He was touted as the next-in-line Howdah Elephant Mysore/Mysuru: Dasara elephant Gopalaswami, touted as the next-in-line Howdah Elephant, died at Koluvige Elephant Camp in Veeranahosahalli Range of the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve on Wednesday afternoon. The tusker, aged 39, sustained grievous injuries in a fight with a wild elephant. Gopalaswami had participated in Dasara and the…
Hanagodu: An anti-snare operation is underway on the fringes of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve to remove snares laid by poachers to capture wild animals. Hunting of wildlife using wire snares is one of the major threats to the wildlife and only recently, a tigress, famous as Nayanjikatte Female, fell victim to a snare that was laid…
CCTV cameras capture footage; mother Nayanjikatte Female was snared to death Mysore/Mysuru: The three tiger cubs, whose mother was snared to death on the outskirts of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, have been tracked and found to be healthy and hunting on their own. CCTV cameras have captured their visuals of consuming a prey animal after dark….
Forest Department begins combing operation using tamed elephants to rescue three orphaned cubs H.D. Kote: The Forest Department officials have begun the combing operation to rescue the three orphaned cubs of the tigress, known as ‘Nayanji Katte Female,’ which died after getting caught in the snare laid by hunters to hunt wild boars. The combing…
Mysore/Mysuru: The staff of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, who were conducting their regular beat, have found a carcass of a tiger aged between seven and eight years at Abbur Beat of Anechowkur Wildlife Range in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve on July 30. Preliminary investigation has revealed that the tiger may have died of injuries which it had…
Safari will come under buffer zone, not inside core area: Forest Department Kushalnagar: To ease pressure on the existing wildlife safaris at Nagarahole National Park or Nagarahole Tiger Reserve (NTR) and to cash in on the tourist flow to Kodagu, especially during weekends and holidays, the authorities at Nagarahole are setting up two more safari…
H.D. Kote: While wildlife lovers and those who frequent Kabini and Nagarahole will miss tusker Bhogeshwara who was the longest-tusked elephant in Asia, here is some good news to cheer. A ‘Junior Bhogeshwara’ has been sighted in Kabini and is set to take over the pride of place occupied by Bhogeshwara who passed away two…
With 8 ft.-long tusks, he was nicknamed Mr. Kabini H.D. Kote: Bhogeshwara, the longest tusked elephant in Asia, which used to mesmerise visitors at Kabini backwaters in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve limits has died and the news of his death has shocked wildlife lovers especially those who used to frequent Kabini backwaters just to have a…
Mysore/Mysuru: While many institutions, residents associations, NGOs and government bodies were busy planting saplings and watering them inside their premises in Mysuru yesterday as part of World Environment Day, a group of youths ventured into the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve near Anechowkur Gate to pick up trash by the side of the roads that had been…
Tamil Nadu model effectively prevents wild elephants from entering human habitat The initiative of erecting steel wire fences on forest boundaries in Karnataka to prevent elephants and other wild animals from straying into farmlands has taken off in Nagarahole National Park and this is the first-of-its kind initiative in Karnataka. Steel wire fencing is a…
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