TN commences work on India’s first dugong reserve in Palk Bay
Chennai, Feb 24 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu state government has commenced work for the country’s first Dugong conservation reserve in the Palk Bay region. Dugongs are endangered species that are protected under Schedule 1 of the Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. The Wild Life Institute (WII) in a study reported that only 200-250 Dugongs are left […]
Central Zoo Authority gives approval for TN’s fifth zoo at Tiruchi
Chennai, Feb 23 (BPNS) The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has given its approval for building a zoo at Tiruchi, which will be the fifth facility in Tamil Nadu. The Zoo, according to the Tamil Nadu forest department will come in an area of 30 hectares. Tamil Nadu forest department sources told BPNS that the Central […]
Tribal village in Kerala in constant fear of attacks from wild animals
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (BPNS) A tribal hamlet near the famous Sabarimala temple in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district is facing threats from wild animals including leopards, elephants, bears, bison, and deadly poisonous snakes like cobra’s. 430 families in Kombukuthi tribal village near Koruthodu in the Pathanamthitta district are fearing for their lives due to attacks by wild […]
Erode collector to hold meeting with public on ban of night travel in ghat road
Chennai, Jan 29 (BPNS) The Erode district collector will hold a meeting with people of the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) area on the ban regarding night travel of public and private vehicles through the Bannari- Dhimbam ghat road connecting the Bengaluru- Coimbatore national highways. The Madras High Court has directed the collector to conduct meetings […]
Panic in Tiruppur, TN after leopard attacks two people including forester
Chennai, Jan 27 (BPNS) Panic gripped the textile capital of South India, Tiruppur after a leopard attacked two people including a forest watcher on Thursday. The incident occurred at Ammanapalayam in Tiruppur and the leopard is still on the prowl, according to forest department officials. Forest personnel and police officials are on the lookout for […]
TN forest department captures leopard which attacks people at Tiruppur
Chennai, Jan 27 (IANS) Tamil Nadu forest department officials on Thursday captured a male leopard after tranquilizing it with sedatives at Ammapalayam near Tirumuruganpoondi municipality in Tiruppur district. Forest officials said that the leopard would be translocated to the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR). The forest officials of Coimbatore had captured another leopard from a godown […]
Erode to become the sixth Tiger reserve of TN
Chennai, Jan 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Forest Department is in the final stage of drafting a new Tiger reserve in Erode forest range. This is after the central government has approved the Srivilliputhur- Megamalai Tiger reserve as the state’s fifth Tiger Reserve a year ago. Erode forest division is spread over 82144 hectares of land […]
Woman trampled to death: TN forest department to wire fencing to prevent elephant entry
Chennai, Jan 25 (BPNS) The forest department of Tamil Nadu is in the process of wire fencing 5 km area in the Denkanikottai forest range of Krishnagiri district after a 35-year-old woman was trampled to death by a wild elephant on Monday. This is the third death by elephant attack in this month in Denkanikottai […]
Animal Rights, human right activists raises red flag after 7 people die of Jallikattu in TN
Chennai, Jan 25 (IANS) Animal rights activists and Human rights activists have raised the red flag over the continuance of the violent, bloody spot of ‘Jallikattu’ in Tamil Nadu connected with the harvest festival of Pongal. The festival which is considered a valour spot is to tame bulls that are released from cages. Sometimes the […]