Habitat loss, climate change stokes rabid jackal attacks in Bangladesh

Habitat loss, climate change stokes rabid jackal attacks in Bangladesh

Few in the Jahan family’s remote Bangladeshi village had ever seen a jackal up close—until one morning when a rabid jackal stalked four-year-old Musqan through the paddy fields, pounced on her, and maimed her for life. Violent, unprovoked attacks by rabid canines are rising across the South Asian nation, driven by rampant deforestation and habitat…