Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Public can contribute to the corpus; thrust on education, research Tiger conservation projects need not starve for funds henceforth. The State government has set up exclusive tiger conservation funds to finance conservation activities at tiger reserves. The State has five tiger reserves – Bandipur, Nagarhole, Dandeli (Anshi), Bhadra and Biligiranganathaswamy …
It is viewed as a big step before declaring it as a tiger reserve In a significant step towards protecting the varied wildlife and as the next big step to declare it a tiger reserve, the State Government has expanded the Sathyamangalam wildlife sanctuary to 1.41 lakh hectares. Through a …
Whereas, the Bandipur National Park was formed by including most of the forest areas of the Venugopala Wildlife Park and its Sanctum Sanctorum at Bandipur in the year 1974. In the year 2001, after going through the due process of law the State Government vide its Notification No. FEE 211 …
In a major step to end commercialisation of wildlife tourism, the State Forest Department has banned the movement of private vehicles in the Bandipur tiger reserve with effect from September 1. Only State-owned Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR) will be permitted to operate in sanctuaries and national parks. A meeting …
Up and coming development projects, increasing pressure from tourism and pilgrimage, increasing number of hotels and conflicts with local communities are the major threats faced by the three tiger reserves in the State. The weaknesses include inadequate trained and competent staff in the tiger reserves, disturbance due to human settlements …
Bombay Natural History Society has conducted the survey in wildlife sanctuaries in and around the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve A field survey on the vulture population in the wildlife sanctuaries in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and adjacent sanctuaries, conducted by the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), has found that the number …
Strict vigilance to stop plastic items being brought inside forest The State government has finally woken up to curb the harm caused by tourists to the unique landscape of the Gopalaswamy Hills, one of the ranges of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Nature care: A view of the Venugopalaswamy Temple atop …
Jairam Ramesh says all formalities are expected to be completed soon Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh said here on Sunday that the Union government had approved two more tiger reserves in Karnataka and the formalities would be completed in a few days. Mr. Ramesh told reporters that B.R. …
Despite the Union Government implementing the Tribal Forest Rights Act, still the tribal living near the reserve and wildlife sanctuaries are left in the lurch. The tribals are forced to move out of their place in search of work and a livelihood. Marapachi (Passe) The article 3 (c) of chapter …
Conservation efforts set in motion in 1973 paying rich dividends now Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiri landscape is ideal for conserving wild animals, observed the Field Director, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Rajiv K. Srivatsava, here on Monday. Presiding over a workshop on
With the mercury levels rising, the frequency of forest fires at the Nagarhole and Bandipur National Parks is on the increase. The national parks have reported nearly 20 fire incidents since the onset of summer, this year. The heat is drying up the vegetation, making it vulnerable to fire, keeping …
Severe shortage of forage has affected elephants of Omkar range in Bandipur National Park. To check the jumbos from straying into villages, the people living on the border of Omkar Range have put up the solar fencing. This is preventing the elephants from visiting the villages regularly and feed on …
A 20-year old male elephant died of electrocution in the farm belonging to Nagegowda at Alathur village on Wednesday evening. The jumbo, which was electrocuted on Sunday, struggled for life over the last three days. The post-mortem will be conducted on Thursday. In another incident, a six-month old elephant calf …
The removal of lantana on the safari route inside the Bandipur National Park in Gundlupet taluk of Chamarajanagar district, is helping visitors in seeing the wild animals from a close angle. There were complaints from tourists regarding poor visibility of the animals due to growth of the lantana on the …
The report of the Elephant Task Force acknowledges the gravity of human-elephant conflicts, and makes a set of potentially far-reaching and forward-looking suggestions to alleviate them. The spirit of most of them is admirable and positive, but the devil, as always, is in the implementation. Managing conflict is as much …
Buffer zones: Junglescapes volunteers at an interaction with the village residents. For the nearly 25 families living in Lokkere on the eastern fringes of the Bandipur tiger reserve in Karnataka life is difficult. Elephants and wild boar often raid the crops they cultivate on tiny strips of land, and an …
The Bandipur Tiger Reserve staff have arrested four men who were poaching herbivores in the tiger reserve at Boodikote in the Gopalaswamy Betta range. The arrest of Kamala Kannan of Salem, Krishnan from Ooty, Bomma from Kaniyanpura and Manju from Shivapura has revealed once again that the Gopalaswamy Betta is …
Subhash Chandra N S, Bangalore, Sep 23, DHNS: In a swift and efficient operation, the Forest Department staff of Bandipur Tiger Reserve has averted a major wildlife disaster that would have resulted in loss of wildlife, by detecting 45 wire snares in the N Begur and Gundre ranges. The snares, …
