animal relocation

Mumbai, April 6 A six-foot-long crocodile was rescued from a dry pit after a 15-hour operation by the Forest Department in a village near Murbad in Thane district on Monday, officials said.The reptile had been sighted multiple times in the past few months in and around Masle Talao, an ancient...

Mumbai, March 18 The state legislative assembly passed the Wildlife Protection (Maharashtra Amendment) Bill, 2026, on Wednesday, with the government asserting that it would not lead to the issuance of permits for hunting wild animals, including leopards.The bill aims to facilitate better...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 8 A female leopard was captured in the southern Nighasan forest range of the Dudhwa National Park's buffer zone, officials said on Sunday.The leopard's movements were reported near Govindnagar Farm and Biharipurwa since Thursday, and it had killed a dog and some...

Ranchi, March 7 The Jharkhand forest department is expecting approval from the NTCA this month for its proposal to relocate three tigers, 50 bison, and 50 sambar deer from Madhya Pradesh to the Palamau Tiger Reserve, and plans to begin the process after the summer season, an official said on...

Mumbai, March 7 The Maharashtra government has decided to send 50 leopards to the Reliance Foundation's Vantara wildlife rescue and conservation center, located in Jamnagar, Gujarat, sources close to state forest minister Ganesh Naik have said.The forest department made the decision to...

Mumbai, March 6 The Maharashtra government has decided to send 50 leopards to Reliance Foundation's Vantara wildlife rescue and conservation centre, located in Jamnagar in neighboring Gujarat, sources close to state forest minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday.The decision was made by the forest...

Sheopur (MP), February 28 Nine more cheetahs from Botswana arrived safely at Kuno National Park (KNP) on Saturday, taking India's total count of the big cats to 48, an official said.The third batch of cheetahs from Africa arrived on an IAF aircraft as part of a four-year population revival...

Bhopal, February 27 – Eight more cheetahs are set to arrive at the Kuno National Park in Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, from Botswana on February 28, as part of India's Cheetah translocation project.This will be the third major translocation of cheetahs from Africa under the project. The...

Jaipur, February 23 – The growing problem of monkeys entering residential areas and attacking people was raised in the Rajasthan Assembly on Monday, with Congress MLA from Shahpura, Manish Yadav, drawing attention to the issue through a Calling Attention Motion.Responding to the motion...