Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department personnel have arrested four persons while they were trying to sell a Sand Boa snake and have seized one bike and one scooter besides rescuing the snake. The arrested are Manjunath of Marigowdanahundi, Devalapura in the taluk, Venugopal of Hinkal in Mysuru, Shrungar and Siddaraju of Hanur in Chamarajanagar district. The…
Tigress found dead, two male cubs rescued
November 22, 2020Chamarajanagar: The Forest Department staff on Saturday have rescued two male tiger cubs from the spot, where a carcass of a tigress was found on Friday near the village bordering Madhumalai Tiger Reserve Forest in Tamil Nadu adjoining Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The Madhumalai Forest staff, who went to the spot on Saturday morning to conduct…
Leopard trapped at Hunsur
November 19, 2020Hunsur: A leopard, that was raiding villages and killing livestock, has been caught by the Forest Department. The 4-year-old leopard walked into the cage and got trapped yesterday. Following the leopard killing two goats, two sheep, five dogs and one calf, belonging to the villagers of DoddaHunsur, they had lodged a complaint with the Forest…
Leopard hiding inside house caught
June 9, 2020Gundlupet: A leopard that had taken shelter inside a house has been caught by the Forest Department staff. The leopard, which had sneaked into a house of one Mahadeva at Baragi Tribal Colony in Bandipur Reserve Forest’s buffer zone, had stayed put in the house, scaring the residents who informed the Forest Department officials. The…
Leopard cubs rescued from sugarcane field
May 18, 2020To be handed over to Mysuru Zoo if mother leopard does not take them back Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department personnel have rescued three leopard cubs from a sugarcane field belonging to one Honnappa at Kodanahalli village in the taluk on Sunday. The villagers, who saw the leopard cubs yesterday afternoon, informed the Forest Department personnel, who…
Forest Minister visits villages in Kundakere Range forest border
May 11, 2020Listens to grievances of people who have lost their livestock in tiger attacks Gundlupet: Following tiger attacks on livestock at villages bordering Kundakere Range since 20 days, Forest Minister Anand Singh along with the officials of the Forest Department conducted an inspection at Kadabur village recently and listened to the grievances of farmers and villagers…
Villagers nab timber smuggler
April 30, 2020Hunsur: Alert villagers have nabbed a person, who was attempting to smuggle timber from an agricultural field at Yashodhapura in Hunsur taluk and handed over the accused to the Forest Department officials. The accused has been identified as Venkatesh of Yashodhapura, who was trying to smuggle teak logs worth Rs. 50,000 in a goods vehicle…
Decomposed body of Forest watcher found on Kukkarahalli Lake roadside
February 25, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The decomposed body of a Forest Watcher was found in a water-filled tank on Kukkarahalli Lake roadside yesterday. The deceased has been identified as Mahesh (39), a resident of Saragur and working as a Forest Watcher with the Forest Department. Jayalakshmipuram Police, who rushed to the spot, conducted mahazar and shifted the body to…
Man who cooked tubers inside forest baffles Bandipur officials
February 7, 2020Gundlupet: A man from Odisha spotted inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve is giving sleepless nights to the Forest officials who are busy in creating fire lines to prevent forest fire during summer. The man in question has been arrested and has been handed over to Anti-Naxal Force that is operating in the Tiger Reserve to…
Forest Department creates fire line atop Chamundi Hill
December 24, 2019The Forest Department personnel are seen lighting fire to dry grass and extinguishing them to create a fire line atop Chamundi Hill this morning. This is a routine exercise to prevent fire from spreading further in case of any fire incidents at the hill. The fire lines will help in controlling any accidental fire in…
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