wild animals

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The footprints were supposed to identify individual tigers like fingerprints and were used to estimate the total number of wild animals.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Repeated and prolonged contact between humans and wild animals creates more opportunities for pathogens to move between species.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

David Bowles, the organisation's head of public affairs, said that was "putting wild animals, pets and livestock at risk, while rural communities face intimidation and anti-social behaviour."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

"Direct contact with nature gave the friars legitimacy, special spiritual powers and access to valuable natural resources including timber, crops and wild animals," Dr. Ilko says.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2026

He said this almost gently, as if we were wild animals, frogs he’d caught, in a jar, as if he were being humane.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood