Efforts still on to catch the straying tigress
Rahamdah village has been surrounded from different sides like a fortress to prevent the three-and-a-half-year-old tigress Zeenat from entering at night to kill cattle.
Rahamdah village has been surrounded from different sides like a fortress to prevent the three-and-a-half-year-old tigress Zeenat from entering at night to kill cattle.
In a bid to arrest human- crocodile conflict in villages, lying in the vicinity of Bhitarkanika National Park, the Odisha forest department has undertaken a massive awareness campaign to sensitise the people not to venture into croc-infested water bodies.
After months of terror, the six-member wolf pack responsible for wreaking havoc in the Mahsi region of Bahraich has finally been eradicated.
Chhattisgarh Forest Department officials faced a vicious assault by alleged sand mafia members in Kawardha district, leaving four injured and underscoring concerns over the growing influence of illegal mining syndicates.
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.
According 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.
Forest 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.
There 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.
The man-eating leopard had killed a 30-year-old mentally-challenged person in Devprayag on 30 August.
Protesting the incident, family members and local people gheraoed the forest range office at Sukna for several hours today.
