220 ponds brimming with crystal clear water Mysuru: After a long spell of drought for four consecutive years, ponds and lakes inside Nagarahole National Park and Tiger Reserve are filled with water, thanks to over 2,000 mm (78.74 inches) rainfall this year. This has come as a boon to the parched land and wild animals…
Van, gun, deer meat seized Hunsur: Forest Department personnel have arrested two persons, who had killed a Sambar Deer at Veeranahosalli Range in Nagarahole Reserve Forest and seized deer meat, a Maruti Omni van and the gun used for the crime. The arrested are Shyam Manikya of Rathnapuri and Raju Lokesh of Shindenahalli in the…
Mysuru: The tiger that was tranquillised and captured near Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Sunday is under close observation at the Chamundi Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre set up by Mysuru Zoo at Koorgalli on the outskirts of Mysuru. The middle-aged tiger is in a healthy condition, Forest Department officials said. In a massive hunting operation lasting…
Mysuru / Madikeri: The carcass of a tigress and of an elephant have been found at Nagarahole and Gonikoppal respectively. In the first incident, the carcass of the tigress, aged about nine years, was found at Kunthur Beat in Nagarahole. The Forest Department officials, who rushed to the spot, where the carcass of the tigress…
Mysuru: Forest Minister Satish Jarkiholi yesterday visited the fire ravaged Bandipur and took stock of the situation. Speaking after visiting the fire spots along with forest officials, the Minister said that about 2,500 hectares of forest has been destroyed by the fire and added that the first priority was to control the fire and later…
23-year-old Lakshmisha was given to Forest Department from a temple in Puttur Mysuru: An elephant in musth, which was captured, collapsed and died at Kolangeri Forest area in Nagarahole last evening. The 23-year-old elephant named Lakshmisha was in Mathigodu Elephant camp and was in musth. He had strayed into the forest and the Forest officials…
Nagarahole: A wild elephant, which crossed a barricade made of iron railings of railway line at Veeranahosalli in Nagarahole Reserve Forest last night, has this morning destroyed maize crop and banana plantation nearby besides chasing a farmer who was ploughing his field and damaging a bike of a tribal, which was parked in a tribal…
Mysuru: A video of a wild elephant blowing out something that appears to be like a smoke at Nagarahole has left wildlife lovers and experts baffled. The video, which has gone viral on the social media, was shot by a Wildlife Conservation Society (India) Scientist when he and his team were visiting the forest. The…
Hunsur: The carcass of a tigress aged about three years has been found at Ayara Hosahalli hamlet in K.M. Kolli Forest Range at Nagarahole Reserve Forest yesterday. With this, the number of tiger deaths in the last 15 days has gone up to two in Nagarahole so far this year and a total of five…
Gonikoppa (Kodagu): Over 50 acres of forest land in Mathigodu Range comming under Nagarahole Reserve Forest was gutted in a fire on Feb. 3. The fire was noticed in the afternoon at the forest near Anechowkur Gate. Forest Department Staff of Mathigodu and Thithimati Range managed to douse the fire. Fire Brigade of Gonikoppa and…
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