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 …
BENGALURU: One of the last remaining lung spaces in Bengaluru, the Bannerghatta National Park (BNP), is in the thick of controversy with quarrying activity continuing in the buffer zone. Environmentalists and urban conservationists are seeking an immediate notification of eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) around the park due to continuing quarrying in …
Bengaluru: With 30 years devoted for conservation of forests in Karnataka, electrical engineer-turned-wildlife biologist Sanjay Gubbi needs no introduction. Recently, he was honoured with the prestigious Whitley Award (Green Oscars) for his service in wildlife preservation and expanding the protected areas of Karnataka by 6.5 lakh acres. Fresh from a …
Dept working on plan to curb people's entry into reserve forest Social media campaign is underway to educate cyclists on the dos and don'ts while visiting Turahalli and other forest patches. Wildlife conservationists want the state government to protect the Turahalli reserve forest from the influx of eco-tourists, cyclists and …
The pug marks of a wild tiger spotted by forest officials inside the Bannerghatta National and Biological Parks. There could be more than one wild tiger inside the Bannerghatta National Park, located just 37 km from the City. According to Forest department officials, more pug mark evidence has been found …
A large quantity of sand is being illegally mined from the fringes of Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) and the forest department officials are having a tough time stopping the illicit activity. Since last month, the BNP officials have been busy seizing lorries on Bannerghatta Road and holding them at the …
In a first for the country, the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) has set up a 49.5 hectare (122 acres) fenced, forested elephant sanctuary. Elephants can move about freely in the enclosure. This comes as a big relief to jumbos that were either chained or kept in small enclosures after they …
Following an increase in the incidents of wild animals, especially tigers, leopards and sloth bears straying out of forests, the Forest department has decided to hire 13 more veterinarians across the State to ensure that the animals are darted quickly and safely. “We have created 13 veterinarian posts across Karnataka, …
Concerns over tourism vision group's proposal to develop limited patch Turahalli forest, located just 25 km from Bannerghatta National Park, is an elephant corridor connecting Bannerghatta, Savandurga, Magadi and Kengeri. The Turahalli forests in Bangalore are in news again, this time for eco-tourism. The Karnataka Tourism Vision Group (KTVG) wants …
Tigers are getting too close for comfort: three human deaths in five days have once more brought the man-animal conflict into focus. Statistics with TOI show the state has seen 30 human deaths since April this year. While 23 were killed in elephant attacks, the rest succumbed to attacks by …
A portion of the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP), which draws thousands of tourists everyday, will be closed following the sudden outbreak of foot and mouth (F and M) disease. So far, the disease has claimed three spotted deer and a nilgai. The F and M disease has been detrimental to …
Forest department helpless in checking jumbos straying out Frequent transfer of officers posted to Bannerghatta National Park (BNP) and, increasing human habitat has made the Forest department helpless in checking the growing man-animal conflict. This has resulted in elephants straying out of the forests in the region, wildlife experts opine. …
Stone-crushing units continue to operate in defiance of court order Several government orders, verdicts of the courts, including directions from the Supreme Court, seem to have had no impact on the quarries and stone-crushing units around the Bannerghatta National Park (BNP). They have not only indulged in the illegal blasting …
The State government has dropped a proposal to expand the Bhadra Tiger Reserve as well as include Kudremukh National Park under Project Tiger after local people opposed it, Law Minister Suresh Kumar told the Assembly on Thursday. Replying to the issue raised by Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah, the minister …
Twenty-one of the 55 animals at the rescue centre (RC) of the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) have serious malfunction of liver and kidney, tests have revealed. Preetha, a 19-year-old white tiger, that has an infection in its left eye. Their SGPT, BUN and creatinine levels have crossed much beyond the …
Bangalore: Twenty lions and tigers have died over 15 months at the Bannerghatta Biological Park. According a reply by the government to a question in the Assembly, nine tigers and 11 lions in the park died of various diseases and ailments between January 2010 and March 2011. Of the nine …
A total of nine tigers and 11 lions have died due to various reasons, including old age and ill health, in the Bannerghatta Zoological Park here in the past 14 months. In a written reply furnished to the Legislative Assembly, Minister for Forest C H Vijayashankar today said that 75 …
A 19-year-old lion, Ajith, died on Monday at the Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP). Two lions and a tiger cub have died over the past few days in Bannerghatta Park.Ajith was ailing for the past one month and survived on fluid and supportive therapy. According to the post mortem report, the …
The animal exchange programme between Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Garden, Mysore, and Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) saw as many as eight leopards; three China ring-necked pheasants and four lady Amherst pheasants shifted to the BBP on Wednesday. The park has to make space for these animals owing it to the space …
