Bengaluru: Putting an end to the existing practice of burning or burying the carcasses of wild animals inside reserve forests and protected areas, the Karnataka Forest Department has directed its officers and staff not to burn or bury the carcass of wild animals in forest areas. The order, issued by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests…
Six persons including Gram Panchayat member arrested Guns, snares, scooter, car seized; Tiger claws, skull, bones, whiskers, trapping camera recovered Madikeri: The Forest Department Officials have solved a tiger poaching case and have arrested six persons including a Gram Panchayat (GP) member besides seizing guns, vehicles and recovering parts of the tiger from them. Those…
Summons tamed elephants Ganesh, Balarama to the spot Hunsur: The Forest Department staff have begun the combing operation to trace and trap an elusive tiger which is causing menace in the region. Though the combing operation had begun to trap the tiger, the tiger was untraceable on Saturday and the Forest staff have stayed put…
Ten elephants driven back to forest last night Three other elephants come back this morning Hunsur: The Forest Department staff, who had driven a herd of 10 wild elephants back into the forest were in for a surprise after three other elephants, including a radio collared one entered Nagapura Tribal Hamlet after crossing the Veeranahosahalli…
Hunsur: A forest staff was killed when a rail barricade gate fell on him at Nagarahole Reserve Forest yesterday evening. The deceased is Mahadevappa (58), a resident of Hommaragalli village in H.D. Kote taluk, who was working as a Wildlife Keeper at Kallahalli Forest Range in Nagarahole Reserve. Yesterday evening, Mahadevappa travelled in the Forest…
Hunsur: Diligently following the age-old and trusted system of creating fire lines (creating a bald patch of land between green swathes) to prevent summer forest fires, the Karnataka Forest Department this year has moved a step ahead and has adopted technology for the same task. Relying on technology, it has come up with an app…
Nanjangud: A seriously ill elephant, which was being provided treatment by the Forest Department, died in the agricultural field near Kudure Hundi Halla check dam on the outskirts of Hediyala village on Wednesday. The 50-year-old female elephant, which had entered the agricultural field in search of food and water, had collapsed on the field. The…
Gundlupet: Four Forest Department personnel from the Bandipur Tiger Reserve had a miraculous escape when a wild jumbo attacked their vehicle at Omkar Range in Bandipur forest of Gundlupet taluk in the early hours of yesterday. According to a press release by the Forest Department, the personnel, Deputy Range Forest Officer (DRFO) K.P. Amar, employees…
H.D. Kote: The Forest Department staff, who had placed a cage to capture the tiger that has been creating havoc among villagers of Antharasanthe in the taluk since a few days by killing cattle, have begun combing operation to capture the big cat using tamed elephants. After the tiger had killed many cattle in the…
At a time when we have managed to increase forest cover and geographical area through buffer zones, saving green cover, especially in Reserve Forests and Tiger Reserves is not an easy task for foresters. Forest staff are frontline warriors in conservation. From filing challans of offences to wildlife rescue and anti-poaching operations, their hands are…
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