Forest Department issues new SOP of trekking and eco-trails in the State Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department released a fresh SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) yesterday making it mandatory for trekking groups to have at least one certified nature guide / trek guide to enter forest or eco-trails under Karnataka Forest Department jurisdiction. SOP has been issued…
Wild jumbo rescued from dry well
April 14, 2026Napoklu: A wild elephant, which had fallen into an dry/unused well near Peraje Kalparche, has been rescued by the Forest Department with the help of an earthmoving machine yesterday. It is learnt that the elephant had strayed out of the forest in search of food and water during which it fell into the unused or…
Attempt to reunite rescued leopard cubs with mother
March 6, 2026Forest officials place cubs in cage and wait for mother in vain Gundlupet: The Forest Department officials, who had rescued two leopard cubs from a banana plantation at Padagur village in the taluk, are trying to reunite the cubs with their mother. On Tuesday, two cubs aged between two and three months were found in…
Leopard that killed M.M. Hills pilgrim captured
January 23, 2026Chamarajanagar: The Forest Department personnel have captured the leopard aged between two and three years which had attacked and killed a pilgrim on padayatra near Taalu Betta at the foot of Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills on Jan. 21 morning. The big wild cat was tranquillised and captured by the Forest Department near Rangaswamy Vaddu yesterday…
One more tiger cub rescued
January 19, 2026Two cubs rescued in total; Search continues to trace and rescue two more cubs Chamarajanagar: The Forest Department personnel, who had rescued one of the four tiger cubs on Jan. 15, have rescued one male cub on Jan. 17 night near Nanjedevanapura in Harave hobli of Chamarajanagar district. The mother tiger was trapped in a…
One arrested for poisoning leopard to death
January 17, 2026Chamarajanagar: The Forest Department officials and staff have arrested a person, who had allegedly poisoned a leopard to death. The arrested person has been identified as 60-year-old Doreswamy of Homma village in the taluk. The decomposed carcass of the leopard aged between five and six years was found at an agricultural field on the outskirts…
12-year hunt ends…: ‘Mari Veerappan’ trapped in train
January 8, 2026Mysore/Mysuru: In a dramatic operation inside a Chamarajanagar-bound train in Mysuru last night, Forest Department sleuths arrested notorious poacher Muniswamy alias ‘Shikari’ Govinda (32), ending a relentless 12-year pursuit. Nicknamed “Mari Veerappan,” ‘Shikari’ Govinda is accused of several serious wildlife crimes and is wanted in three tiger killings over the last five to six years,…
Disproportionate assets case: Lokayukta raids DCF, RFO
December 30, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Chamarajanagar Lokayukta Police conducted simultaneous raids on the offices and properties of two top Forest Department officers and their relatives in Mysuru city, Gundlupet in Chamarajanagar district and Bengaluru this morning. Following the registration of cases alleging possession of assets disproportionate to their known sources of income at the Chamarajanagar Lokayukta Dy.SP’s office, the…
AI camera to check man-animal conflict
December 25, 2025Hunsur: Artificial Intelligence (AI), that is fast pervading every other sector, has now added teeth to Forest Department’s fight to prevent man-animal conflict. The experiment of Forest Department by incorporating the new age technology has met with a success. AI equipped camera was installed in the fringes of Nagarahole forest, where the wild elephants were…
Ivory sale foiled, four arrested
December 13, 2025Mysore/Mysuru: Cracking down on the illegal sale of elephant ivory, Forest Department officials have arrested four persons on charges of attempting to sell ivory. The arrested have been identified as Winson of Mullur in Kollegal, Vasanth Kumar of T. Narasipur, A. Chetan Kumar of Mamballi in Yelandur taluk and A. Nithin Kumar (Balaji) of Ashokapuram…















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