wildlife

Jamshedpur, April 11 A man was killed by a herd of wild elephants in the Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand on Saturday, police said.The incident occurred in the Chandil forest area of Saparoom village, which falls under the jurisdiction of the Tiruldih police station."The deceased...

Gumla (Jharkhand), April 10 A 28-year-old man was killed by a wild elephant in the Gumla district of Jharkhand on Friday, police said.The incident took place in the forest area of Burhu village, part of the Belagarha panchayat under the jurisdiction of the Ghaghara police station, this...

Bengaluru, April 9 Karnataka Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment, Eshwar Khandre, has instructed authorities to formulate a standard operating procedure (SOP) for trekking safety, intended to serve as a national model.The Minister issued the instruction in writing to the chief...

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...

Koderma, April 5 A man, who was severely injured in an attack by a wild elephant in the Koderma district of Jharkhand, died on Sunday, officials said.The deceased has been identified as Upendra Saw, also known as Chhotu Kumar (35), a resident of Markacho.He was critically injured after being...

Jaipur, April 4 Three new chicks of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard have been successfully hatched at breeding centers in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan, using artificial insemination technology, bringing the total number of birds in captivity to 76, officials said.Two chicks...

Pilibhit (UP), April 3 A father risked his life to save his teenage son from a crocodile here, officials said on Friday.The incident took place in Nagariya Sahgawan village in the Jehanabad area when the boy, Mohit Kumar (around 14 years old), was attacked by a crocodile while accompanying his...

Wayanad (Kerala), April 3 A wild elephant, affectionately known as "Muttikkomban," was captured on Friday morning after it posed a threat to people and crops in the Vadakkanad area, forest officials said.The operation was carried out on the orders of the chief wildlife warden following...

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...

Jaipur, April 2 A barking deer has gone missing from the Nahargarh Biological Park near Jaipur for the past two days, and forest officials have yet to locate the animal.According to officials, the deer was found missing from its enclosure two days ago, causing concern among the staff of the...

Ranchi, April 2 A sub-adult elephant, which fell into a 45-foot-deep well in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand, was rescued after a three-hour operation on Thursday, a forest department official said.The elephant, which was part of a herd of four, fell into the well around 1 am at the Saryad...

Chaibasa, April 2 A fully grown elephant was found dead under mysterious circumstances in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Thursday, a police officer said.Villagers informed the forest department about the carcass of the elephant on Thursday morning.Sub-Divisional Police Officer...

Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), April 1 A tigress was killed after being hit by a train near the Bhikhampur halt in the Dudhwa National Park's buffer zone, forest officials said on Wednesday.The carcass of a tigress, estimated to be around five to six years old, was recovered by patrolling teams in the...

On the occasion of International Bird Day today, Minister of State for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, stated that birds are nature's messengers, reminding people of the delicate balance of the planet. In a social media post, the Minister urged citizens to...

Bahraich (UP), March 31 Forest department personnel recovered the carcass of a female elephant in the Bichhiya area of the Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary here on Tuesday morning, a senior official said.The elephant, estimated to be 20-25 years old, died under natural circumstances, and there...

Itanagar, March 31 A 12-member expert team from Karnataka has been deployed in Deomali, in the Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh, to track and relocate an elephant that has been responsible for several human casualties in the area over the past two years, officials said on Tuesday.The team...

Chaibasa/Garwah, March 31 Three people were killed by wild elephants in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum and Garwah districts over a 24-hour period, officials said on Tuesday.A 55-year-old woman was killed, and an elderly man was injured in Barkundiya village in West Singhbhum on Monday night.They...

Idukki (Kerala), March 31 Panic gripped the town of Marayoor in this hill district on Tuesday after an Indian Gaur, having wandered from a nearby forest, caused widespread damage by entering buildings and disrupting the area, officials said.The animal entered several buildings, including the...

New Delhi, March 29 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday recalled that in June 2010, as the then environment minister, he had written to the then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, calling for conservation efforts to revive the Great Indian Bustard population in the grasslands of Kutch...

New Delhi, March 29 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh recalled on Sunday that in June 2010, as the then environment minister, he had written to the then-Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, calling for conservation efforts to revive the Great Indian Bustard population in the grasslands of Kutch...