Mahouts, 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…
Thermal drones to track leopard on the prowl
December 7, 2022Additional night-vision drone team arrives from Bengaluru; to begin search this evening Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Department is setting up an advanced surveillance mechanism to track the elusive leopard that has already claimed the lives of two youths and terrorised the villagers in the rural belt of T. Narasipur. Except for two sightings in camera traps…
Forest staff step up efforts to catch elusive leopard
December 5, 2022Fresh pug marks, scats spotted; DC appealed to initiate early sugarcane harvest Mysore/Mysuru: Leopard menace since the last one-and-a-half-months on the periphery of the villages and two people falling victims to the feline has triggered panic in T. Narasipur Taluk even as the Forest Department has upped efforts to rescue the animal. The Forest Department…
Leopard scare: Over 50 Forest staff conduct combing operation at KRS
November 29, 2022Re-opening of KRS will be decided after Forest Department submits report Srirangapatna: More than 50 Forest Department staff conducted combing operation at Brindavan Gardens in KRS Dam yesterday to trace the leopard. The leopard, which was sighted frequently since about 40 days, had forced the Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited (CNNL) to close the Gardens to…
Tiger cub killed days after its mother’s death in Nagarahole
November 28, 2022Forest Department to resume combing operation to trace two more cubs Mysore/Mysuru: One of the three cubs of the tigress, famous as Nayanjikatte Female, that died recently after being caught in a snare at Antharasanthe Range of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, was found dead on Sunday just days after it lost its mother. The 10-month-old male…
Crocodile kills and drags calf into water hole at Yele Thota
November 14, 2022Operation to catch the croc continues Mysore/Mysuru: A huge crocodile, spotted in the Raja Kaluve near Yele Thota on Oct. 15 afternoon which resurfaced again on Oct. 29, causing tension among the public was spotted again at Yele Thota near Ramanuja Road 9th Cross in city. Though the Forest Department staff made attempts to capture…
KPCC Working President demands suspension of guilty Forest Officials
October 19, 2022H.D. Kote: KPCC Working President R. Dhruvanarayan has demanded the suspension of Forest officials who are responsible for the death of Kariyappa, a resident of Hosahalli tribal hamlet under N. Begur Gram Panchayat limits in H.D. Kote taluk. He was speaking after visiting Hosahalli yesterday to console the family members of the family of Kariyappa….
State-level Forest Department Sports Meet at Belagavi for Oct.19 to 21
October 18, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: A State-level Sports Meet of the Forest Department is being organised from Oc.19 to 21 at Belagavi and the Mysuru Circle employees of the Department are training hard to participate in the event. March-past is a part of the competition and a training was given by two NCC officials to Forest Department employees in…
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