Tackling monkey menace in Wayanad
The Forest Department has resumed mass translocation of the simian population from various parts of Wayanad to remote forests in the wake of complaints of monkey menace. The project is being implemented
Animal Menace
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Count confusion over pugmarks in Bharatpur
Anindo Dey | TNN Jaipur: There could be more than one tiger on the prowl in Rajasthan and neighbouring states from the Ranthambore National Park. The suspicion grew stronger after forest officials on Sunday discovered the carcass of a blue bull in Bharatpur.
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Tiger trail now leads to Ghana sanctuary
Exactly one week after it strayed into Uttar Pradesh, a missing tiger from Ranthambhore was believed to have been spotted in the Ghana Wildlife Sanctuary on Monday.
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Wild jumbos destroy property, crops
A herd of wild elephants destroyed standing crops and property worth several lakhs at Hodachahalli, Agani, Maragunda, Hanabalu hobli villages of the taluk recently. The main entrance gate and compound wall of Bhairaweshwara temple was damaged by the jumbos at Maragunda hills in Mudigere- Sakleshpur border region on same night.
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No trace of Rbore tiger in Mathura
Villagers Living In Fear Anindo Dey & Neha Lalchandani | TNN Jaipur/New Delhi: The strayed tiger spotted near Mathura on Monday continued to elude forest officials for the second day. On Tuesday, the animal, identified as a young sub-adult male, was spotted about two to three times at different spots near Beri village, about 8-9km away from the national highway.
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Monsoon favourable, but rodent invasion worries farmers
Kohima, Sept 15: Although a favourable monsoon this year brought cheers to farmers after last year
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Wild elephant menace: Labourers stage stir
Urging the government to contain wild elephant menace and to announce compensation of Rs 5 lakh to the family of those who were killed in wild elephant attack, estate labourers under the aegis of United Plantation Workers Union staged a protest in Fort premises on Tuesday. The plantation workers took out a protest rally in the main streets of the town.
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Carcasses of more than 20 wild boars found
<p>P. Sudhakar<br /> <br /> Department of Forest plans to provide solar fencing<br /> <br /> TIRUNELVELI: The recent retrieval of carcasses of wild boars and sambar deer from the Tamirabharani and also from the bushes on the reserve forest periphery seems to be only a tip of the iceberg as good number of carcasses of these animals are still strewn around in the forest.<br />
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Rogue elephants damage crops near Birur
Birur, August 20, DH News Service: Two rogue tuskers have destroyed jowar and sunflower fields on Yagati road near Birur. The rogue tuskers came from Arasikere on Thursday night and on Friday morning they were seen near Birur. At about 8 am, they entered the jowar field of Dogehalli Thimmarayappa and destroyed the farmland.
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Fresh pugmarks of leopard found
Aug. 12: With fresh pugmarks of a female leopard noticed along the Tirumala footpath on Wednesday night, the Tirupati wildlife division authorities stepped up their efforts to trap it. The chief conservator of forests (wildlife), Mr P.
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Solve elephant menace, farmers urge MLA
<br />Hundreds of villagers of Hanabalu hobli of Sakleshpur taluk submitted a memorandum to MLA H K Kumaraswamy urging him to put an end to the menace of wild elephants in the region.<br />