Chennai, Sept 25 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department has installed 50 camera traps in Mukurthi, Nilakottai and Thepekkadu forest ranges that comes under the Madumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR). The camera traps are installed to monitor the movement of people within the forest range and to ascertain whether there are poaching taking place. The department has […]
Chennai, Sept 10 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Forest department has in its preliminary investigation found circumstantial evidence indicating that atleast one of the tigers that were found dead near Avalanche dam had consumed poison. Contrary to its own early report, the forest department of Tamil Nadu on Sunday said that the two tigers were male instead […]
Chennai, June 24 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department on Friday arrested a poacher with 55 country-made bombs from the Poomali reserve forest area in Sathanur range, Tiruvannamalai district. The arrested is Jaisankar, a tribal person. However, his accomplice Surya made good his escape and forest department has commenced a manhunt to arrest him. Forest department […]
Chennai , May 11( BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department is on a mission to capture wild elephant ‘Karuppan’ that trampled to death a farmer in Perumugai village in T.N. Palayam block in Erode district on May 4. The farmer , P.Sitheeswaran along with three others was working in a banana plantation when the elephant […]
Chennai, Mar 25 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department is in search of a leopard that has killed domestic animals including calves, sheep, and dogs. While the forest department has installed CCTV in the Uthirur area in Kangeyam of Tiruppur district, there is no sign of the leopard. Farmers are protesting against the forest department’s failure to […]
Chennai, Mar 23 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department is for a synchronized census of wild elephants along with the forest departments of Kerala and Karnataka. This is to avoid double entries of wild elephants and sources in the forest department told BPNS that the forest department of Tamil Nadu has already communicated to the […]
Chennai, Mar 13 (BPNS) The forest department of Tamil Nadu is creating awareness among farmers and other settlers who live near the forest areas on electric fencing to wade off wild animals. The forest department will be conducting a division-wise awareness programme among the farmers on why they should not install solar fences that leads […]
Chennai, Mar 1 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department officials are tracking the 40 year old Makna elephant which was captured and relocated to deep forest after sedating it. The elephant was released in Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) on February 24 after capturing it on February 23 using darts. However the forest department officials told BPNS […]
Chennai, Feb 28( BPNS) The Wild Life in Theni forest area is in danger after an increased frequency of forest fires. Wild animals like Indian Guar, deer, wild boars, and forest pigs are in danger of being caught in the wildfire that is spreading. It is to be noted that over the past week, there […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 26 (BPNS) The Kerala forest department will be conducting a census of tigers and elephants in the months of April and May. The state forest minister, A.K. Saseendran told media persons that the census of tigers in Wayanad forest division will be taken at first which will be conducted during the first week […]
