[ad_1] (Representative Image) Chandrapur: A 50-year-old man was mauled to death by a tiger in a forest in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Sunday, an official said. The victim Bhajandas Parohi had ventured into Junona forest to collect firewood on Saturday, but failed to return home, the official said. Following aContinue Reading
[ad_1] Lucknow: A unique friendship between a harvester operator in Uttar Pradesh and a sarus crane has finally ended after the wild bird was taken away by forest department officials. DFO, Amethi, Dev Nath Shah, said that the sarus is protected under the Wildlife Protection Act and hence cannot beContinue Reading
[ad_1] KULGAM, MARCH 21: On the eve of International Day of Forests being celebrated every year on 21st of March, mega Plantation drive was today organized by Forest division Kulgam at Government Degree College (GDC) Kulgam. This year the day is being celebrated with the theme, “FORESTS AND HEALTH”. TheContinue Reading
[ad_1] Three wild elephants electrocuted to death by an illegal electric fence in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. Forest officials manage to save two calves Chennai: The Tamil Nadu forest department is tracking the movement of two nine-month-old elephant calves orphaned after three female elephants were electrocuted to death on March 7Continue Reading
[ad_1] Tirupati: After failing to reunite four tiger cubs found in a village in Nandyala district of Andhra Pradesh with their mother, the Forest department has safely shifted the litter to an in-situ conservation centre near Tirupati, an official said on Friday. The all-female litter found more than four daysContinue Reading
[ad_1] SRINAGAR: Fire broke out on Friday evening in the forest area of Meebagh in upper reaches of Brein, Nishat. Officials said that the fire broke out this evening in Meebagh forest area. They said that the forest team has reached the spot and the efforts are on to doContinue Reading
[ad_1] Representative Image Mysuru: A forest watcher has been killed in Karnataka’s Mysuru district after he was attacked by a wild elephant while he was on patrolling duty, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place in Kalkere forest area in the limits of Bandipur National Park. The deceasedContinue Reading
[ad_1] Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh Endowments Minister Kottu Satyanarayana said the government will take measures to ensure 4,700 acres of disputed forest land will go to Srisailam Devasthanam. For the development of the Devasthanam, Satyanarayana said the Forest Minister and Revenue Minister have discussed this issue with officials. A dispute betweenContinue Reading
[ad_1] Hyderabad: The Telangana State Forest Development Corporation (TSFDC) on Thursday received the approval to use Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)’s certification. The certification will be used on the Forest department’s logo on natural bamboo, nuts and round wood. Paper, tetra packs and mixed wood manufactured from forest products have theContinue Reading
[ad_1] Representative Image Saharanpur: A man was arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenage girl and throwing their newborn baby in a forest area here, police said. The 17-year-old survivor lodged a complaint at Deoband police station in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday, alleging that she was raped several timesContinue Reading