Expressing his satisfaction, forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick said he will visit Siliguri soon and hold a meeting about development of the sanctuary.
April 21, 2023According to eye-witness account, the elephant was visibly annoyed by the noise and people taking selfies. The pachyderm soon went out of the control of his owner.
February 16, 2023A forest officials said such adolescent elephants get driven out of their herds by the lead tuskers
February 13, 2023The Forest Department is making the city forest by planting more than 76,000 saplings in two phases.
January 1, 2023The fishermen have been sensitised on the restrictions imposed on human activities in the marine sanctuary, said Manas Das, Gahirmatha Forest Range officer.
November 25, 2022The Indian pangolin is a Schedule-I protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
November 23, 2022This is the latest instance of conflict between farmers practicing shifting cultivation and the Forest Department staff over farming forest land.
November 22, 2022The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List lists vultures as critically endangered species, and therefore the Wildlife Department began working to protect them more than 20 years ago.
November 18, 2022The plantation drive will continue till 31 July wherein a total 2022 saplings will be planted by the troops stationed at Garhi Cantt, Udhampur. Brigadier Ananjai Singh, Commander, Shakargarh Brigade led the event. Abhinav Ramyotra, Divisional Forest Officer Social Forestry, Udhampur and Mrs Shweta Jandial, Divisional Forest Officer, Udhampur supported the cause.
July 22, 2022According to study reports of the Wildlife Institute of India, 90 leopards are in the forests, including in the Gorumara National Park, Jaldapara National Park and Buxa Tiger Reserve.
May 2, 2021Forest authorities have intensified their awareness programmes to minimize the man-animal conflict in the region which is in the vicinity of the Amangarh Tiger Reserve.
October 19, 2020There was an uproar over the incident yesterday as locals and family members laid siege to the forest range office at Sukna for several hours, demanding stern action against the forest guards responsible for the death of Ajit Sauriya of a place called Junglikotha.
September 8, 2020The man-eating leopard had killed a 30-year-old mentally-challenged person in Devprayag on 30 August.
September 7, 2020Protesting the incident, family members and local people gheraoed the forest range office at Sukna for several hours today.
September 7, 2020About 70-75 migrant workers had returned to their ancestral village Khanda during the lockdown.
August 14, 2020Talking to The Statesman, Milon Kanti Mondal, divisional forest officer (DFO) of Durgapur, said, “In the past few months since the lock down period started in late March, our forest department has rescued and saved nine pythons, two falcons, three eagles, big turtle, three big and rare owls, rare sand boa, krait, cobra, Russel viper , monkey etc. Most were injured. Birds have been treated and released in the dense forest parts.”
August 13, 2020Different research reports indicate the presence of 86 snow leopards in Uttarakhand.
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