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Minister Shibu Baby John says issue of wildlife conflict will not be treated as sole responsibility of Forest department and instead be addressed via coordinated interventions by Agriculture and Revenue departments
District Collector Dineshan Cheruvatt orders the dismantling of unauthorised structures that obstruct wildlife movement. Farmers’ groups and the church leaders demand withdrawal of order. Chief Minister says genuine farmers will face no trouble, and only encroached fences will be cleared.
Church forum alleges that the order issued by the Idukki District Collector directing the removal of illegal fences obstructing wildlife corridors violates the constitutional rights of people living in the high-range areas
The child injured on head after the animal pounces on him while he was sitting on his mother’s lap
According to police, a wild elephant that crossed Bhavani river attacked Bushra and her son. Bushra suffered serious injuries to her head and later succumbed
Kannur Divisional Forest Officer says the Forest department expects to bring kumki elephants from the Muthanga elephant camp in Wayanad within the next two days.
The initiative has gained significance following the recent death of a mother deer and its fawn in an attack by stray dogs; DFO says awareness camps will be conducted for roadside eatery operators and walkers’ associations as part of efforts to prevent stray dogs from moving freely along the Forest Road and inside city park
Wildlife expert demands return of endangered apes to their original habitat
Wildlife specialists free an elephant from a tyre stuck around its neck, days after the trunk of another trapped in a wire-mesh trap was treated
Forest department plans to instruct plantation managements to ensure that livestock are sheltered in sheds by early afternoon.
Authorities in India rescue baby orangutans dumped in forest
The adult male bear is under observation at the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park for two days before release into the wild, wildlife expert D. Mahesh Babu says
Forest Department confirms that this tiger is different to the one that killed two people in O’Valley in August
The falling river is bringing crocodiles onto the banks; DFO P. Shyamala asks people to call forest officials instead of chasing, catching or beating them
Forest staff expand search into caves located in O’Valley and surrounding areas as signs of the animal’s presence have become extremely rare since the search began on August 21
The bird, more commonly found in the wetlands of Assam and other northeastern States, reach Keralam around the beginning of the monsoon and usually return by October