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 …
The wild life officials of the forest department on Tuesday morning finally trapped a wild cat that was on the prowl inside the city limits of Thane. The cat had been sighted on several occasions at Kolshet recently. According to the officials, the panther was trapped at a factory near …
Good land-use planning that takes both people and elephant needs into account is the only long-term solution to mitigate the human-elephant conflict, Centre for Conservation and Research (CCR) - Sri Lanka, Chairman, Prithiviraj Fernando said. Referring to a report jointly compiled by WWF-Nepal, the Nature Conservation Foundation and CCR, Fernando …
Nagpur : Lack of staff in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) may mean that tourists will not be able to visit the place this season. On Monday, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) B Majumdar issued an order to close down TATR for tourists from November 25 onwards.
H D Kote: Deputy Conservator of Forests Shaswathi Mishra has promised to prevail upon the state government to disburse a compensation of Rs 1.5 lakh to the family of a forest watcher who was trampled to death by wild elephants near Yerekattemala Forest area of H D Kote Taluk last …
According to the recent survey conducted by the Department of Wildlife Conservation, it has been revealed that during the past nine months of 2008, 60 wild elephants have died and 24 human beings have died following attacks by wild elephants in the North Western zone of the wildlife conservation. A …
Even as the government confirmed "cyanide poison in ragi balls" as a cause for the elephants' death, the Karnataka High Court on Friday directed the Forest Department to find out the culprits behind the episode in Kappasoge village near Nanjangud and submit a report before December 9. After registering a …
A LEOPARD fell into a forest department trap early on Tuesday morning at Chandrapur district's Sarandi village, close to Vejgaon village where leopard attacks have been frequent. Officials, however, are not sure if it was the same problem animal against which shoot orders had been issued. Principal Chief Conservator of …
Agartala, Nov 5: The Tripura Government has decided to set-up an elephant reserve in the State to preserve the animal which had nearly disappeared due to large-scale poaching and migration to neighbouring Bangladesh. The latest census has shown that the population of the elephant has gone up from 38 in …
DIBRUGARH, Nov 5: Belying the claims of the Dibrugarh District Forest Department for spending around Rs 7 lakh for putting in place a solar energize fencing from Madhupur to Dihing Than village of Larua Mouza to prevent elephant depredation, a team of 50 pachyderm entered into and destroyed paddy fields, …
DH News Service, Koppa: The number of attacks by tigers and leopards are on the rise at Gubbugadde limits and cattle at Gunuvanthe, Golikoppa, Thimmanahadlu, Oorumakki, Bahishkar and Sivapura are falling prey to such attacks. The latest incident is that of a cattle belonging to a certain Ratnakar, which was …
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DEHRA DUN: It was a miraculous escape for Pratap Singh Pundir of Dhalwala near Rishikesh as he took shelter inside his house after being chased by an elephant on Wednesday night. The pachyderm pulled down part of the house before being chased away by villagers. Similarly, rampaging elephants damaged two …
Mysore, dhns: Despite spending Rs 50 lakh to put up solar fence at Sollepura hamlet and other selected cluster villages to check the menace of wild elephants, it seem to be not working, for none has experienced a shock. Although it is
Coimbatore, VILLAGERS near Madukkarai on the city outskirts are under the grip of fear after two leopards gained entry into a farm house here. The villagers had been complaining of a leopard that had been ransacking the plantations situated on the foothills of Madukkarai Dharmaraja Koil area for the past …
PALAKKAD: The government has decided to raise the compensation to the dependants of the people killed in attacks by wild elephants from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh, according to Forest Minister Benoy Viswom. The Minister said this while speaking to mediapersons at Olavakkode on Friday. Ganja plantat ions The …
VIVEK DESH PANDE NAGPUR,OCTOBER A body found in Junona village in Chandrapur close to where a woman was killed by a leopard on September 22 could be that of a missing youth. He appears to have been killed five days before the 52year-old woman was mauled to death. Prashant Bharsagade …
Marwahi forest division is well known for human-sloth bear conflict. Available forest cover is highly degraded, fragmented and interspersed with agricultural crop fields, and small townships. Data since 1990 onwards reveal 28 cases of human death by wild animals, comprising 13 men and 15 women. Except 2, all casualties were …
Human-elephant conflict in Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary and adjacent areas was studied based on observational methods during the year 1993 to 1996 as a part of project studying the large mammals in the sanctuary. Major animals engaged in crop damage were wild boar and elephant. The animals involved in crop damage …
