Mysuru/Mysore: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, like Prime Minister Narendra Modi and superstar Rajinikanth before him, will soon be seen in an episode of Discovery’s show, Man Vs Wild, for which he will shoot inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The actor reached Mysore Airport from Mumbai in a special flight last evening and halted at a…
Man Vs Wild’s Bear Grylls at Bandipur with Rajinikanth
January 28, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth is in Bandipur shooting for a documentary with Bear Grylls of Man Vs Wild– fame, produced by Discovery Channel. Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar will be joining them for the shooting this afternoon, it is learnt. Bear Grylls arrived at Gundlupet Helipad this morning while Rajinikanth landed at Mysuru Airport yesterday. It…
Bandipur Forest staff ready to prevent forest fires
January 14, 2020Create 2,550-km fire lines; Villagers in forest borders volunteer to help Forest personnel Rural folk apprised through street plays By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysuru: While the whole world is aghast over the bushfire in Australia, which has claimed the lives of hundreds of wild animals and devastated thousands of acre of forest land, the Bandipur…
All for safety of felines
January 6, 2020Forest Department vaccinates 116 stray dogs to protect leopards, tigers from contracting rabies and other diseases Mysuru/Mysore: For the safety of big wild felines such as leopards and tigers for whom dogs are easy targets for their food, the Bandipur Forest Department conducted a birth control and Anti-Rabies vaccination drive of stray dogs from Dec….
Join hands with Forest Department, appeals CF T. Balachandra
December 29, 2019Mysuru: “A forest fire usually does not start on its own. In most of the cases, it is the handiwork of some anti-social elements,” opined Conservator of Forests (CF) T. Balachandra, Director, Bandipur Tiger Reserve. He was speaking at an Environmental Education Workshop organised for journalists by Forest Department in association with Parisara Foundation and…
Centre suggests alternative routes bypassing Bandipur
November 16, 2019New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Road Transport and National Highways has agreed to consider alternative routes to connect between Gundlupet and Sulthan Batheri in Kerala instead of NH-212 (now NH 766) which passes through Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The Ministry has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court yesterday saying that State Highway-90 (Hunsur-Talacauvery) and…
A foxy idea inside the woods…: Fox Lights to prevent wild animals from entering human habitat
November 14, 2019Blinded by light: Simple device to help reduce man-animal conflict Mysuru: In a bid to control man-animal conflicts as a result of wild animals straying into human habitat, the Forest Department has installed Fox Lights on an experimental basis in border areas as being done in various countries. The menace of wild elephants, tigers, leopards…
Soligas track elusive tiger
October 14, 2019Five-day tiger trapping operation concludes amidst high drama Sedated big cat shifted to Koorgalli Rehab Centre in Mysuru Feline had walked from Nagarahole to Bandipur in search of territory Forest staffers compare unique marks on animal with camera trap images Melukamanahalli (Bandipur): After a massive operation launched since the last five days, Forest Department officials…
Operation to trap elusive tigress enters fifth day
October 13, 2019Feline gives the slip to search team; feasts on new-born elephant calf at Maguvinahalli Soliga tribals, who are adept at hunting on foot, will be roped in to track the big cat Gundlupet: Forest officials, who were hoping to tranquillise and capture the tigress that had reportedly killed two villagers on the fringes of Bandipur…
Fear grips villagers of Kothanahalli after sighting tigress and three cubs
October 12, 2019Begur: Fear has gripped the villagers of Kothanahalli near Bandipur Tiger Reserve following the sighting of a tigress and her three cubs near the village on Thursday morning. Labourers working at an agricultural field spotted the tigress and the cubs feeding on a wild boar at a banana plantation near the village and immediately informed…















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