Explores wildlife at Bandipur Tiger Reserve Gundlupet: Renowned filmmaker of ‘Baahubali’ fame S.S. Rajamouli and his wife Rama, visited Himavad Gopalaswamy Hill yesterday and prayed at the temple atop the hill dedicated to Lord Venugopalaswamy. The couple also visited Bandipur Tiger Reserve and explored the wildlife. According to sources, Rajamouli, who reached Gundlupet on Tuesday,…
Bandipur contract employee dies after drinking water tanker turns turtle
September 13, 2020He was among others transporting water to Anti-Poaching Camp when the accident took place Gundlupet: A 53-year-old contract employee at Bandipur Tiger Reserve died at a hospital after the tractor, which was supplying drinking water to an Anti-Poaching Camp (APC), turned turtle last afternoon. The deceased is Palani, who was working at Bandipur Tiger Reserve…
Cattle-killing tiger captured, shifted to Bannerghatta Rehabilitation Centre
September 9, 2020Was tranquillised with the help of tamed elephants H.D. Kote: An aged tiger, which had killed domestic animals in and around Moorband, Kalsur, Hegganur and N. Begur in Sargur taluk, has been finally captured after tranquillising it with the help of tamed elephants near an agricultural field at Devalapura hundi village yesterday. According to the…
Using mobile phones during Bandipur safaris banned
September 7, 2020Decision taken to prevent safari-goers from disturbing wild animals on the pretext of taking photos Mysore/Mysuru: Carrying mobile phones during wild safari inside Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been banned to prevent disturbance to wild animals. The Tiger Reserve has been opened now after over three months of closure owing to COVID-19. According to officials, tourists…
Into The Wild With Bear Grylls: Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar tastes ‘Elephant Poop Tea’ at Bandipur
September 1, 2020Bandipur: Actor Akshay Kumar shared the trailer of an upcoming episode of Into The Wild With Bear Grylls, in which he explored the wilderness with British adventurer Bear Grylls. “I visualised stiff challenges prior to Into The Wild… but Bear Grylls completely surprised me with the elephant poop tea. What a day,” the 52-year-old actor…
Speeding vehicle kills Bonnet Macaque at Bandipur
August 26, 2020Video of a baby Bonnet Macaque wailing near its mother’s dead body goes viral Environmentalists demand fixing of CCTV cameras to identify speeding vehicles Mysore/Mysuru: A video of a baby Bonnet Macaque wailing near its mother’s dead body in Bandipur Tiger Reserve has gone viral. The video was shot recently near the Melukamanahalli Gate of…
Rare animal spotted at Bandipur Tiger Reserve
August 26, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A rare rusty-spotted cat has been sighted inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Reputed to be the smallest wild cat at about half the size of its domestic cousin, the rusty-spotted species shares its habitat with tigers and leopards inside the Reserve. The photo was clicked by Abdul Shez. While the tiger is closely monitored,…
Akshay Kumar’s episode of Bear Grylls’ Into the Wild to première on Sept. 11
August 23, 2020New Delhi: The special episode of Bear Grylls’ ‘Into the Wild’, featuring actor Akshay Kumar as a guest inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, will première on Sept. 11, the actor announced. Recently, the British TV host has featured everyone from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to actor Rajinikanth on the adventure show. Akshay Kumar’s episode will…
Nagarahole, Bandipur Top 3 in Tiger Census
July 29, 2020Nagarahole National Park has 11.82 tigers per 100 square kilometres and Bandipur has 7.7 Mysore/Mysuru: In what is said to be the ‘world’s largest effort invested in any wildlife survey till date’, Corbett Tiger Reserve of Uttarakhand has recorded the highest tiger density amongst 50 tiger reserves in India — it has 14 tigers per…
Not Bandipur’s ‘Mayar King’ but ‘Mystery Male’ from Maharashtra
July 24, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A video clip of a male tiger walking majestically inside Bandipur Tiger Reserve has gone viral on the social media. But the fact is that video is not from Bandipur but from Chorbahuli Zone which is in the Maharashtra part of Pench National Park. The video has received many “wows” on social media with…
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