Forest Department
(Search results - 31)IndiaFeb 7, 2019, 7:45 PM IST
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Kanakadurga and Bindu who entered the Sabarimala shrine on January 2, told the Supreme Court on Wednesday about their resolve to enter the temple again on February 12. The Maharashtra forest department has closed the case against the shooter Asghar Ali Khan in the tigress Avni shooting case. Watch MyNation in 100 seconds.
IndiaJan 31, 2019, 10:41 AM IST
Deer chased by dogs, takes shelter in Kolar temple
Deer comes to Kolar in search of food but gets chased by streetdogs instead. It was was later found in the Kolaramma temple premises.
IndiaJan 7, 2019, 10:48 AM IST
Forest department staffer trampled to death by elephant at Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh-Tamil Nadu border
Victim Marappa was trying to stop the elephants from entering the village when an elephant attacked him and trampled him.
IndiaDec 23, 2018, 5:34 PM IST
Tigress Avni’s female cub captured by forest officials in Maharashtra
Earlier, two weeks after the killing of Tigress Avni, her cubs were spotted alive and in healthy condition. The cubs were said to be spotted in Yavatmal's, Vihirgaon area, where one cub was seen in a camera trap set up by the forest department
IndiaDec 20, 2018, 11:16 AM IST
Kerala gets first DNA database of captive elephants
The DNA database would play an important role in captive wildlife management and wildlife crime investigations. The forest department provided blood samples of captive elephants from across the state to the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) for DNA fingerprinting.
IndiaDec 15, 2018, 3:39 PM IST
Elephant dies after getting stuck in rail fence in Karnataka
The Karnataka government's ambitious railway fence project to prevent elephant-human conflict has claimed a life of a 42-year-old tusker in the Nagarahole National Park limits on Saturday. The elephant got stuck in the rail fence and died.
wildlifeDec 5, 2018, 5:17 PM IST
Tamil Nadu forest officials successfully cage leopard which terrified farmers in Coimbatore
A leopard had been attacking cattle for the past few months in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore district and was successfully caged by the forest officials on Wednesday.
wildlifeDec 5, 2018, 2:55 PM IST
Three detained in Tamil Nadu for trying to smuggle sea cucumbers to Sri Lanka
The forest department seized 1,500 kg of endangered sea cucumbers from a warehouse in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi
wildlifeNov 20, 2018, 7:31 PM IST
Counsel for forest department finds loopholes in the shooting of T1
Cubs of tigress T1, aka Avni, reportedly hunted down a pony tied as a bait for them, eliminating the risk of their starvation. Investigations show irregularities on the killing of the animal.
wildlifeNov 16, 2018, 7:39 PM IST
IndiaNov 13, 2018, 4:36 PM IST
After Avni, fate of Uttarakhand's ‘man-eater’ leopard hangs in balance
According to Uttarakhand forest officials, the leopard was spotted in Dhyanagan, and is said to have killed two boys. The forest department, on Saturday, proclaimed the leopard as a “man-eater”.
IndiaNov 7, 2018, 10:52 AM IST
Karnataka forest officials successfully trap leopard in Kolar (Video)
A leopard was caught in a cage placed by the forest officials in Kolar's Malur sub-division, Karnataka.
IndiaSep 29, 2018, 1:24 PM IST
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