Hyenas Spotted Near Homes in Bengal: This Team Is Teaching 1000 Villagers How to React

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• In February 2026, a resident of Kalipur village in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district was bitten by a rabid dog, but rumours blamed a striped hyena.
• Conservationists from WINGS, with support from WTI, Fondation Segré and the West Bengal Forest Department, held an awareness programme in Kalipur on 19 February.