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 …
TINSUKIA, April 20: Six persons were injured due to leopard attack at no.7 labour line of Jutlibari TE under Naoholia PS yesterday afternoon. The leopard strayed into the human habitation from nearby Borajan Wild Life Sanctuary. As the people gathering increased after the news spread into the garden about the …
Two indigenous villagers sustained severe injuries as they came under attack of a wild bear at village Dhurong Para in Mahalchhari upazila yesterday. The bear came out of a jungle near the village at noon. As Mangsi Larma, 20, son of Chaithang Marma and Ubay Marma, 40, wife of Aroi …
Wild elephants infiltrating from Lunugamvehera National Park to Kataragama area is frequently resulting in human-elephant conflicts. The Lunugamvehera National Park authorities say this is due to damaged section of the electricity fence at Wilamba Wewa area where there is a conflict between the authorities and farmers over a tank a …
Wild elephants infiltrating from Lunugamvehera National Park to Kataragama area is frequently resulting in human-elephant conflicts. The Lunugamvehera National Park authorities say this is due to damaged section of the electricity fence at Wilamba Wewa area where there is a conflict between the authorities and farmers over a tank a …
Wild life officials are on the trail of two Civil Defence personnel in connection with the death of a pregnant elephant in Mahakachchakodiya in Vavuniya. The officials have sought assistance of the police to apprehend the two absconding home guards who have allegedly caused the death of the elephant by …
A man was trampled to death by a herd of wild elephants at Hazachhara village in Barkal upazila early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Saiful Islam, 30, son of Md Barek of the village. Police and locals said around eight elephants also destroyed two tin-shed houses and a banana …
New Delhi: Elephants might be a cause for serious concern for elections in Meghalaya, but the huge animal has created elephantine problem in neighbouring Assam and Sikkim for the Asom Gana Prarishad and Sikkim Sangram Praishad, quite symbolically. Renowned NGO PETA, has complained to the Election Commissions for parties like …
Trail of tiger deaths View image Officials say poisoning, activists say poaching The death of 10 tigers in three months in Kaziranga National Park in Assam has alarmed environmentalists. The tigers were found dead between November 12, 2008, and February 14, 2009. Park authorities suspect some of the tigers might …
function open_new_tigers() { newwd=window.open("dte_slideshow/20090415_tigers/tigers_terai.htm","","height=650,width=600,scrollbar=yes"); newwd.moveTo(200,75); } Tigers that recently killed 11 people were neither old nor injured Close to the foothills of the Himalaya four tigers ventured out of forests and killed 11 people in the past five months. The killings have challenged the official understanding of man-eaters. Unlike the …
Melur, Five hundred and twenty trained bulls from Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Puthukottai and Tiruchy participated after being certified by a veterinarian FIFTY one people were injured in a jallikattu conducted during the Muppuli Ayyanarkoil temple festival at Sakkudi village in Madurai district on Sunday. Precautionary measures were taken by the …
So much has been said and written about the human-elephant conflict resulting in the death of hundreds of people and wild elephants alike but nothing seems to have been done to bring the situation under control. Environmentalists are of the opinion that the opening of jungles for development projects and …
A Dutch tourist was trampled to death by a wild elephant inside the Kaziranga National Park on Tuesday while eight of his colleagues had a miraculous escape. Park authorities said a lone rogue elephant had charged at the group. Robert William, 60, was killed while the others esc- aped. 1In …
Guwahati: A 62-year old tourist from the Netherlands was trampled to death by a wild elephant inside the famous Kaziranga National Park in Assam on Tuesday. The tourist has been identified as Robert Goldbach. A director of the National Park S N Buragohain informed that a lone wild elephant suddenly …
Shillong: Over 200 polling booths, mostly in the Garo hills region in Meghalaya, have been marked 'sensitive' not because they face any law and order problem but for fear of attacks by wild elephants. Apart from Garo Hills, which is along the Indo-Bangla border, the booths are located in the …
The paper presents the findings of 7year long field trial of a fodder plantation technique specially designed for enrichment of wildlife habitats by biological displacement of Lantana cover by bamboo in a Lantana-infested area. The field trial was carried out between 1995-96 and 2002-03 in Rajaji National Park.
