Tag: Karnataka Forest Department

City Engineering grad’s tryst with Snakes
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City Engineering grad’s tryst with Snakes

May 21, 2020

Rescues mother Russell’s viper along with 50 snake lets at Ranganakoppal near Bilikere  Mysore/Mysuru: Be it a Spectacled Cobra, Rat Snake, Krait, Viper etc., the tryst with birds and snakes of a Mechanical Engineering graduate from city, rushes him to the spot to rescue them with the recent rescue of a mother Russell’s Viper along…

Leopard cubs rescued from sugarcane field
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Leopard cubs rescued from sugarcane field

May 18, 2020

To 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 inspects Mysuru Zoo
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Forest Minister inspects Mysuru Zoo

April 28, 2020

Lauds Zoo staff for maintaining cleanliness Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Minister Anand Singh, who inspected the Mysuru Zoo yesterday morning, lauded the efforts of the Zoo staff for taking necessary steps to protect the health and lives of animals and birds housed in the Zoo in these trying times. Anand Singh, who had been to Kabini Backwaters…

Bandipur forest staffer who opened fire at tusker sacked
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Bandipur forest staffer who opened fire at tusker sacked

March 12, 2020

Show-cause notice issued to another employee Mysore/Mysuru: Following an outrage after a Forest Department staff opened fire at a tusker near a railway track fence in Hediyala Range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve, a temporary staff of the Department has been dismissed from service and a show-cause notice has been issued to another staffer who made…

World Wildlife Day celebrated in city
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World Wildlife Day celebrated in city

March 3, 2020

Blood donation camp marks CF Manikandan’s second death anniversary Mysore/Mysuru: World Wildlife Day-2020 was observed with the theme ‘Sustaining all life on Earth,’ which includes all animal and plant species as well as the livelihoods of people living closest to nature, at a programme organised by the Forest Department at Aranya Bhavan in Ashokapuram here…

Round-the-clock vigil over Chamundi Hill for summer fire
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Round-the-clock vigil over Chamundi Hill for summer fire

February 11, 2020

By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: With summer fast approaching and the lush green vegetation turning dry posing potential risk of summer fire at Chamundi Hill, the Mysuru Division Forest Department personnel have created an 80 km-long fire line atop the Hill as a precautionary measure. They are also keeping a round-the-clock vigil to prevent any…

Promotion of Forest farming: Saplings available at discounted price
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Promotion of Forest farming: Saplings available at discounted price

February 9, 2020

Farmers can buy saplings from the Forest Dept. directly and get a 30 percent subsidy per tree per year Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to promote Forest farming, the Forest Department is distributing saplings of speciality crops at a discounted price to the farmers, under its ‘Forest Farming Promotion’ scheme. Announcing this at a press meet…

Bandipur Forest staff ready to prevent forest fires
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Bandipur Forest staff ready to prevent forest fires

January 14, 2020

Create 2,550-km fire lines; Villagers in forest borders volunteer to help Forest personnel Rural folk apprised through street plays By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysuru: While the whole world is aghast over the bushfire in Australia, which has claimed the lives of hundreds of wild animals and devastated thousands of acre of forest land, the Bandipur…

Leopard cub trapped near city
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Leopard cub trapped near city

December 7, 2019

Mysuru: Even as the Forest Department is making efforts to ensure that wild animals do not stray into human habitats, a Leopard cub was trapped at a poultry farm at Someshwarapura in the taluk on Friday. Soon as the cub was spotted by the villagers, the Forest Department officials rushed to the spot and trapped…

Three Sandalwood trees stolen from Forest Department Office
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Three Sandalwood trees stolen from Forest Department Office

December 4, 2019

Officials red-faced as trees axed under their very nose Mysuru: The Forest Department, tasked to protect forest resources, is in an embarrassing situation, as thieves axed and made away with three sandalwood trees at Aranya Bhavan in Ashokapuram here right under the noses of Forest staff. The thieves, who entered the tightly guarded Aranya Bhavan,…

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