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Berhampur: Forest officials have arrested a 31-year old man for allegedly poisoning a leopard to death in Chakapada area under Kandhamal district's Tikabali forest range, around a year ago.A 164 cm by 41 cm leopard skin was seized from the possession of Pankaj Kanhar, a resident of Ringibadi, near Bramanapad in Chakapada police station limits, foresters said on Sunday.Acting on a tip-off, a group of forest personnel, led by Tikabali range officer Rashmiranjan Swain, caught the accused red-handed ...Read More >
The accused are also involved in illegal opium cultivation, an official said (Representational) A radio-collared tiger was allegedly poisoned to death, following which five persons were arrested on Saturday, Madhya Pradesh police said. The tiger's body was found buried in a pit in West Chhindwara division revenue area on Friday, the official said. "The tiger was brought from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Umaria in December 2004. It had formed its territory outside the reserve. Five persons hav ...Read More >
BHOPAL: Revenge was not the reason for killing the rewilded, radio-collared tiger in the forests of Chhindwara district in Madhya Pradesh. The killers of the big cat were illegal opium cultivators who wanted to keep forest patrol teams and officials away from their illegal farming activities.Increased presence of the forest team that tracked the tiger movement through its radio-collar was proving to be a cause of concern for the accused, said investigators.The tiger, around four-and-a-half years ...Read More >
Narmadapuram (Madhya Pradesh): The carcass of a tiger found in Sangakheda village behind the Pachmarhi hill station raised questions over the system of monitoring big cats. According to sources in the forest department, the officials of the tiger reserve seemed to have been oblivious to the big cat, which went missing for near a month. The carcass may have been of the tiger which was brought from Bandhavgarh, and a radio collar was put around its neck to monitor its movements. After rescuing ...Read More >
Sheopur (MP), Feb 23 (PTI) Eight more cheetahs from Africa will be airlifted to Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh on February 28, taking the number of these big cats in India to 46, officials said on Monday. The batch from Botswana, comprising six females and two males, will reach Gwalior on an Indian Air Force (IAF) plane and then be ferried by helicopters to KNP at around 9:30 am on February 28, MP Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) Subharanjan Sen told PTI. This is the ...Read More >
Football legend Lionel Messi concluded his 'GOAT India Tour' with a visit to Delhi, expressing gratitude for India's love. He met ICC Chairman Jay Shah, receiving Indian cricket jerseys and an autographed bat. The tour, which included stops in Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Mumbai, saw memorable interactions and some fan chaos. New Delhi [India], December 17: Argentina football icon Lionel Messi thanked India for its love and affection following the conclusion of his 'GOAT India Tour', which saw chaos ...Read More >
Mandsaur (MP), Dec 17 (PTI) A leopard entered a densely populated area in Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur city, prompting forest officials to launch an operation to rescue the big cat, an official said on Wednesday. The big cat entered the house of forest department staffer Shiv Sharma in Mayur Colony on Tuesday night. It jumped over a wall and sat in the rear side of the house where a cow and a calf were tied. After being alerted, a team of forest officials captured the male adult leopard by tranqu ...Read More >
Indore, Dec 17 (PTI) Forest authorities on Wednesday captured a leopard that had entered a residential township in Indore, officials said. Residents of 'Sahara City', adjacent to the Devguradia forest area, had been complaining for the past four days about the leopard's movements, Divisional Forest Officer Pradeep Mishra told PTI. "Following the complaint, a cage was set up in the residential township, in which the leopard got trapped. It is a six-year-old male leopard," he said. The big cat ...Read More >
Jamnagar, Dec 16 (PTI) Global football icon Lionel Messi on Tuesday visited Vantara, a wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and conservation centre in Jamnagar, where he participated in traditional rituals and interacted with conservation teams at the facility founded by Anant Ambani. Messi, accompanied by his Inter Miami teammates Luis Suárez and Rodrigo De Paul, was accorded a traditional welcome, featuring folk music, floral greetings and a ceremonial 'Aarti'. During the visit, Messi toured Vant ...Read More >
Jamnagar: Global football icon Lionel Messi on Tuesday visited Vantara, wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and conservation centre founded by Anant Ambani, where he took part in traditional rituals, toured animal care facilities and interacted with conservation teams. Messi, accompanied by Inter Miami teammates Luis Suárez and Rodrigo De Paul, was accorded a traditional welcome featuring folk music, floral greetings and a ceremonial aarti. He also participated in temple rituals, offering prayers f ...Read More >
