Tag: Karnataka Forest Department

Thermal drones to track leopard on the prowl
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Thermal drones to track leopard on the prowl

December 7, 2022

Additional 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
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Forest staff step up efforts to catch elusive leopard

December 5, 2022

Fresh 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…

Tiger cub killed days after its mother’s death in Nagarahole
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Tiger cub killed days after its mother’s death in Nagarahole

November 28, 2022

Forest 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
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Crocodile kills and drags calf into water hole at Yele Thota

November 14, 2022

Operation 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
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KPCC Working President demands suspension of guilty Forest Officials

October 19, 2022

H.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….

Another Safari Centre on Mysuru-Kodagu border
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Another Safari Centre on Mysuru-Kodagu border

September 6, 2022

Works underway at Virajpet taluk Siddapura: In a bid to develop tourism, the Forest Department is establishing a Safari Centre on Kodagu-Mysuru border and the works have commenced at Virajpet taluk. As of now, there are Safari centres in Bandipur and Nagarahole Reserve Forests and now the Forest Department is opening another Safari Centre between…

Don’t harass farmers cultivating at forest fringes
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Don’t harass farmers cultivating at forest fringes

August 3, 2022

Mysore/Mysuru: Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD)  has asked  Forest Department officials not to harass farmers cultivating on Government lands in Forest fringes of Harohalli, Mavinahalli, Arasanakere, S. Kallahalli, Chikkahalli, Gujjegowdanapura and Marballi villages of Mysuru taluk. He was speaking at a meeting with Forest Department officials at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office here on Monday. Pointing…

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