wildlife management

Gondia, March 30 The Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Gondia, Maharashtra, will gain control of the buffer zone surrounding it from April 1, which officials said on Monday will improve the operational efficiency of the facility.The decision to transfer control of the buffer zone was...

JAMMU, MARCH 28: Minister of Forests, Ecology, and Environment, Javed Ahmad Rana, stated that the Wildlife Department has implemented measures to mitigate the conflict between humans and wild boars around the Dachigam National Park, including the New Theed village.These measures include a 3 km...

Ranchi, March 26 The Jharkhand High Court expressed its displeasure on Thursday at the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) for failing to file an affidavit in a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning the conservation of tigers in the Palamau Tiger Reserve (PTR) in the state.The...

Mumbai, March 24 Maharashtra's Forest Minister Ganesh Naik has said that the state government has asked Reliance Foundation to accommodate leopards at its Vantara facility in Gujarat's Jamnagar, and 25 big cats have already been relocated there.The population of leopards has risen four times...

Mumbai, March 23 Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Monday that it was the state government that asked Reliance Foundation to accommodate leopards in its Vantara facility and added that 25 big cats have already been sent there.Speaking in the legislative council during the...

Thane, March 20 Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik said on Friday that animals like monkeys and wild boars would be made available to carnivores, including leopards and tigers, in their natural habitats in sufficient numbers so that predators do not enter urban areas in search of food...

Mumbai, March 16 A 9-foot-long crocodile entered the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay campus early on Monday and was later rescued by wildlife experts, officials said.IIT security staff spotted the reptile on the campus, located in Mumbai's Powai area, and immediately alerted the...

March 09, New Delhi: A proud moment for the Cheetah Project as Jwala, a Namibian cheetah and successful three-time mother, gave birth to five cubs on Monday at the Kuno National Park.With this birth, the number of thriving Indian-born cubs has risen to 33, marking the 10th successful cheetah...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 8 The Kerala government has extended the validity of orders permitting the controlled culling of wild boars that stray into human habitations and cause damage to life, property, and crops by one year.According to a recent order issued by the state Forest Department...

Korba (Chhattisgarh), March 5 The in-charge of a paddy procurement center was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Korba district, Chhattisgarh, in the early hours of Thursday. His wife and a few employees narrowly escaped the attack, officials of the forest department said.The incident...

Ghaziabad (UP), February 25 The forest department captured the leopard on Wednesday after it was sighted on the premises of a school in the Govindpuram area.Following information received from the Greenfield Public School management, which had spotted the leopard on CCTV, a team from 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...

Itanagar, February 22 An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Arunachal Pradesh Police was killed by a wild elephant in the Lohit district, a senior officer said on Sunday.ASI Martin Lego (40) of the Sunpura police station, along with two friends, had gone to the Lohit riverbank for a morning...

Ranchi, February 21 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday said his government was preparing a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to check man-animal conflicts, implement mitigation measures, and simplify the compensation process in the state.Responding to a question by Congress MLA...

Ranchi, February 19 – The issue of elephant attacks dominated discussions in the Jharkhand Assembly on Thursday, as MLAs expressed concern over the rising number of deaths and called for urgent government intervention.On the second day of the Budget Session, Nirmal Mahto, an MLA from Mandu...

Gayaji, February 15 A lone wild elephant strayed into a residential area in the Barachatti locality of Gayaji district in Bihar on Sunday morning, causing panic among residents, officials said.The elephant entered the human settlement from the Chatra forest area in neighboring Jharkhand, they...

Ranchi, February 15 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has expressed concerns over the increasing number of casualties due to human-elephant conflicts in the state and directed officials to develop a mechanism to ensure that no human death occurs due to attacks by the animal.Around 27...

Ranchi, February 14 Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren expressed concerns over the increasing number of casualties due to human-elephant conflicts in the state on Saturday and directed officials to develop a mechanism to ensure that no human death occurs due to attacks by the animals.Around...

Ranchi, February 13 At least six people, including four members of a family, were killed by a herd of wild elephants in the Hazaribag district of Jharkhand on Friday, a forest official said.The herd, which had attacked several people in the past few days, entered the Gondwar village in the...