Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) A leopard that was rescued from a snare in a private estate by the forest department and treated in a cage at Theppakadu died of the injuries it inflicted on its stomach. The leopard was under the treatment of forest department veterinarians, Dr. Rajesh Kumar and Dr. Sridhar at a cage […]
Leopard that killed 4 year old child, captured and release in TN
Chennai, Aug 20 (BPNS) A leopard that killed a four-year-old girl child on August 10 when she had gone into the thicket of a private tea estate in Udhagai North Forest range was captured and released into the Madhumalai Tiger Reserve on Saturday. Forest department officials of Tamil Nadu told BPNS that they had kept […]
Global Tiger Summit likely to be postponed to April
Chennai, Aug 11 (BPNS) The Global Tiger Summit to be held in Chennai from October 17 to 19 by the Tamil Nadu government in association with the Union Government is likely to be postponed to April. Sources in the Tamil Nadu forest department told IANS that the event is likely to be pushed to April […]
TN Tiger Reserve releases audio warning locals of animal movement
Chennai, Aug 4 (BPNS) The Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) officials have released audio that warns local people of the movement of elephants and tigers in the area. The warning mainly intended for local people who are mostly workers in tea estates has directed people to avoid growing plants like mango, jackfruit, guava, and banana near […]
Elusive Tiger at Talavadi , TN kills one more cow, forest department on search
Chennai, June 21 (BPNS) When the carcass of a cow was found near the forest area at Talavadi on Monday, the local people alerted forest department officials of Jerahalli Forest Range under the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) who identified the pug marks of the tiger near the carcass. It may be noted that this is […]