‘Reformed’ Karnataka elephants to help protect Corbett tigers
DEHRADUN: Corbett Tiger Reserve is shortly going to get 12 trained elephants from Karnataka to help in patrolling the forest against threats such as poachers. The move, said forest officials, will be a...
View ArticleThe need to support tiger conservation
The celebration of tiger day by different agencies signifies their rededication for the conservation of this flagship species. If tigers are protected in the wild, all other wild animals and the...
View ArticleElephants sighted at unprecedented 4,000 feet in Uttarakhand hills
NAINITAL: The unprecedented sighting of elephants in Jeolikot, 18 km from Nainital town and at an altitude of 1,219 metres (nearly 4,000 feet), has left residents worried. The forest department is...
View ArticleConstruction height should not exceed 9 metres in Sahyadri tiger reserve:...
KOLHAPUR: The wildlife forest department has proposed that the height of any construction should not exceed 9 metres in the buffer zone of Sahyadri Tiger Reserve. Ground floor and first floor (G+1)...
View ArticleHaldwani, Ramnagar to vie for global accreditation for tiger conservation
Haldwani and Ramnagar forest divisions in the state are directed by the forest department to complete documentation process by December 15 to apply for Conservation Approved Tiger Standards (CATS)...
View ArticleCM approves special tiger protection force, pending for last six years
DEHRADUN: Chief minister, Harish Rawat, gave clearance to the formation of Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) for Corbett Tiger Reserve which was pending for last six years. Rawat held review...
View ArticleCorbett’s tigers to get a new home soon
The big cats of Corbett will soon find a new home in Uttarakhand. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked the state forest department to speed up the ground work for relocation of...
View ArticleEntry into forests for firewood behind man-animal conflicts
A booming tiger population in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) has led to an increased presence of big cats in the adjoining forest divisions, triggering conflicts with people entering the forests for...
View ArticleHT Exclusive: Fact-finding panel seeks details of tiger census from Corbett...
DEHRADUN: A fact-finding committee investigating a tiger skin seizure case has written to the principal chief conservator of forest (PCCF) demanding whether all 163 big cats of the reserve were...
View ArticleCorbett tiger safari project in soup
DEHRADUN: The Centre has red flagged a proposed tiger safari project in Uttarakhand's Corbett National Park and asked the state government to first comply with wildlife norms. Uttarakhand ranks second...
View ArticleAmidst man-animal conflict, carcass of tigress found in Pilibhit reserve
Amidst the ongoing man-animal conflict near Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, forest officials found the carcass of a tigress from a canal in the eastern part of the reserve on Wednesday evening. The carcass was...
View ArticleCorbett director submits report on Congress MLAs' landing in the tiger reserve
DEHRADUN : Reacting to a complaint filed by the BJP against landing of a helicopter inside the Corbett Tiger Reserve, a protected area, for ferrying the Congress MLAs of the Harish Rawat camp to a...
View ArticleElephant kills 60-year-old villager in Khatema
PILIBHIT: A 60-year-old hearing impaired villager was killed by an elephant on Tuesday afternoon when he had gone inside forest area of Kilpura forest range of east tarai division in Khatema...
View ArticleBuffer zone for Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve declared
--> Virat Singh | Wed, 28 Sep 2016-08:40am , Mumbai , dna ‘Purr’fect solution | Wildlife activists welcome decision, which is also expected to bring livelihood opportunities for people in 186...
View ArticleNTCA to begin tiger counting at Terai West in Jan
NAINITAL: NTCA to begin tiger counting at Terai West in Jan nationwide tiger estimation is carried out once every four years by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (The forest department is all...
View ArticlePlan to lure tourists to U’khand butterfly zones
DEHRADUN: Chief minister Harish Rawat, looking at the photographs on display at the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education to celebrate Wildlife Week, appeared startled by the large number...
View ArticleU’khand’s largest bird reserve to come up near Nainital
Dehradun: Uttarakhand will soon have its fourth bird conservation reserve, Naina Devi Himalayan Bird Conservation Reserve (NDHBCR). The three that already exist are at Asan, Jilmil and Pawalgarh....
View ArticleMore villages talk of tiger projects
--> Dhaval Kulkarni | Tue, 25 Oct 2016-06:55am , DNA Authorities at state tiger reserves are receiving demands from village representatives for their inclusion in buffer zones In a change from days...
View ArticleUttarkhand comes at 6th position in national elephant estimation
Dehradun : Uttarakhand has come at the 6th position with 1839 elephants in the results of All India Synchronised Elephant Estimation announced by Union environment minister Harshvardhan on World...
View ArticleTiger poaching: Minister orders probe; hands over Corbett monitoring to WII
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand forest minister Harak Singh Rawat has directed the head of the Forest Force (HOFF) to initiate an inquiry into the tiger poaching case, asking it to give the report within one...
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