UP plans to get lions from zoos for safari project in Etawah
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi is not happy with UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s plans to start an Asian Lion Safari (ALS) in Etawah.
Mr Modi had been approached several times by former envi
Seven kilometres hole to study Western Ghats quakes
India will be the first country in the world to deepdrill a borehole 7 km deep in order to understand the mechanics of earthquakes faulting in the seismically sensitive Koyna-Warna region in the Weste
Leopard skin seized after sting operation
State wildlife wing officials arrested a poacher who was trying to sell leopard skin on Monday at Charla, near Bhadrachalam. A team from the anti-poaching squad, led by forest range officer V. Tirumal
Leopard injures 13, killed by security personnel
At least 13 people were injured in Duliajan township of Tinsukia district by a leopard on Sunday before it succumbed to bullets fired by security personnel.
Senior forest department officials said th
Central plan to save endangered species
Union minister of state for forests Jayanthi Natarajan on Wednesday announced a recovery programme for saving critically endangered species and their habitats.
Under the initiative, 16 species have b
CAG: Forest, wildlife depts are denied adequate funds
As against the Union planning commission’s recommendation of 4 per cent allocation for forestry and wildlife sector, the state government, in the 11th five year plan (2007–11), had allotted only 1.51
CAG: Forest, wildlife depts are denied adequate funds
As against the Union planning commission’s recommendation of 4 per cent allocation for forestry and wildlife sector, the state government, in the 11th five year plan (2007–11), had allotted only 1.51
50-year-old man killed bear before succumbing to injuries
Attacked by a wild bear, a 50-year-old villager killed the animal before succumbing to injuries in Odisha's Dhenkanal district on Monday.
Mulia Biswal along with his granddaughter was going to a ma
32 tigers dead in first four months of 2012
Project Tiger is not the great success story that the government would have you believe.
India has lost 32 tigers in the last four months with two tigers having being killed last month in Tadoba Tig
Poaching, water crisis and more
With the mercury on a steady upward drive, officials of the forest department are back to solving the poser thrown up at them every summer: How to provide water to the animals and birds in the state’s