Environment and wildlife News from India

08/12/2022

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/toi-original/shocking-tiger-found-hanging-at-panna-tiger-reserve-in-mp/videoshow/96079368.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOI&fbclid=IwAR2fxkOMySvtK2NJNzPdlKolh9TiUoiVxfnwGt9y-bHhpWIcjWi9X9Huve0

The more it thrashed about, the tighter the noose cut into its neck. A majestic full-grown tiger was strangled, second by second, all night, in a wire trap laid by poachers at Panna Tiger Reserve. On Wednesday morning, its carcass was seen suspended in mid-air, frozen in death agony. The gruesome im...

28/11/2022

https://www.eastmojo.com/mizoram/2022/11/27/mizoram-camera-traps-images-of-spotted-linsang-at-murlen-national-park/

Guwahati: The elusive spotted linsang has been captured on camera for the first time at Murlen National Park in Mizoram. The spotted linsang (Prionodon

25/11/2022

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/toi-original/elephant-carcass-found-in-paddy-field-in-assams-goalpara/videoshow/95754575.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOI&fbclid=IwAR2A5HiMvdr87rZn-y3y7EGbyh-OxxOkNzS_ARVJs7-ze2H2rtqXodZbqLQ

An elephant's carcass was spotted by the locals in a paddy field in Joyramkuchi, Goalpara. Joyramkuchi area is under the Lakhipur forest range in the lower Assam district. As per the locals, a herd of wild elephants probably came out from the forest in search of food. Last month, a wild elephant was...

26/10/2022

Might be of interest!

21/10/2022

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2022/oct/19/karnataka-ready-to-greet-one-more-great-indian-bustard-will-take-count-to-seven-2509604.html?fbclid=IwAR3XWAtvrcrFeoK7uceYPAOJZZ1cgjBTNm0A-kXuHTXuSe0dgF1G9jRKH1I

There are only 100 left in the wild in the country and six are holding their ground in Karnataka.

04/09/2022

https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/tn-forest-depts-ai-based-warning-system-to-cover-13-km-of-vulnerable-railway-lines/article65810562.ece

COIMBATOREThe plan by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department to install artificial intelligence (AI) bas

03/09/2022

https://www.timesnownews.com/mirror-now/in-focus/elephants-return-to-tiger-state-mp-after-a-century-due-to-mining-in-chhattisgarh-jharkhand-article-93854739?fbclid=IwAR2JlwYKczVEyN6GnXHx73S8psbQgp0kXVCFbYWpyv768xEgFHOD3SLQSXM

Elephants are staying, according to experts, since they have easy access to a good environment from the neighbouring state in MP. According to Madhya Pradesh's forest officials, both legal and illicit mining in the jungles of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Jharkhand is irritating the elephants. The gover...

31/08/2022

An interesting approach. Can be replicated to tackle habiata loss.

A simple DIY project could provide a temporary habitat for frogs made homeless by bushfires as high rainfall gives numbers a welcome boost.

23/08/2022

https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/agasthyamalai-tamil-nadu-declared-elephant-reserv-167088

The Tamil Nadu government has announced that a new elephant reserve will be established in Tirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts. In a gazette dated August 12, the government notified Agasthyamalai Elephant Reserve with a total area of 1,19,748.26 hectares, constituting 81,811.36 hectares of forest....

22/08/2022

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/uttar-pradesh-man-bitten-by-snake-while-trying-to-film-video-with-it/articleshow/93697433.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOI&fbclid=IwAR0iDogJ3eV_CzI5VW6lFbC3wQSi0wwS0X-vmFDXT_n7fEY14UPkX_5R7Yw

Playing with a snake and shooting a video with it proved to be fatal for a 55-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district as he was bitten

22/08/2022

https://scroll.in/article/1030366/manipurs-loktak-lake-is-losing-its-signature-fishing-rings-that-may-not-help-conserve-it?fbclid=IwAR2DO55-YSUxhAOzTm7ZoduXuqV9hvPpF7wMg78Pek8_KbX-kQEi2TtR_04

Last month, the government ordered all fishing rings and homestays to be dismantled. It has caused disquiet in the local fishing community.

22/08/2022

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/great-indian-bustards-recorded-as-laying-two-eggs-after-excessive-rains/article65784663.ece?fbclid=IwAR3_jsoPRqKIN9i8qeaPE1oHPWva6ctR7tnF_7-nviGhO3TCV0xbNg3RWCI

New behaviour, a result of increased feed after excessive rain, hailed as a record

22/08/2022

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/in-mp-tigress-mausi-protects-trains-cubs-of-her-dead-sister/articleshow/93697123.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOI&fbclid=IwAR0bHwWxqdx3M37WrLd5zmrD-dg5PhQ8hfGaqDh7vXNSWUDbUDgXmKDDauM

India News: BHOPAL: In a rare show of maternal sentiments among wild animals, a tigress in a Madhya Pradesh national park has not only been taking care of three c.

