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 …
V NarayanaMurthi | The man-animal conflict has resulted in trampling to death of five persons and damaging hutments ANIMAL lovers are concerned over the rise in the death of wild elephants which are straying out from the Vellore-Tiruvannamalai forest areas. A calf was electrocuted last week near Polur in Tiruvannamalai …
Tiruvannamalai: A young elephant was electrocuted in a hillside agricultural field near Polur on Thursday. The five-year-old was part of a nine-member herd of elephants wandering in the peripheries of Jawadu hills and frequently marauding agricultural fields and damaging farmers
Tiruvannamalai: The Forest Department is planning to use microchip implant to tackle elephant menace which affects people living in villages situated on the peripheries of Jawadu Hills, particularly farmers. Three elephants belonging to a herd died recently in separate incidents. They also killed two men, damaged crops and several huts …
BHUBANESWAR: Worried over the growing man-elephant conflict, the State Government today identified 14 corridors for safe movement of the animals which frequently stray out in search of food and water. The comprehensive plan for setting up the corridors will be prepared by March this year, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told …
It had killed a five-year-old boy CAGED: A four-year-old panther that was trapped by Forest Officials near Valparai in the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve on Sunday night. Coimbatore: Officials of the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) trapped a male panther aged about four years near Valparai, tranquilised and relocated it to a …
Jamshedpur: Over a dozen villages in the adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district have been put on high alert as herds of tuskers have begun their return journey from Saranda forest to Dalma hills. Over 40 elephants from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary had migrated to Saranda in October. As the tuskers tend to stray …
The state forest department is facing a problem to relocate the villages situated within the Buxa Tiger Reserve after villagers started getting pattas of forest land under the Forest Rights Act. The forest department had initiated a plan to make the Buxa Tiger Reserve located in Alipurduar subdivision of Jalpaiguri …
Manoj Anand The procession of adult elephants and their calves trudging with men and women was enough to indicate that growing manelephant conflict of the state could be resolved through peaceful co-existence. In the company of hundreds of their human admirers, even elephant calves were responsive to the love and …
The government has allocated Rs.15 million to erect an electric fence to a distance of 30km at Moragahakanda to prevent elephants frequenting areas inhabited by humans. Project Director R.M.Thennakoon told a recent meeting at the Project Office chaired by Naula Divisional Secretary K.A. Sirisena that this allocation is a result …
A team of experts from Conservation International, Washington DC, USA, recently visited the project site of Dolphin Foundation (DF) in Manas Tiger Reserve to take stock of the initiatives taken for promoting alternative sustainable livelihoods for the poor forest-dependent communities living in the fringe areas of Manas, a press release …
Wild Cats Between 5-9 Years Will Be Tracked Sasan (Gir): It is official now. About 50 lions, out of the 359 lions, in Gir forest will be fitted with the Global Positioning System (GPS) collars. These lions will be mainly males in the age group of 5-9 years and at …
ERODE: Farmers from Kannapalli and Illipali villages near Ammapettai, Bhavani, have petitioned the district administration seeking assistance to protect their crops from wild boar. In a release, the local head of Tamizhaga Vivasayeegal Sangam, K. Ramesh, says the 300-odd small and marginal farmers of the area, who cultivate groundnut, maize, …
Residents of Dhave-Sattari have expressed fear over the presence of a leopard in the village since the last few days. According to the residents, the leopard has attacked many dogs in the village since the last few days.
Mumbai: Although the forest department served the notices to Maharogi Seva Samiti for illegally keeping wild animals at Somnath and Anandvan, the department itself has been using the facility currently. The Samiti, founded by renowned social worker late Baba Amte, has been served the notices as per the directives of …
The Greater and Trans Himalayan regions of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh have great potential in terms of wildlife (flora and fauna). This survey was the first ever survey for the snow leopard in Uttarakhand and some of the areas of Himachal Pradesh till date. It confirms the presence of snow …
JORHAT, Dec 30: Wild elephants destroyed as many as 33 houses of Kankan sapori in Majuli last night. A house was also gutted in fire in the attack. However, no casualty have been reported so far. According to the information, after chasing away the strong herd of wild elephants comprising …
JORHAT, Dec 29: One person was injured at Dabur Sapori after the Forest Department chased the herd of wild elephants away from the Jhanjimukh area across the Brahmaputra last night. Ignorant of the herd
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has asked the divisional forest officers (DFOs) to settle cases relating to ownership of forest land for forest-dwellers on a priority basis. Addressing the DFO conference at the Secretariat here today, Naveen said that forest officials should give special attention to this matter as the …