RANCHI: Tiger pugmarks found on the very first day of the tiger census have lent significant weight to forest officials' claims about the presence of big cats in the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR). The census began across Jharkhand on December 15. According to officials, it is being carried out across 31 territorial forest divisions and five protected wildlife divisions in the state, including major conservation areas such as the Palamu Tiger Reserve and the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. The exercise ...Read More >
Nagpur: On the sixth and penultimate day of the state's winter assembly session in Nagpur, the "pugmarks" of the leopard continued to be seen in speeches, media statements, and meetings of legislators and ministers, as the spotted carnivore remained the fulcrum of discussion both inside and outside the house. The latest salvo was fired on Saturday by former forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, who said 500 leopards need to be sterilised annually to prevent a population explosion that is turning i ...Read More >
THANE: Forest Department teams from the Badlapur Forest Division have been carrying out an intensive search operation for the past week to trap two leopards spotted near residential areas in and around Badlapur, triggering fear among residents. The presence of the big cats came to light after CCTV footage showed them attacking dogs, goats and chickens in the vicinity. Following repeated incidents involving pets and livestock, the Forest Department has advised residents to avoid venturing into v ...Read More >
New Delhi, Nov 20 (PTI) Parents and friends of a Class 10 student who ended his life over alleged mental harassment by some teachers staged a protest outside the St Columba's school on Thursday, demanding strict action against the accused teachers and accountability from the private school. There was no immediate reaction from the school administration to the allegations. The victim student's aunt claimed the family had been unaware of the extent of his suffering. "He was depressed for so lon ...Read More >
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], November 20 (ANI): A leopard that caused widespread panic on Thursday, in Jaipur's high-security Civil Lines area, was successfully tranquillised and captured following a nearly two-hour rescue operation by the Rajasthan Forest Department. A leopard straying into the VVIP enclave of Civil Lines triggered high alert and tense moments on Wednesday morning before being safely tranquillised and captured f The big cat was first spotted moving through the highly protected ...Read More >
India's Vantara Sets a Global Benchmark: CITES endorses Transparency, Ethics and Scientific Rigor in Private Conservation In a rare commendation from international regulators, India's Vantara initiative has earned high praise from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), marking a milestone in private-sector conservation. Following detailed inspections and document reviews, CITES concluded that Vantara's Greens Zoological Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre and the Radh ...Read More >
DELHI -- A rodent-borne virus led to the death of the only African elephant at the zoo in India's capital Delhi, officials have told the BBC. Shankar, a 29-year-old male, died on 17 September after spending much of his life in isolation. The cause of his death wasn't known at the time. Now, an autopsy has revealed that the elephant tested positive for encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), Delhi Zoo director Sanjeet Kumar said. EMCV is known to cause fatal inflammation of the heart and sometimes ...Read More >
Video shows drunk man petting tiger, offering it liquor in MP's PenchA shocking video claiming to show a man named Raju Patel from Madhya Pradesh's Pench petting and feeding liquor to a tiger went viral on social media but turns out, the entire incident is fake and the video is AI-generated. A shocking video recently stormed social media, allegedly showing a drunk man casually petting a tiger and even offering it liquor inside Madhya Pradesh's Pench Tiger Reserve. The video, which seemed ...Read More >
Chandrapur: Barely a week after a farmer was killed by a tiger in Dhaba forest range, another fatal attack has deepened fears among villagers. A 45-year-old woman, identified as Alka Pendor of Ganesh Pipri village in Gondpipri taluka, was mauled to death by a tiger on Sunday evening while working in an agricultural field.According to forest department sources, the incident occurred when Pendor, a farm labourer, was tending crops in a field near the village. The tiger pounced on her, killing her ...Read More >
Tirupati, Oct 19 (PTI) A 19-year-old white tiger died at Sri Venkateshwara Zoological Park here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, officials said. Named 'Sameer', the big cat was transferred to Sri Venkateshwara (SV) Zoological Park (Tirupati Zoo) from Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad in 2011 when he was five years old. "It is with deep regret that the management of the SV Zoological Park announce the passing of our senior white tiger, Sameer, aged approximately 19 years," said Tirupati ...Read More >