20/08/2022

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/forests/reintroducing-cheetahs-elephants-help-in-moving-leopards-away-from-kuno-national-park-84415?fbclid=IwAR3BgeE6R78g3aqpxA0ENgPGyBQPtAVdDxDLgvVuj-8dIOtuYoWtDMfkfZQ

It is easier to spot and tranquilise leopards riding on elephants, say forest officials

19/08/2022

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/k9-dog-squad-tracking-down-poachers-in-assam/articleshow/93655767.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIIndiaNews&fbclid=IwAR2GDwIqGnObEKz7SXkS3aDWFwAfi_X2K05dgAO0u6285lgth51CqAgdpnA

India News: GUWAHATI: A trained dog squad in Assam, billed to be the first of its kind in the country, is helping to track poachers in the national parks and wild.

18/08/2022

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-62572388

Hundreds of villagers in Tamil Nadu state say the ants are attacking livestock and affecting crops.

16/08/2022

https://m.timesofindia.com/videos/news/on-cam-leopard-kills-cow-near-ranikhet-in-uttarakhand/videoshow/93583427.cms?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TOI

A video showing a leopard killing a cow near Ranikhet in Uttarakhand went viral on social media. The leopard’s strong jaw held the cow’s neck till the bovine gave up. As per reports, leopard attacks have increased in the hill state in the past few years.

08/08/2022

https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/rare-clouded-leopard-sighted-in-west-bengal-buxa-tiger-reserve-11017841.html?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR2kQO9EzduQY2GeGFEot5NnAxZdslyqMOZrxvuB9pIAeH0lgpNkkwVH4L8

Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal posted a picture of a clouded leopard, the most ancient and mysterious of the cat species, on 4 August. More than 200 years after it was first discovered, not much is known about the predator with the longest canine teeth among living felines

08/08/2022

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/flora-fauna/introduction-of-wild-cheetahs-to-indian-reserves-involves-risks-and-opportunities-top-south-african-expert/articleshow/93406796.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst&fbclid=IwAR0kBCOSu1LxQVTswKODZL3d9sftO2fjkPuhpt778j3cEAR8jqABdtaJ4ZM

A majority of the world's 7,000 cheetahs live in South Africa, Namibia and Botswana. Namibia has the world's largest population of cheetahs. The cheetah is the only large carnivore that got completely wiped out from India, mainly due to over-hunting and habitat loss.

08/08/2022

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/elephant-poaching-in-odisha-at-all-time-high-after-13-cases-of-unnatural-deaths-emerge-101659888989864.html?fbclid=IwAR3At48CTEqV6Vcx0xnfIxihVZ1NxRV4NlYRqXruWfSkk035YoYWsD5OIMU

The poaching of the two tuskers is among the 13 cases of unnatural deaths of elephants in Odisha forests in the last 2 months making it the biggest casualty of the pachyderms in a short span in more than a decade

06/08/2022

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05/08/2022

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The officials said the leopard was found dead on Friday within the inner circle of the reserve located in Sidhi district.

05/08/2022

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/wildlife-biodiversity/over-1-500-people-died-in-elephant-attacks-in-last-3-years-maximum-casualties-in-odisha-84166?fbclid=IwAR25hvj5Ul1YhEttAFICQkigw2QIwPpz3PpQME3my7-weGi7lFdvdKpSJAU

In 2017, the environment ministry had issued a guideline for managing human-elephant conflict and had directed elephant range states to implement the same

04/08/2022

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Free-ranging dogs have emerged as a potential threat and predator to the local nilgai and blackbuck populations in parts of Haryana, according to a recent study conducted in the Badopal area of Fatehabad district and the Mangali-Rawatkhera region of Hisar district. The two non-protected, wildlife-do...

04/08/2022

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The elephant has been relocated to the Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre.

04/08/2022

https://science.thewire.in/environment/india-gets-five-more-ramsar-wetlands-heres-why-that-could-help/

Environment India Gets 15 More Ramsar Wetlands. Here’s Why That Could Help. 04/08/2022 Aathira Perinchery At the Karikili Bird Sanctuary. Photo: Thangaraj Kumaravel/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Kochi: India is on a Ramsar site designation spree. On August 3, India designated 10 additional Ramsar sites ....

04/08/2022

https://www.deccanherald.com/national/restoration-of-forest-habitat-in-north-shahdol-forest-division-for-long-term-tiger-conservation-1131653.html

The Corbett Foundation (TCF), one of the leading conservation organisations in India, handed over around 80 hectares of restored forest plots to the North Shahdol Forest Division of the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department. This would go a long way in the wildlife conservation programme. The formal hand...

04/08/2022

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KATHMANDU — The monsoon season in Nepal is expected to begin in the second week of June, which means officials in the country’s prime habitats for Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) are busy with their seasonal work. They’re setting fire to the tall grasses that grew throughout the year, a...

04/08/2022

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/environment/how-uttarakhand-s-pristine-forests-are-being-concretised-for-tourism-84131?fbclid=IwAR0lqfdlVXihshwBXo0eR5olAEZbNkaLnISLsFVU5q5SnpcPmWPA9QB4Dic

The mountain views and the beleaguered mountain wildlife may soon become memories of the past if better land use policies are not established

03/08/2022

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The cheetah is set to be reintroduced in India, nearly 60 years after it became extinct in the country.