#wildlife attacks

About 10 people were fatally injured through encounters with wildlife in Kerala during that last two weeks. This may be unusually high within a short period of time. Ordinary people, especially those who live in areas where such attacks take place, are agitated. Opposition parties, as expected from them, launched pubic agitations. There is a demand for higher and immediate compensation. There is…

Farmers stage fast against escalating wildlife attacks

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A collective of 15 farmer organisations under the aegis of the Karshika Purogamana Samiti (KPS) staged a fast at Sulthan Bathery on Thursday, raising a slew of demands including effective steps to tackle the increasing wildlife attacks in the district.

Speaking after inaugurating the protest, Remigiose Inchananiyil, Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Diocese of Thamarassery, said that wildlife…

So I decided to take a nice walk tonight, get some exercise, breathe some fresh air, you know the drill. Just to give you the setting, I live in the woods with a dirt driveway that’s almost a mile long.

With walking stick in hand I hiked off. Now, it has been raining off and on for several days and the ground is soft. About half way down the driveway I spied what looked like turkey tracks. Not unusual, we have a large number of turkeys and other wildlife in the area.

Several yards down I found feathers scattered about. First thought, that can’t be good. There in the dirt were what looked like dog or possibly coyote tracks, Yes, there are a large number of coyote in my area. It was kinda of weird to see where this battle had been played out. There had been a fight, judging by the paw and claw marks cut deep into the soft ground.

At first, I thought the bird had won, unfortunately, I discovered the victim laying in some tall grass not far from the crime scene. It was not a turkey, but a ginny. Whatever had attacked it had been looking for dinner, so I’m thinking it was a coyote.

As disgusting as this was to stumble upon, it was interesting to see a story played out in the dirt. It was like reading clues at a crime scene. Innocent bird out for a walk falls prey to danger lurking in the tall grass.