Chennai: As many as 27 wild boars have died of African swine fever in 10 days in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris district, officials said. All 27 died within a 2-to-3-kilometre radius in the Theppakadu region within the reserve. They had all contracted the highly infectious and fatal African swine... read full story
"19 wild boars died in Bandhipur. It could be one of the reasons why it has spread here,"