Mandya: A State-level workshop on Masheer Conservation and Masheer Fish Festival, organised jointly by the Forest Department and Cauvery Wildlife Division, will be held at Bheemeshwari Jungle Lodges and Resort, Halagur Wildlife Range in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district tomorrow (Mar. 17). The workshop will be inaugurated at 10 am which will be followed by…
Rs. 1 lakh bribe for works worth Rs. 1.60 lakh
March 10, 2023Lokayukta traps Kodagu DFO for demanding bribe from her subordinate Madikeri: At a time when allegations of 40 percent commission for Government work are flying thick and fast, here is an incident where a high-ranking Forest Department Officer demanded 60 percent commission for official work. She has now been trapped by the Lokayukta based on…
Forest Department to get rid of plastic at Chamundi Hill
March 5, 202330 bags of plastic waste collected on first day; special drive till Mar. 21 Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department has launched a special drive to make Chamundi Hill plastic-free. Starting from Mar. 3 to 21, the Department will be collecting plastic waste at the Hill. Chamundi Hill is a prominent religious and tourist spot in Old Mysuru…
Tiger death near Bandipur: Forest men arrest one, search on for five more
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department personnel have cracked the case of a tiger death, the carcass of which was found at Mallaiahna Katte lake at Chowdahalli village in the fringes of Bandipur Forest on Feb. 7, by arresting a person on the charge of causing the death of the big cat. Rechappa, son of Shivabasappa, Kebbepura, is…
Forest Department’s sharp-shooter officer
February 23, 2023An expert in tiger, elephant capturing operation, Ranjan had darted tiger that had killed two persons in Kodagu Siddapur (Kodagu): Sharpshooters of Forest Department play an important role and are known for their skills in capturing problem-causing wild animals such as leopards, tigers and wild elephants among others and they are engaged during man-animal conflicts…
Three wild elephants captured in four days
January 3, 2023They had terrorised over 30 villages in Mysuru, Hunsur, K.R. Nagar belts Mysore/Mysuru: A wild tusker which had terrorised the villagers of Hunsur, Mysuru and K.R. Nagar taluk was captured inside the Arabithittu Reserve Forest near Bilikere yesterday. After going on a rampage in the hinterland and damaging standing crops and stored grains in over…
Leopard trapped in cage at KRS
December 28, 2022Same feline was captured in CCTV cameras, confirms Forest Department Srirangapatna: After spending sleepless nights and conducting day-long operations in and around the famed Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam and the Brindavan Gardens for over three months, the Forest Department has finally been able to successfully trap the leopard that had triggered terror in the…
Karnataka shifts 13 elephants in batches to Madhya Pradesh
December 23, 2022Mahouts, Kavadis unhappy as they are emotionally attached to pachyderms Siddapur (Kodagu): The Karnataka Forest Department has begun the transfer of 13 elephants in batches from various elephant camps in the State to Madhya Pradesh. The purpose is to assist the Forest Department of that State in reducing the human-animal conflict and also ease the…
Farmer arrested for firing at ‘Balarama’ elephant
December 17, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A farmer has been arrested by Forest Department officials on charges of firing at and injuring Dasara elephant ‘Balarama’, who has the record of carrying ‘Golden Howdah’ during Mysuru Dasara procession for 13 successive years from 1999 to 2011. The arrested has been identified as M.A. Suresh of Alalur in Periyapatna taluk. Details: Dasara…
Leopard cub trapped near Antharasanthe
December 14, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A female leopard cub, aged between 8 and 9 months, has been trapped inside a case which was placed by the Forest Department at an agricultural field near Kabini backwaters on Monday. On Sunday, a leopard had killed a calf belonging to Javaregowda of Badanakuppe village near Antharasanthe. The Forest Department officials, who inspected…
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