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 …
SEVERAL people living in Patyachapaani, a tribal hamlet inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in suburban Mumbai, have been mauled by leopards in recent years. But they do not want to shift and are protesting the forest department's plan to relocate them in the forest fringe. About three months ago, …
Mumbai As many as 145 star back tortoises, rescued from illegal traders, have made their new home at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Saturday. The tortoises, which have become popular as pets in India and abroad, were found stuffed in two gunny sacks and abandoned at Dadar railway station, …
Mumbai A week after Shobha the lioness killed a guard at the lion safari gates at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, an internal report has highlighted the need for strengthening security, specifically the nature of the gates. The park authorities, meanwhile, suggested that the guard might have been overconfident. An …
Shobha and Ravindra, the two lions brought from Bannerghatta last June, seem to be in good health and have not been showing signs of aggression, said Dr Vinaya Jangale, wildlife vet at the SGNP.
PRATIK SALUNKE and ATEEQ SHAIKH MUMBAI Forest rangers at pril 20: Forest rangers at the sprawling Sanjay Gandhi National Park are seeing their worst nightmare come true. A lioness, part of the safari show there, escaped into the wilderness after attacking her watchman-keeper late on Tuesday night. The rangers said …
The government will demarcate 25,000 acres of land in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in the next three months. This would help prevent further encroachment and identify the dwellers staying on forest or private land, the government said.
MUMBAI: Frequent and uncontrolled forest fires of varying intensities have been recorded at Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivli. More than 25 instances of forest fire have been reported from various areas of the 103 sq-km park since January. On Tuesday, another fire broke out near Chena Village on …
Mumbai: Rising cost of maintenance is forcing the Sanjay Gandhi National Park to put up its animals in captivity for adoption. The most expensive animal in the park is, understandably, turning out to be the white tiger. They can be adopted for Rs 3.15 lakh annually. Lion can be adopted …
Mumbai Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has ordered to stop demolition of slums in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park immediately. He was speaking at a meeting organised on Thursday regarding slums at Malwani and private forest lands at Bhandup and Mulund. He also asked for a proposal regarding the land acquisition …
Mumbai * The cubs had been found without their mother near Middle Vaitarna Lake Tuesday. Spotted by factory workers, rescued by the Shahapur forest division, now being cared for at Sanjay Gandhi National Park. * A male and a female, they are one month old, measuring barely 30 inches from …
Mumbai A small pond in the Yeoor range of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) has got a new of lease of life after the park authorities desilted it and decided to ban immersion of idols in it. The pond was used for immersing Ganesha idols until last year. According …
MUMBAI: The BMC is carrying out soil testing work in the Tulsi lake area, which falls within the core zone of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). Interestingly, both park officials and those in the civic body claim ignorance about it initially. No one even has any clue about who …
Mumbai D Rathod, superintendent of the lion safari at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP), is learning to speak Kannada. That is because two of the park
Mumbai: If it isn't bad enough that various poachers enter various national parks to kill wild animals to sell the body parts, some villagers residing in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park too have been involved in poaching the animals, including endangered species. In the latest incident, forest department officials say …
Mumbai A year after six forest department officials were allegedly assaulted by trustees of a temple housed in the Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, forest officials are still waiting for a verdict from the Supreme Court. Last week, three members of a SC-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC)
Mumbai Mumbai may not be short of vets to look after pets and livestock, but wildlife veterinarians are in short supply. With a zoo in the middle of a Rs 433-crore makeover plan, the city, which has the largest protected forest in the world within city limits, is in dire …
Mumbai The first course of chemotherapy for the 12-year-old white tigress, Renuka, at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) was completed on Tuesday, forest officials said. A week back Renuka was diagnosed with a type of skin cancer, malignant melanoma. The forest department is planning to carry out a blood …
