In yet another glaring case of alleged negligence in monitoring and surveillance by field staff of the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, a radio-collared adult tiger that was recently rescued from a village and released into the jungle was found dead in the buffer zone of the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Madhya Pradesh.
The animal was first sighted in Hawai Nagar in the early hours and later moved towards Birsa Chowk, disrupting traffic and forcing residents to remain indoors.
Environmentalist Subhash Dutta has written to the District Magistrate of Birbhum, Dhabal Jain, seeking a ban on the playing colours at the Sonajhuri forest in Santiniketan during Basant Utsav.
According to forest officials, the incident took place at Katiyara Baba Kutia, located under the Katarniaghat forest division on Sunday night .
The incident was reported from the Jaisinghnagar area.
The Tamil Nadu Police and State Forest Department have now directed the villagers of the Jawadhu hills to surrender all unlicensed and country-made guns till set September 30.
In a new development, forest department trap cameras have spotted three honey badgers (Indian ratels) in the green patches of Purulia.
Days after Namibian Cheetah Pavan was found dead at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh, the Forest Department has initiated an inquiry into the death of the big cat.
The Uttar Pradesh Forest Department's operation to capture wolves continued on Friday without any success.
The forest department raided a saw mill in Kuya More in Jamuria today and seized machines. Huge quantities of wood and timber have also been seized.
