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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chennai, Jan 21 (BPNS) A 35-year-old tusker, ‘ Shankar’ who was captured at Gudalur as a wild elephant after killing three men will soon become a trained ‘Kumki’ elephant to be used against wild herds. The elephant is being trained at the Madumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) by a team of mahouts to make him a […]
