take on the leopards.
On July 22, a two-year-old Vihaan Nilesh Garuda, whose father is an SGNP employee, was killed near Maroshipada, a hamlet near Film City.
On September 30, two women from Chafacha Pada were attacked by two leopards late in the evening on the outskirts of the village. Stray dogs attacked the leopards, and both women escaped with minor injuries.
Every year, about 25 million birds are killed across migration routes in the Mediterranean - whether shot, trapped or glued.
In addition, up to 2 million birds are killed illegally in Northern and Central Europe together with the Caucasus region, a new study conducted by BirdLife International has shown.
Surprisingly, most of the birds are slaughtered for "fun," lead author of the study Anne-Laure Brochet told DW.
In order to further improve law enforcement and raise awareness, illegal bird killings will be on the spotlight at the 12th session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP12) happening this week (October 22 to 28) in Manila, Phillippines.
© Sutopo Purwo NugrohoThree waterspout tornadoes appeared in Jakarta’s Pulau Seribu subdistrict on Monday, Oct 24, 2017
The Bekasi Regional Disaster Mitigation Task Force (BPBD) says a tornado hit several homes on Jalan Raya Pangkalan II in Jakarta's satellite city of Bekasi on Sunday afternoon.
Fortunately, there were no casualties or injuries reported. However, the BPBD says a total of 20 homes were hit by the twister causing about IDR 60 million (USD 4,436) in damages, mostly to the roofs of the buildings.
© The Jakarta PostA map provided by the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) shows the epicenter of a strong quake that jolt waters off the coast of East Nusa Tenggara on Oct. 24, 2017.
The quake hit East Nusa Tenggara about 318 kilometres kilometres northwest of the provincial capital Kupang at a depth of 549 kilometres, according to the US Geological Survey.
Pascagoula Waterspout Rated an EF-1 Tornado
Families were being rescued from several homes in Harrison and Jackson counties as floodwaters seeped into homes and continued to rise.
"It's not done yet," said Earl Etheridge, Jackson County Emergency Services director, at about 5:30 p.m.
A waterspout came on shore at the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery "around noonish," Etheridge said. He learned about it through a video posted on Facebook.
East London Museum principal scientist Kevin Cole examines an adult male humpback carcass that washed up west of Chintsa West on Sunday evening.
East London Museum principal scientist Kevin Cole said the strandings were a new record for his cetacean database.
Yesterday, Cole examined the badly decomposed carcass of the fourth dead humpback on the rocks west of Chintsa West.
He said the body of the fully adult male had been seen floating in the ocean for a week or two.
Cole said it had washed up on the rocks on early Sunday evening.
The whale's head washed ashore at Colaba pumping station, and the tail was found 500 m away, near Afghan church
"The head of the whale washed ashore at Colaba pumping station, while the tail was found 500 metres away, near Afghan Church. The tail could not be measured, as it was inaccessible. The other half measured around 7.8 meters," said the researcher.
Speaking about the total length of the whale's body, the researcher said, "Without the actual measurement of the tail, it is difficult to tell the complete length of the animal. But Bryde's whales grow up to a maximum length of 50 ft."
50 ft
Maximum length of a Bryde's whale
The carcass of a North Atlantic right whale has been found on the coast of Nashawena Island
The organization announced late on Monday that the right whale was found dead on a beach near Cape Cod.
There are only about 500 North Atlantic right whales left in the world. The 16 confirmed deaths in U.S. and Canadian waters this year represents about three per cent of the population.
The IFAW said they plan to work with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to determine the cause of the whale's death.
He was targeted three times by the creature as he paddled his kayak off the Takapuna coastline yesterday.
The shark only stopped bumping and shaking his boat as its jaws tried to get a grip on the plastic when Lomas stabbed it with his paddle.
"Once you know it's attacking the boat you have that image of it coming out of the water and having a go at you.
"I just gave it a good stab down with my paddle. It stopped and disappeared under my boat, heading backwards.
"I started paddling as fast as a I could without trying to splash too much."
