human-wildlife conflict

Balrampur (UP), April 10 A 45-year-old man was killed in a leopard attack in a forest area adjacent to the Rehra village in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, officials said.The victim, identified as Harikant Yadav, had gone to collect flowers in the nearby Sohalwa forest area in...

Mumbai, April 7 A leopard was spotted inside a residential society near the IT park in the Malad (east) area of Mumbai in the early hours of Tuesday, a forest official said.CCTV cameras at Raheja Heights captured the feline roaming in the parking area between 3 AM and 4 AM. The video of the...

Kannur (Kerala), April 6 Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday alleged that the CPI(M)-led LDF has struck a "secret deal" with the BJP for the April 9 Assembly polls in Kerala.She also accused both the state and the Centre of "suppressing dissent and targeting minorities"...

Balodabazar, April 5 A volunteer program launched by the forest department in the Balodabazar-Bhatapara district of Chhattisgarh to strengthen community participation in wildlife conservation has received an encouraging response since its launch last month, an official said on Sunday."The...

Gaurela (Chhattisgarh), April 3 A 55-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant in the Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district of Chhattisgarh on Friday, according to forest officials.Trilochan Singh, the victim, was collecting mahua flowers in the forest near his house in Dandiya village, under the...

Ramgarh, April 3 Three people, including an elderly man, were killed by wild elephants in two separate incidents in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand on Friday, police said.Both incidents occurred within the jurisdiction of the Gola police station. One incident took place in Banda village...

New Delhi, April 2 The Delhi government has approved the creation of nine posts of wildlife inspector through direct recruitment in the Department of Forests and Wildlife, officials said on Thursday.Deploying dedicated inspectors would help in protecting Delhi’s biodiversity, and will...

Bengaluru, March 26 Karnataka Minister Eshwar B Khandre clarified in the Assembly on Thursday that there is no provision to offer government jobs to the legal heirs of persons killed in wildlife attacks, as per existing government orders.Responding to a question by Sringeri MLA T D Rajegowda...

Koderma (Jharkhand), March 26 Two people, including a woman, were killed by a wild elephant in the Koderma district of Jharkhand, a forest officer said on Thursday.The elephant trampled a woman, identified as Maniya Birhorni (55), to death in Mariampur, near the Koderma police station, on...

On Wednesday, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan reached out to communities in the highlands ahead of the April 9 Assembly elections and stated that his government has taken legal and financial measures to protect their lives and livelihoods, despite challenges posed by central laws...

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...

Phulbani (Odisha), March 14 Three people were killed by separate groups of elephants in the jungles of the Kandhamal district, forest officials said on Saturday.Two people died in the Damba forest in the Petapanfa gram panchayat on Friday evening, while another man met a similar fate in 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...

Madikeri (Karnataka), March 12 A 49-year-old coffee farmer died in an elephant attack on Thursday, officials said.The incident occurred around midday when Ganapathi went to his coffee plantation near Siddapura in the Virajpet taluk of the Kodagu district, they said.According to the forest...

In Bengaluru, Karnataka, a debate arose in the Legislative Assembly regarding safari operations and trekking regulations in forest areas. Opposition leader R. Ashoka criticized the government for initially banning safaris and then re-opening them, while Forest and Ecology Minister Eshwar Khandre...

Kendrapara (Odisha), March 11 A 48-year-old fisherman was killed in an attack by a saltwater crocodile in a village on the outskirts of the Bhitarkanika National Park in Kendrapara district, Odisha, a forest officer said on Wednesday.Forest and fire brigade personnel later retrieved the...

Gairsain, March 10 Uttarakhand Forest Minister Subodh Uniyal stated on Tuesday that from the formation of the state in 2000 to January this year, 1,296 people have lost their lives due to human-wildlife conflict.Uniyal was responding to a question raised by BJP MLA Braj Bhushan Gairola in the...

Erode (Tamil Nadu), March 9 An 80-year-old woman was killed by an elephant in the district, according to forest officials on Monday.According to officials, Ramkumar (20), from Kaakayanure, located within the Anthiyur forest area, found the woman's body on Sunday. He informed the police and...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), March 8 A 50-year-old farmer was killed by a tiger in the Sampurnanagar forest range of the Dudhwa buffer zone, officials said on Sunday.Pargat Singh was passing through his sugarcane fields on Friday evening when the tiger attacked him.His family launched a search for...

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...