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 […]
Chennai, Feb 18 (BPNS) The residents of ‘O’ –Valley in Gudalur town of Tamil Nadu are up in arms against the state forest department for addressing them as illegal occupants. The leader of the O- Valley Makkal Padhukappu Iyyakam, R. Ranjith while speaking to BPNS said that the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the area […]
Chennai, Feb 8 (BPNS) After the Tamil Nadu forest special squad arrested two persons including a juvenile for catching and smuggling turtles, illegally, the forest department has upped its ante against poaching of turtles. A special team of the forest department conducted a vehicle inspection and apprehended two people including a juvenile who were traveling […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 8 (BPNS) The Kerala forest department which has constituted a team of 150 officials to capture the wild tusker, codenamed Pandalur makhana 2 failed in its attempt on Sunday. The forest team told media persons in Wayanad that the elephant is within the reach of the team but could not dart it as […]
Chennai, Dec 30 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu forest department officials are planning to radio collar and relocate an elephant that has destroyed crops extensively in the Jerahalli Forest Range of Talavadi hills in Erode district. The Talavadi area farmers have been complaining to the forest department about the presence of the tusker, nicknamed, Karuppannan, and the […]
