Animal suffer hits near Bagdogra
In a series of wildlife-related incidents on Thursday, an adult leopard was killed, and four persons sustained serious injuries in separate accidents near Phansidewa and Bagdogra respectively in Siliguri.
In a series of wildlife-related incidents on Thursday, an adult leopard was killed, and four persons sustained serious injuries in separate accidents near Phansidewa and Bagdogra respectively in Siliguri.
A middle-aged shepherd was killed on Saturday afternoon in an attack by a prowling tiger in the jungles adjoining the Ranthambore National Park.
A dramatic rescue operation unfolded today as members of a wildlife squad worked tirelessly to bring a stranded leopard to safety after it had taken refuge atop a tree to escape the crowds.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change on Monday said that the process of shifting some cheetahs at the new enclosure of Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary from Kuno National Park (KNP) is likely to be started by end of this month.
Activists of various animal lover associations have agitated in Durgapur on Friday demanding the punishment of the DFO for the brutal killing of a pregnant elephant in Jhargram a few days ago.
It is cause for alarm and not merely among wildlife enthusiasts that 20 per cent of reptiles across the world are threatened with extinction.
The poaching of these protected animals has shot up in Odisha with the seizure of around 40 leopard skins in the last two years. Of the seizures, the STF alone has accounted for the seizure of 27 skins.
The accused persons identified as Hemasagar Mahananda and Laxmidhar Naik were apprehended near Ainlapalli village under Tusura police station jurisdiction in Bolangir district on Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, the STF sleuths flanked by Karanjia forest division officials conducted a raid near a canal embankment at Padagada village in Jasipur police station jurisdiction and arrested the 25-year-old wildlife criminal Nanda Bage.
The accused persons identified as Madhab Paraja and Jagabandhu Paraja were apprehended near Koraput-Boriguma bypass road under Koraput Sadar police station jurisdiction of the district on Sunday.
