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 …
K P Sai Kiran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The controversy surrounding the night-time traffic ban along the 13-km stretch of the National Highway 212 running through the Bandipur National Park in Karnataka, is getting more vexed with the National Tiger Conservation Authority joining the issue. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided …
There has been increased funding for wildlife conservation efforts in recent years. These funds have largely been spent on "habitat improvement" activities. In the absence of a scientific evaluation of such activities, inappropriate management of landscapes has led to human-wildlife conflicts in certain areas. Moreover, funds are being used for …
One of the two radio-collared rogue elephants that had been shifted to Bandipur National Park from Alur in Hassan district, is on its way back to its territory. Forest department sources said the movement of the elephant is being monitored by forest personnel. The jumbo has already walked 70 km …
Big cats of Bandipur Tiger Reserve can now prowl about in peace. The Karnataka government has decided to speed up its 2008 plans to set up a unique task force to protect tigers of the reserve. But before that, they got an earful from New Delhi-based National Tiger Conservation (NCTA) …
Kerala Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan has said the Kerala Government will move the Supreme Court against the orders of the Karnataka High Court regarding night traffic ban in the Bandipur corridor. Speaking to Deccan Herald here on Friday, Balakrishnan said the Kerala Cabinet has taken a decision to appeal against …
R. Krishna Kumar Tour operators from Kerala enter core area of Bandipur furtively Entry is allowed only through the tourism zone on the highway connecting Mysore and Ooty However, many tour operators bring people into the Gundre and Begur forests in the core area unsafe:Many tourists invite danger by alighting …
Countdown:An elephant and its calf in Bandipur National Park near Mysore. Bangalore: The Karnataka State Forest Department is gearing up for a two-day elephant census that will be conducted across most of the State's national parks and sanctuaries on May 15 and 16. The census will be simultaneously carried out …
Amidst reports of tiger deaths, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel with wildlife officials spotting over 112 big cat cubs in national parks across the country.
Concerned over 14 big cats dying in the last three months, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has decided to convene a three-day meeting of wildlife officials of tiger-range states to review protection strategy in national parks. DH Photo by Ramu MThe meeting, to be chaired by NTCA Member Secretary …
Several villages lying adjacent to forest areas in Kerala are in a state of panic with summer heat and drought pushing leopards, elephants and king cobras out of the jungles. At least two human lives have already been lost due to leopard attacks in the recent past and accidental deaths …
The night traffic ban on the highway through Bandipur will stay. The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the order of deputy commissioner, Chamarajanagar, dated June 10, 2009, lifting the ban along the National Highway (NH) 212, connecting Gundlupet-Mudhumalai and NH-67 connecting Gundlupet-Wayanad. The court was hearing petitions challenging the …
Challenging the night traffic ban on National Highway 67 through the Bandipur National Park, respondents from Kerala submitted to the High Court on Monday that Karnataka cannot implement the ban as there is no alternative motorable road connecting the two States. During the hearing of the matter, counsel for the …
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The State Forest department has opposed lifting the ban on night traffic on National Highway-212 connecting Gundlupet and Ooty and National Highway-67 Connecting Gundlupet-Sultan Batheri, on the ground that it would endanger a crucial tiger habitat. Both the national highways pass through the Bandipur National Park (BNP). In a presentation …
P M Raghunandan, Bangalore: In a major setback to environmentalists striving for a permanent night traffic ban on the national highways passing through Bandipur reserve forest, the Union Ministry of Surface Transport has directed the State National Highways to take steps to ensure uninterrupted traffic on these routes. The Union …
The High Court has directed the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) to come out with an alternative solution in connection with the night traffic ban in Bandipur National Park. Hearing a petition by various organisations from Kerala challenging the ban, the division bench comprising Justice V Gopalagowda and Justice …
Subhash Chandra NS, Bangalore, Jan 26, DH News Service: The Deputy Commissioner of Chamarajanagar Manoj Kumar Meena, with his contrary orders related to the night traffic ban on two highway roads passing through Bandipur national park, has puzzled the wildlife enthusiasts. The case has become complicated, with the June 3, …
A total of 11 tigers and five leopards were spotted in Bandipur National Tiger Reserve and Biligiri Ranganathaswamy Temple (BRT) reserved forest on Sunday, the third day of tiger census. Forest staff engaged in census work at Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary on Sunday. KPNNine tigers including a cub were spotted in …
It's raining big cats in Karnataka. On Day 3 of the Tiger Census, volunteers reported over 15 direct tiger sightings. The state has the second highest population of tigers in the country after MP, according to the last tiger census. Bandipur Tiger Reserve was the place to be on Sunday. …