Ayodhya: A leopard that had been roaming in the forests of Ayodhya Cantonment for two months was trapped in a net laid by the Army on Tuesday morning.The leopard was rescued after a dramatic five-hour operation involving the Army, police, and forest officials from Lucknow and Ayodhya. According to eyewitnesses, the big cat got trapped in the iron mesh around 6am and struggled violently to break free for nearly an hour. It repeatedly tried to leap over the barrier, growling and ramming the fence ...Read More >
Hanur (Karnataka), Oct 3 (PTI) A male tiger was found dead in the Hanur range of the Male Mahadeshwara Hills Wildlife Division, prompting State Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre to order a detailed investigation, officials said on Friday. The 12-year-old tiger is suspected to have been poisoned on October 2, according to preliminary findings by forest department officials. A post-mortem revealed no evidence of snaring or gunshot injuries, and confirmed that no body parts were missing, a senior for ...Read More >
Mandla (MP): The 'Balaghat Male Tiger', who was frequently sighted by visitors at the Kanha tiger reserve, was found dead, an official said on Friday. The carcasses of a tiger and two female cubs were also found dead in different parts of the reserve in Madhya Pradesh. The carcasses were disposed of the same day after the post-mortem revealed that they were killed by other big cats, an official said on Friday. The 'Balaghat Male Tiger', aged around eight to 10 years old, was found dead in the M ...Read More >
Kolkata: The city has relived its connect with Jane Goodall, a British primatologist and conservationist known for her work on chimpanzees in East Africa, who passed away on Wednesday. Goodall, the pioneer of primate ethology, had visited Alipore zoo in Jan 2007. While some of her suggestions, that she had documented in the Jane Goodall Institute report after a visit to the zoo on Jan 19, 2007, were later implemented by the zoo, in some cases, wildlife campaigners believe, the zoo has a lot of g ...Read More >
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Forest officials are considering which rare wild animal or bird could be brought in from Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Odisha in exchange for giving away tigers. During the last meeting of the State Wildlife Board, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav had directed the forest department to explore possibilities of receiving valuable species in return for transferring tigers to the three states. As per plans, MP will be sending 10 big cats, including nine tigresses and one male, to ...Read More >
Pune: A leopard mauled to death a six-year-old boy identified as Siddharth Pravin Kedar at Kumshet village in Junnar, about 95km from the city, on Wednesday evening.Forest officials said the injuries suggest death because of a leopard attack. Deputy conservator of forest Prashant Khade told TOI: "Swab samples have been collected and sent for forensic analysis."Siddharth was the only son of a daily wage worker couple of Thakar Vasti -- an area with 10-15 houses in Kumshet.Range forest officer Pra ...Read More >
Bhopal, Sep 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the country's first PM MITRA Park and launch the fortnight-long 'Sewa Pakhwada' during his visit to Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district on Wednesday, CM Mohan Yadav has said. The PM will also launch the Swasth Nari Sashakt Parivar Abhiyan on Wednesday at Bhainsola village in Dhar district, Yadav said in a statement to the media on Monday night. Under the campaign, camps will be organised for health and nutrition at ...Read More >
Bahraich (UP), Sep 15 (PTI) A 28-year-old man was killed in an alleged tiger attack near a canal in the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary here, officials said on Monday. Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Suraj said that incident took place on Sunday evening when Indal Nishad, a resident of Harkhapur village in the Dharmapur range of the forest, went near the canal to relieve himself. Villages reported that a tiger emerged from the forest and attacked him, the DFO said. Hearing Nishad's cries for h ...Read More >
NASHIK: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy was killed in a village in Sinnar taluka of Nashik district on Saturday night.The incident took place near Nimgaon-Deopur village in the taluka when a boy was at the farm along with his grandmother and father. A big cat pounced on him at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday night and dragged him towards the nearby sugarcane farm, around 200 metres from the spot where the leopard attacked him.The boy was seriously injured and died after the attack. This is the second incide ...Read More >
Patna: A tiger that killed a farmer on Monday in Ghoda Ghat of Govardhana forest range was tranquilised and captured on Tuesday morning by Valmiki Tiger Reserve forest officials, forest conservator and director Neshamani K said. Officials had been monitoring the animal since the incident in a paddy field. At 7.30am on Tuesday, it was spotted at Nariya Sareh, near where it had killed 65-year-old farmer Mathura Mahto and injured tiger tracker Vijay Uraon, 30. The rescue team tranquilised the tiger ...Read More >
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