wildlife

Una (HP), March 19 According to villagers, approximately 1,000 Khair trees, worth crores of rupees, have allegedly been cut down in the forest in the Jhamber Panchayat area of the Una district.The issue came to light on Wednesday when villagers went to the forest and discovered that a large...

Jaipur, March 18 Even as most migratory birds have begun departing from Rajasthan with the end of winter, a pond in Borkheda village near Jaipur has emerged as an exception, hosting large flocks of bar-headed geese, experts said.More than 500 of these migratory birds, which travel to warmer...

Udhagamandalam, March 18 Tense moments prevailed on the Mettupalayam-Coonor railway route after one of the nine wild elephants camped inside a tunnel, chasing some railway employees near here, officials said on Wednesday.A video of the incident that occurred on March 17 went viral on social...

Morena, March 14 – A coordinated and quick response from emergency services – 'Dial 112' and the police – has ensured timely medical aid for a peacock, India's national bird, who had sustained injuries due to unknown causes in the Morena district of Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Saturday...

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...

The Jambu Zoo has received a pair of hippopotamuses from the Arignar Anna Zoological Park as part of an animal exchange program approved by the Central Zoo Authority.Officials stated that the semi-aquatic mammals arrived in Jammu on March 13 after being transported by train from Chennai. The...

This is another successful example of effective coordination between the Department of Wildlife Protection, Jammu & Kashmir, and the Indian Railways. Two hippopotamuses, which were transported from Chennai, were safely received at the Jammu Railway Station on Thursday before being transferred to...

Shimla, March 13 Deputy Commissioner of Shimla, Anupam Kashyap, on Friday chaired a meeting to review the supply of LPG, petrol, and diesel, stating that there was no shortage of fuel anywhere in the district, with supplies continuing without interruption.Amid reports of the conflict in West...

Kodagu (Karnataka), March 13 The wild elephant that caused the death of a 49-year-old coffee farmer was captured on Friday by the Forest Department in a coordinated operation, officials said.Ganapathi was trampled to death by the same wild elephant on Thursday afternoon when he went to his...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Bhupender Yadav announced today that the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) project has entered its fourth year of its captive breeding program, with the hatching of two new chicks this week, bringing the total number of birds in captivity to 70. He stated...

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...

Raigarh, March 12 Two elephants were found dead in a river in Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh, a forest official said on Thursday.The carcasses of the two elephants were spotted in the Kurkut river in the Gharghoda forest range on Wednesday and were later retrieved by a team under the...

Chandigarh, March 12 A late-night sighting of a wild animal, suspected to be a leopard, near a dargah in Sector 29 here has put forest and wildlife department officials on alert, prompting a search operation in the area.An official said on Thursday that the animal was spotted in CCTV camera...

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...

Chandrapur, March 10 A 48-year-old man was killed in a tiger attack in the buffer zone of the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, according to officials from the forest department.The deceased, identified as Jagan Dhurve, a resident of...

Ranchi, March 10 A five-month-old tribal girl died and her mother sustained injuries after a wild elephant pushed down the wall of their house in Jharkhand's Gumla district, police said on Tuesday.The incident occurred in Patratoli village under Sargao Panchayat on Monday night, when a wild...

Kodagu (Karnataka), March 9 A 55-year-old woman was killed after she was attacked by a wild elephant in this district on Monday, officials said.The deceased, identified as Jalajakshi, was a resident of Balegundi in Valnoor village of Kushalnagar taluk.According to forest department...

Bhopal, March 9 India's cheetah population crossed the 50-mark on Monday after the birth of five cubs to a Namibian cheetah, 'Jwala', at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, bringing the national total to 53.The announcement was made by Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, who noted...