Body found in Palar River M.M. Hills: A poacher from Tamil Nadu was killed in a crossfire between the poachers and Forest staff at Kokkarehalla of Adipalar Forest in Gopinatham Forest Range of Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary. The incident has come to light lately. On Feb. 14 (Tuesday) night, the shootout took place and the poachers…
Seven forest officers in soup over assault, filing false case
June 5, 2020Cases booked against them at Hanur Police Station near Chamarajanagar after the assault video went viral Hanur: Seven Forest Department employees are in the dock for allegedly assaulting and filing a false illegal fishing case against four persons in Hanur village near Chamarajanagar. Interestingly, the case came to light as the forest employees made video…
Indian Grey Wolf ‘Camera Trapped’ for first time at Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar
May 10, 2020Chamarajanagar: For the first time, an Indian Grey Wolf has been ‘Camera Trapped’ in the Kothanur Range of Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Chamarajanagar district. The wolf was captured in the camera installed by a group of conservationists studying and camera-trapping leopards in the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary on Apr. 7 early morning. The Indian Grey Wolf…
Leopardess caught in jaw trap laid by poachers rescued
April 30, 2019Police resort to mild lathi charge to disperse large crowd, leopardess released into Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary Mandya: A leopardess, which was caught in a jaw trap, laid by poachers to trap wild boars at a sugarcane field on the outskirts of Hampapura in the taluk, was rescued by the Forest Department in a three hour-long…
Union Govt. adds 107 villages to Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary area
August 31, 2017New Delhi: After notifying Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Kodagu district as an Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) ranging from 1km to 16km around the boundary of this protected area, the Union Environment and Forest Ministry has notified 600 sq km of area housing 107 villages as an ESZ for the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary (CWS) that includes three…
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