Cage with bait placed to trap the felines in BEML premises Mysore/Mysuru: A leopard with four cubs — all presumed to be sub-adults — were sighted on the BEML factory premises on the outskirts of the city on Tuesday night and a video showing them prowling near the compound is doing rounds on social media….
COVID: 16 personnel of Forest Department die in as many days
May 20, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Even as Forest personnel are working round the clock to save our depleting forests, the Department has reported the death of its 16 personnel in as many days due to deadly COVID-19 pandemic. The second wave of attack, which is more fatal than the outbreak last year, has claimed the lives of 16 Forest…
Tusker falls into pit in Kodagu, trench dug to rescue
May 19, 2021Kushalnagar: A wild elephant which strayed into a village near Siddapura in Kodagu District and fell into an elephant trench was rescued by the Forest Department staff yesterday morning. The elephant was stuck for four hours before a trench-like passage was dug to get it out and save it from the deep pit and to…
Has poaching spiked during lockdown?
May 18, 2021Two cases reported in a single day in Kodagu; four arrested, four absconding Mysore/Mysuru: Smoke-and-sound-free environs, wild animals moving around freely inside the National Parks and Tiger Reserves indicate that nature is thriving during the Coronavirus pandemic with lack of human movement. For many species, lockdown may indeed be good news but for many other…
Elephant stuck in slush rescued
May 17, 2021Bandipur: A female elephant, which was stuck in slush at Moliyuru Range at Bandipur Tiger Reserve, has been rescued by the Forest Department staff. The staff had to use an earth excavator machine to remove the elephant from the slush. As it had rained for 3-4 days in Bandipur, the mud had dampened and also…
Forest Department red flags Thalassery-Mysuru Rail Line
May 8, 2021State Government applies brakes on project citing irreparable damage to the ecology Mysore/Mysuru: Following an adverse report by the Karnataka Forest Department that pristine forests of Western Ghats (in South Kodagu and Mysuru) will be destroyed if the proposed Thalassery-Mysuru project is implemented, the State Government has stalled the project and has conveyed the same…
ACF, RFO escape tiger attack
May 6, 2021Tamed elephants from Mathigodu Camp summoned for combing operation near Hanagod to capture tiger Hanagod: Following killing of livestock at Doddahejjur near Hanagod bordering Nagarahole Reserve Forest, a team of forest officials, led by Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Satish and Range Forest Officer (RFO) Naman Narayana Nayak, are conducting a combing operation with the…
Tusker Kusha to be set free into the woods
April 29, 2021Forest Minister Aravind Limbavali orders his release following Maneka Gandhi’s intervention Mysore/Mysuru: Wild tusker Kusha, who has been re-tamed after his escapade into the woods in search of a mate from Dubare elephant camp in Kodagu, will finally be freed. His release from the elephant camp was ordered by Forest Minister Aravind Limbavali yesterday following…
Setting fire to Maddur Forest in Bandipur
April 26, 2021One more nabbed; Total arrests goes up to four Gundlupet: The Forest Department officials, who had earlier arrested three persons on charges of setting fire to Maddur Forest in Bandipur Project Tiger recently, have arrested one more person, thus bringing the number of arrests to four. The arrested person is 55-year-old Kongalli of Lakshmipura village….
Unchain and release Kusha: Maneka Gandhi
April 25, 2021Pressure mounts on Forest Department by animal rights activists to free tusker after radio-collaring Mysore/Mysuru: Pressure is mounting on the Karnataka Forest Department to release elephant Kusha who has been recaptured from the wild after it strayed from Dubare Elephant Camp in Kodagu. Animal rights activist and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, who is a…
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