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 …
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 …
Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary (KWS) is situated in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh. In around 1993-1994, the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, after a thorough study found this forest to be a suitable habitat for the relocation of the Asiatic lion, now confined to the range of about 1800 sq …
Hyderabad, Sept. 23: Wild animal attacks, particularly by the sloth bear, on humans are on the rise in the state. Tribals, who venture into the deep forest to collect minor produce, are the victims in most cases. As many as 18 persons have died in the state. According to assistant …
DONKAMOKAM, Sept 19: Khom Sangma (65), of village Wakanta group nine kilometres away from Donkamokam died after he was attacked by wild elephants. The victim was at his farm house at Borbil of Nagaon district looking after paddy, on that night. It was learnt that two days back, a group …
By Sanjay Gubbi When a leopard strays, if the crowd is dispersed, the animal escapes and causes no harm to anyone. Newspapers yesterday were filled with the story of a leopard killed by police and mob at Mysore. In terms of column space it overtook the fall of major financial …
DH News Service, Mysore: As many as nine persons including a photo-journalist were injured when a leopard attacked them at K C Layout on the foothills of Chamundi, in Mysore, on Tuesday. All the injured are out of danger. However, the leopard succumbed to internal bleeding at around 2 pm. …
