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 […]
Chennai, Jan 19 (BPNS) The Postmortem report of a 14-year-old leopardess at Arignar Anna Zoological park has revealed that esophageal rupture and pulmonary hemorrhage as the primary reasons for the death of the big cat. The leopardess, Jaya had died on Monday after it was squeezed inside the poorly maintained rusty cage at the zoo. […]
Chennai, Jan 18 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department is to take action against farmers of Salem district involved in the ‘Fox ‘ ritual to bring prosperity to the families and to increase the crop quantity during the season. The farmers had captured a fox from the forest range in Vazhapadi in Salem district to celebrate […]
Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department has constituted a special team of experts to investigate whether temple elephants in the state are being subject to harassment and whether these elephants are in a position to be held in captivity. The team constituted by the Chief Wild Life Warden of the Tamil Nadu […]
