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 …
DIBRUGARH, Dec 19: The Forest Department of the State should be empowered with the special power in order to control the pachyderm menace in the State effectively. Dibrugarh MP Sarbananda Sonowal demanded this while addressing the Parliament on December 18. He said that the delegation of power to the State …
Jeevan Chinnappa DUBARE ELEPHANT CAMP (KODAGU DT.): A five-day hunt to capture a wild elephant ended dramatically in the Maldare forest area in Kodagu on Tuesday with the capture of the animal by Forest Department officials. This came as a relief to the people of Maldare. The operation to track …
The lurking tiger has managed to hoodwink the forest officials. The combing operation at Gauriaghat village in Gosainganj ended in vain on Sunday as the forest officials, mounted on elephants, failed to trace the big cat. The tiger had reached Gauriaghat village on Saturday and was believed to have taken …
Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: After searching in vain for an elusive male tiger at large for the past several days, forest officials are now pinning their hopes on an elephant to trap the animal. The tiger, who had wandered into human habitat after venturing out of the forests in Pilibhit district …
LURKING BIG CAT REMAINS ELUSIVE Postponed Harvesting, Low Attendance In Schools, Midnight Vigils Become A Routine The two primary schools in Saili Kiratpur village of Barabanki division have witnessed a sudden lowering of attendance since Monday. Parents are wary of their children stepping out of homes even for attending the …
DEHRA DUN: A 12-year-old girl was killed by a leopard in the Jhajara range of jungles in Vikasnagar town of the district in Uttarakhand, officials said on Thursday. The incident occurred when Shanti Thapa and her neighbour went to fetch firewood from the jungles near Rajawala village, where she was …
The Department of Forest began its search operation for rogue tuskers, which have been causing damage to farm land and properties in the region, here on Wednesday. Four deaths have occurred in Nanjarayapatna, Valnuru, Elane Hosakote, Thonduru, Maldare, Siddapura and the nearby regions, due to rogue elephant attacks. The operation …
By Shyam Sundar Vattam, DH News Service, Mysore: Kyata, a nine-year-old tusker, which is presently in a camp at Moorkal in Hunsur taluk of Mysore district for killing its mahout in K Gudi Forests of Chamarajanagar District last month, is in the news again. This time, the tusker broke an …
Guntur, Dec. 10: Villagers of Mothadaka, Nidumukkala, LG Pudi and Pedaparimi of Tadikonda mandal in Guntur district are panicky over the prowling of two leopards for the past 10 days. The villagers, mostly farmers, go to farms for various purposes. They are surrounded by cotton, chilli, paddy, green gram, maize, …
By Chethan Kumar, DH News Service, Bangalore: Even as elephants continue to fall victim to electric fencing, a proposal on bio-friendly solution to man-animal conflict has been relegated to cold storage. The serial deaths of pachyderms in recent days has troubled both man and animal kingdom equally. M K Mukund, …
By Subhash Chandra NS, DH News Service, Bangalore: The attempts to trace the roots of man-elephant conflict in the State has come out with an interesting finding. Dr Basappanavar, a former Chief Conservator of Forests and an expert appointed to assist the High Court in the matter of serial deaths …
By Kumuda H, DH News Service, Mysore: The recent serial deaths of elephants which the High Court took suo motu cognisance of, has compelled the Forest Department authorities to explore tram fence option, popularly known as Armstrong fence as a cost-effective and harmless barrier to prevent straying of jumbos into …
Udhagamandalam: The opposition to the declaration of the Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary as a Tiger Reserve and consequent tightening of wildlife related rules took a new turn on Tuesday. A group of persons from Masinagudy and surroundings adjoining the reserve allegedly stormed into the office of the wildlife ranger Duraiswamy and …
The consequences of human-elephant conflict are not only of key conservation concern but also are major socio-economic and political issues. Therefore, resolution of human-elephant conflict is a major concern and a high priority for conservation of elephants in range countries. Influx of humans and conversion of natural habitat to human …
Move over traditional tracking devices, the cell phone just got handier. Kenyan authorities now have their phones buzzing with text messages from elephants, warning the officials of their unauthorized presence in villagers
Damaged crops and helpless farmers. This is a common scene in the region every harvest season. Not only the elephants destroy hundreds of acres of standing paddy crops, but also cause widespread damage to houses in the locality. As per reports, at least 750 hectares of standing paddy crops have …
DH News Service,Mysore: To check the growing wild elephant-human conflicts, In-charge Deputy Conservator of Forests Yatish Kumar mooted a plan on the lines of South Africa to prevent wild elephants straying into human habitat in Mysore and Chamarajanagar districts. In South Africa, railway tracks have been used as fence and …
Tirupati, Nov. 26: Several villages continue to be in the grip of fear as the herd of 13 elephants that damaged standing crop in Bangarupalem mandal in Chittoor district have not left the area. Officials of the forest and revenue departments stood guard at the villages only till late in …
Nearly 6,000 farmer families living in Mahapitiya, Madahapola, Bambaragalayaya, Dummeeya, Madaulpotha, Nikawehera, Imihaminnegama, Makulpotha, Kosgahaela, Pahalagama, Thalwehera and Halmillewa in the Polpithigama divisional secretariat area are facing a wild elephant threat. The jumbos that roam into the villages have killed several farmers and caused serious injuries to several others. More …
