Ponnampet: Twenty-four days have passed after the Forest Department began the operation to capture the elusive tiger and the massive search has yielded no results. Neither the tiger — that has killed three persons and injured another grievously apart from killing over 18 cattle heads — has been captured nor killed as per the demands…
20 hectares forest gutted at Nagarahole in man-made fire
March 4, 2021H.D. Kote/ Mysuru: The forest inferno at a portion of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve has been brought under control in a four-hour-long operation by Forest Department teams, volunteers, villagers and the general public. The fire that ironically began yesterday on World Wildlife Day (Mar. 3) destroyed over 20 hectares of the forest. The fire erupted at…
Big cat on the prowl in South Kodagu: Female scent strategy to lure elusive male tiger
March 3, 2021Ponnampet: A tiger’s keen sense of smell and sound is being used as a weapon to trap the elusive male tiger that has spread terror in parts of South Kodagu. Urine, faeces and recordings of roaring sounds of female tigers have been obtained from the Mysuru Zoo and they will be used to lure the…
Rana to track tiger in South Kodagu
March 1, 2021Foggy atmosphere hinders capture operation Ponnampet: Rana, the dashing German Shepherd dog of the Forest Department at Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been pressed into service to track the elusive tiger that has spread terror in South Kodagu. Even after 10 days of intensive search and combing operations with four tamed elephants led by the daring…
Big cat menace in South Kodagu
February 26, 2021Elusive tiger gives a slip; now spotted at K. Badaga Forest Department halts combing operation as permission was only for four days Senior officials to visit forest camps today to take a call on resuming trapping operation Ponnampet: The elusive tiger that has spread terror in parts of South Kodagu has given a slip to…
Increase forest cover from 22 to 33 percent: CM
February 25, 2021Bengaluru: Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa yesterday urged Forest officials to develop cordial relationship with tribals and farmers as he asked them to make all efforts to increase the State’s green cover from the current about 22 to the targeted 33 percent. He was speaking at a meeting with the heads of the Forest Department, where…
Big cat menace in South Kodagu: 150 Forest personnel set up camps to trap elusive tiger
February 25, 2021Ponnampet: The operation launched by the Forest Department to trap the elusive tiger that has spread terror in parts of South Kodagu has so far proven futile. At the same time, killing of cattle heads have continued and the latest killing was reported from Bellur where a Jersey breed cow became a prey to the…
Increasing tiger attacks in South Kodagu: Villagers take to social media to spread news on prowling big cats
February 24, 2021Pushed to corner, people may use guns to shoot tigers, warns MLC Veena Achaiah Ponnampet: The frequent appearance of tigers and killing of cattle heads in parts of South Kodagu has revived fears among locals who are pressurising the Forest Department to capture or shoot the big cats on the prowl. Pressure is mounting on…
‘No restoration of elephant corridor till next two years due to fund crunch’
February 21, 2021Bengaluru: Forest Minister Aravind Limbavali has ruled out extension of forest for restoration of elephant corridor in the next one or two years owing to current economic crisis. He was speaking after a meeting of senior Forest officers here recently on the subject of man-animal crisis across the State. Aravind said in the current situation,…
KRS Leopard trapped
February 11, 2021Srirangapatna: Tourists flocking Brindavan Gardens and officials manning the Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam in Mandya have heaved a sigh of relief as the elusive leopard that was roaming around the Dam vicinity has finally been trapped last night. The feline, in search of food, voluntarily entered a cage placed by the Forest Department. Today…















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