H.D. Kote: The Forest Department officials and staff have arrested a person who was trying to sell pangolin scales and have seized the scales of the endangered animal from him. The arrested has been identified as Harish, a resident of Metikuppe tribal hamlet in the taluk and the Cops have seized 320 grams pangolin scales…
One absconding poacher in another case arrested Hanagod: In separate cases, the Forest Department officials and staff have arrested two poachers, who had killed a deer at Veeranahosahalli Wildlife Range in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve and another poacher, who was absconding in another case, has also been arrested by the Forest staff. In the first case,…
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…
Napoklu: 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…
Forest 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…
Chamarajanagar: 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…
Two 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…
Chamarajanagar: 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…
Mysore/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,…
Mysore/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…
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