Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
At a lab working on kala-azar in Bihar, a rabbit was tied spreadeagled in a glass chamber full of sand flies. Its eyes almost human, they expressed the shame of being publicly humiliated. The rabbit was part of an experiment at the institute and one of the 150 million animals …
In several regions in India farmers are switching crops—some are even abandoning farming. Their choices are not dictated by the agriculture market. They are doing so because they are too close to forests. And wild animals attack their crops and cattle so often that they cannot go on like before. …
The expert committee which made a study on the rift between wild elephants and human beings at Chamarajanagara, Mysore and Kodagu districts will submit a scientific report within one and half month to Central government. Speaking to reporters, Expert Committee Head Dr B Gangwar, after visiting wild elephant menace region …
Pollachi: Minister for Forests N. Selvaraj said that a committee with representation from plantation managements, trade unions, revenue, forest departments and NGOs involved in conservation could be formed and suggest remedial measures into man-animal conflicts.Mr. Selvaraj was speaking at a public hearing organised by the Forest Department on the increasing …
Like tigers, endangered leopards too are battling for survival with as many as 160 already dead so far since this January in the country against 290 last year. The trend is not recent phenomenon. In the last 12 years since 1994, India has lost atleast 3,189 leopards, according to an …
The farmers in Basaravalli and surrounding areas are worried over the rise in wild elephant menace, and loss of crops. hopeless Wild elephants destroyed crops in Basaravalli and surrounding areas. DH photoThe forest department has not met those who have lost their crops, property last year owing to the wild …
Away from the public eye, an ambitious initiative could actually change the prospects for Kaziranga National Park as well as the district of Karbi Anglong. The forest department supported by WWF India and personnel of the Indian Army are preparing the eco-restoration of a landscape that extends over 1,000 sq …
Bharatiya Janata Party Kishan Morcha State general secretary and MLA Alkesh Arya said that every year cases of crop damage, loss of cattle life and loss of funds come to the fore due to wildlife. There is loss of crores of rupees. Arya said that in these cases of losses, …
Nagpur: This could just turn out to be a master stroke to ease if not solve man-animal conflict. In a novel experiment, the Nagpur forest division officials used urine of captive tigers in the city
Coimbatore: The zonal conference and state executive committee of the Tamil Nadu Forest Staff Association have appealed to the State Government to increase the manpower to three-fold from the present strength in areas prone to man-animal conflicts. A release from president of the Association, T.R.K. Kumara Menon, and State general …
Yagnesh Mehta | TNN Surat: In a tragic incident, four people were injured in an attack by a leopard which was killed subsequently by one of the victims at Unn village of Mandvi taluka in Surat district around 6 am on Thursday. The leopard died on the spot as its …
Rajkot: A man was reportedly killed by a leopard on the steps leading to Girnar shrine in Junagadh on Monday night. According to taluka police sources, the body of a man around 30 years of age was found on Tuesday morning. It seemed he was dragged by the animal in …
Public opinion plays a vital role in the planning and management of wildlife. The present study explored the effects of habitat, residency, and gender on the opinions of people regarding human-monkey conflict in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. For this purpose an opinion survey of 400 participants was conducted on: (a) …
JORHAT, April 28: Man-elephant conflict has taken a toll on Jorhat district last year as nearly 300 families were affected by elephant depredation, the Jorhat Forest Department said. The district has seen a rise in jumbo rampages in the last five years, Forest Department sources added. The Forest Department of …
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.
The budgetary allocation for providing compensation to those who suffer from financial losses due to human-wildlife conflicts has been increased. In order to provide immediate financial help to those who suffer the consequences of loss of human life, cattle or crop caused by wildlife, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has increased …
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 …
New Delhi: After chairing the National Board of Wildlife meeting, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has written to chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand
Rajkot: In a bizarre incident, a man who had been on the run and was wanted in several cases of extortion in Bagvadar police station in Porbandar district was caught after he had to be hospitalised for a leopard attack. According to forest officials, Meru Khunti, a resident of Kutvana …
