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 …
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 …
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 …
