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Ranchi, March 26 – The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday criticized both the state government and the Forest Department for their lax attitude towards tiger conservation at the Palamu Tiger Reserve.Hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), a bench of Chief Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 CPI(M) leader and Vellanad village panchayat president, 'Vellanad' Sasi, who had been on the run in connection with a case of allegedly killing a porcupine, surrendered to forest officials on Tuesday.He surrendered at the Paruthipally forest office in the evening...

Bhubaneswar, March 24 A total of 325 wild animals, including a tiger, 11 leopards, and 14 elephants, were killed by poachers in Odisha over the past three years, state forest minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia told the Assembly on Tuesday.Responding to a written question by BJD MLA Ramesh Chandra...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 22 Panic gripped villagers in the Patrapur block of Odisha's Ganjam district after a video of a suspected leopard sitting on a nearby hill went viral on social media.However, forest officials said they found no footprints or received any reports of livestock being...

Bengaluru, March 21 – The family of a young veterinarian who died while treating a pregnant hippopotamus in Shivamogga has alleged negligence by the authorities and demanded action in connection with the tragedy.Dr. Sameeksha Reddy (27) died after being attacked by a hippopotamus at the...

Lucknow (UP), March 21 Highlighting the importance of environmental conservation, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Saturday that forests are the foundation of life and a vital component of nature's balance.Inaugurating the ‘Aranya Samagam’, a national dialogue on the theme...

Mumbai, March 18 – Congress Legislative Party leader Vijay Wadettiwar raised serious concerns in the Maharashtra Assembly on Wednesday over organized teak smuggling syndicates, alleging they operate with political patronage in Naxal-affected regions of the state.Speaking during the Question...

Mumbai, March 18 The opposition on Wednesday claimed in the Maharashtra assembly that teak wood smugglers operating in the Chandrapur district are enjoying political patronage.Congress legislature party leader Vijay Wadettiwar alleged during Question Hour, the first hour of the House...

Jaipur, March 16 Three people have been arrested in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan on Monday for allegedly killing and burning a wild animal, suspected to be a rare wild cat called Caracal, and uploading a video of the incident on social media, forest officials said on Monday.Officials...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 15 Forest officials, environmental scientists, and wildlife conservationists from India, Nepal, and Bhutan have agreed to form a collaborative network to strengthen the protection and conservation of small wild cats in the region, officials said on Sunday.The...

Chandrapur, March 13 A 36-year-old man was killed by a tiger in a village in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, an official said on Friday.The incident took place in Fiskuti village in Mul tehsil on Thursday night, the official said.The victim, Vasudev Kankalwar, a resident of Junasurla, was...

Nagpur, March 11 A 29-year-old woman was killed and a teenage girl was seriously injured when they were attacked by a Gaur (Indian bison) in Pendhari village in Nagpur district of Maharashtra on Wednesday, police said.The incident occurred around 1:30 pm when Reshma Vikesh Dhurve and Nisha...

Shimla, March 11 An 18-year-old student in Himachal Pradesh's Solan district defended himself against an attack by a leopard by using his bare hands and smashing the animal's jaws with stones, killing it.The second-year student at the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) was rushed to the Arki...

Pauri (U.K.d), March 10 A man was killed by a leopard in a village here, prompting authorities to issue orders for the animal's capture.The leopard attack occurred late Monday evening near the Jamla village, 10 km from the district headquarters, where the leopard attacked 48-year-old Prakash...

Seoni (MP), March 7 'Langdi', one of the oldest and best-known tigresses of the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, died on Saturday due to old age, forest officials said.Born in 2008, the tigress, identified as PN-20 (T-20), was approximately 18 years old and was among the oldest in the...

Bahraich (UP), March 7 An eight-year-old boy was killed in an attack by a leopard near the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, prompting protests by angry villagers, forest officials said on Saturday.The incident took place on Friday evening in the Karikot village, under the Nishangarha forest...

Pilibhit (UP), March 6 A forest department patrol team was allegedly attacked by suspected timber smugglers and villagers in the Mala range of the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, leaving five forest officials injured, police said on Friday.However, the villagers accused the forest department team of...

Kollam (Kerala), March 5 A man suffered serious injuries after being attacked by a wild elephant in Kulathupuzha on Thursday morning, according to forest officials.The injured man has been identified as Prakash (48), a resident of Kulathupuzha.According to forest officials, Prakash was...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 4 A female rhinoceros was killed in a tiger attack in the Dudhwa tiger reserve on Wednesday, forest officials said.The Field Director of the tiger reserve and Chief Conservator of Forests, Dr. H. Rajamohan, said that mahouts patrolling the Rhino Rehabilitation...

Mumbai, March 4 The Maharashtra government will expand drone surveillance and strengthen joint enforcement teams to curb illegal excavation activities across the state, said Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday.Illegal excavation rackets that dig out sand, soil, and key...