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It has been estimated that there are about 300 wolves in approximately 60,000 km 2 (23,000 sq mi) of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India, and 50 more in Himachal Pradesh. [36] Hindus traditionally considered the hunting of wolves , even dangerous ones, as taboo , for fear of causing a bad harvest.
It has been estimated that there are about 300 wolves in approximately 60,000 km 2 (23,000 sq mi) of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India, and 50 more in Himachal Pradesh. Overall, India supports about 800–3,000 wolves, scattered among several remnant populations.
The local villagers claimed that nearly 24 wolves may be involved, citing the sightings of the animals in the villages. [13] Scientist Y V Jhala commented that there is no definite proof to link these wolves to the attacks and the attacks might have been carried out by wolves or wolf-dog hybrids. [10]
Indian authorities captured on Thursday one of three wolves that have killed six children and a woman in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh over the last two weeks. More than 30 villages in the ...
New Delhi — One of the wolves from a pack that has killed eight people in a forested district of north India was caught Thursday, officials said. The victims, seven children and a woman, were ...
The states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar also had a population estimate done, ranging from means of 165 to 33 wolves. Aswell, the states of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and Haryana had casual visiting wolves. [89] Wolves in India are legally protected.
The South Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh are home to nearly 44% of the elephants, 35% of the tigers and 31% of the leopards in India. [9] The state of Karnataka alone is home to 22% of the elephants, 18% of the tigers and 14% of the leopards in India.
The U.S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states. The measure now goes to ...