Order of the High Court of Tripura in the matter of Court on its own motion Vs The Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare & Others dated 09/01/2025. The HC was informed that National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has granted approval for establishing two new Facility-integrated ART Centres (Fi-ARTC) …
Alipurduar, Dec. 22: The forest department has decided to introduce swamp deer in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary after it receives six of them from Lucknow Zoo. In exchange, three almost-adult elephants will be sent to the zoo in Uttar Pradesh, V.K. Sood, the conservator of forest wildlife (north), said.
After poachers were suspected to be responsible for the death of one of the rhinoceros at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in north Bengal, senior forest officials have decided to fill up the post of security guards that are lying vacant for the past few years. Mr SB Mondal, principal chief conservator …
Poachers, suspected to be from Assam, had shot at the male rhino that died in Jaldapara yesterday with festering wounds. A post-mortem report has confirmed the presence of a bullet in the animal
OUR CORRESPONDENT Teesta, the rescued elephant calf, at Jaldapara on Saturday. Picture by Anirban Choudhury Alipurduar, Sept. 27: Forest minister Ananta Roy has said any rescued elephant calf will from now on be handed over to Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary alone for rearing. The minister was at Jaldapara, 60km from here, …
Alipurduar, Sept. 21: An outbreak of the foot and mouth disease among cattle in the villages on the fringes of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary even after vaccination has left foresters worried about wild herbivores catching the infection. There are around 30-odd villages around the sanctuary and domesticated cattle usually enter the …
Five teams of the forest department today fanned out on elephant backs in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary to identify herbivores that showed signs of illness. After the body of a rhino calf was found in the sanctuary on Sunday, foresters are not taking any chances as they fear that the death …
Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary is gearing up for a possible anthrax attack as a rhino calf is suspected to have died of the disease yesterday. The worried Jaldapara authorities have written to Calcutta to send anthrax vaccines as well as tranquillisers for big animals like elephants and rhinos. There is also …
Alipurduar, May 28: Twenty-four hours after a tusker was killed by the speeding Guwahati-bound Jhajha Express, wildlife NGOs are hoping that the new railway minister will be more proactive about saving animals from track deaths. Animesh Bose, the programme Coordinator of Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation, said:
Alipurduar: Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary will send two sub-adult elephants to the Alipore Zoo in Calcutta in exchange for two adult ones. All the animals to be swapped are females and they will have different roles to play in their new habitats. While the sub-adults will be entertaining the visitors at …
Siliguri, March 4: A Red Dog has been sighted near Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary. Commonly known as dhole, the animal had been spotted by Praloy Mondal, a vet stationed in Jaldapara, about 10 days ago. The Indian wild dog or Red Dog (cuon alpinus) is protected under Schedule I of the …
A rhino in Jaldapara during the census on Sunday. Picture by Anirban Choudhury Alipurduar, Feb. 24: The forest department will conduct a feasibility study to see if rhinos can be introduced in the Buxa Tiger Reserve to try and expand their gene pool in neighbouring Jaldapara, where it has apparently …
The rhino population in a national park at the Himalayan foothills has gone up. Elated officials of the West Bengal forest department are now getting ready to carry out a census in another reserve forest. During a census last November in the Gorumara National Park, located in the Himalayan foothills …
OUR CORRESPONDENT habitat under threat: A file picture of a rhino in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary Alipurduar Jan. 11: The foresters are upbeat about the increasing number of the Indian one-horned rhinoceros in the Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary but what is a source of worry for them is the deteriorating state of …
Forest officials have started the tiger census with renewed vigour in Neora Valley Sanctuary, spanning over 113 sq km area in north Bengal. The census, which began from November 20, will end on Novemeber 25. A total of 33 teams, comprising both government and NGO representatives, are conducting the survey.
There is some hope for Mr Stripes straying into human habitation in Sundarbans, but none for the limbering Jumbos which are being shot down at the Nepal border, though concern for both the species was voiced by Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, state chief minister at the meeting of the state wildlife …
This case study is a review of socio-economic structure of the people, their loss and benefit out of sanctuaries, concept of WTP (willingness to pay) and finally attitude towards conservation. Details salient features of a recommended female oriented economic development programme and says that this is certain to have long …
Jaigaon : Eleven Royal Bengal Tigers rehabilitated at a rescue centre after their performance in circus shows was banned are being fed less than their daily quota of meat. That the tigers kept at the centre in South Khayerbari in Alipurduar subdivision were being fed short of a total of …
The rhinoceros population has grown in West Bengal's Gorumara National Park. The same trend is thought to have occurred in the adjoining Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary, wildlife authorities say. A census earlier this month revealed that the number of rhinos in the Gorumara Park had risen by four since the last …
