Mysuru/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…
Bountiful rains smile on Bandipur denizens
December 26, 2019Mysuru: Heavy rains that lashed Chamarajanagar district since the arrival of South-West and North-East monsoon has brought relief to the denizens of Bandipur National Park. Almost all the lakes inside the Park have been filled up. The Bandipur Tiger Reserve is spread across 1,02,700 hectares (1,027 sq kms) and the forest area covers a total…
Bandipur Fire Watchers to be insured for life
December 19, 2019By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysuru: The Forest Department has come forward to protect the lives of Bandipur Forest Fire Watchers, who risk their lives to prevent and also to control forest fires. For the first time, life insurance facility is being provided to the Fire Watchers besides taking steps to guard the forest 24 hours…
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…
Wildlife Ambassador actor Srimurali visits Bandipur
November 7, 2019Gundlupet: Sandalwood actor Srimurali, who is also the Wildlife Ambassador, visited Bandipur National Park yesterday. Murali, who visited Bandipur for the first time after being made as the Wildlife Ambassador by the Forest Department, spoke with the officials at the Project Tiger office and collected information on man-animal conflicts. He later visited the houses of…
Stakeholders bat for Bandipur Night Traffic Ban
November 4, 2019Mysuru: Wildlife activists and stakeholders from Karnataka want to maintain status quo on the movement of vehicles on National Highway passing through Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Gundlupet taluk of Chamarajanagar district. They made their stand clear at a programme organised at the Institution of Engineers-India (IEI) on JLB Road in city yesterday. They also opined…
Abhimanyu team locks radio-collared tusker from TN
October 24, 2019Mysuru: The radio-collared wild tusker from Tamil Nadu that had attacked two persons, including a farmer and a villager on the outskirts of Bandipur Tiger Reserve, has finally been captured this morning. The tusker had also gored to death two cows. The Forest Department had launched an operation to capture the elephant. The elephant, with…
Radio-collared tusker from TN creates havoc in Bandipur
October 23, 2019Attacks two villagers; gores to death two cows To be captured and sent to Sakkrebailu Camp Gundlupet: A radio-collared wild tusker from Tamil Nadu attacked two persons, including a farmer and a villager on the outskirts of Bandipur Tiger Reserve yesterday. The injured — Siddaiah and Swamy from Hangala village in Gundlupet taluk — have…
From Nagarahole to Bandipur: T-18’s 80-km journey
October 16, 2019Mysuru: The tiger that was tranquillised and captured near Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Sunday is under close observation at the Chamundi Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre set up by Mysuru Zoo at Koorgalli on the outskirts of Mysuru. The middle-aged tiger is in a healthy condition, Forest Department officials said. In a massive hunting operation lasting…
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