Farmer killed in alleged tiger attack in Uttarakhand district: Forest official
1 year, 8 months ago

Farmer killed in alleged tiger attack in Uttarakhand district: Forest official

Hindustan Times  

An elderly farmer was killed in an alleged tiger attack in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district, forest officials said. Swapnil Aniruddha, divisional forest officer Pauri said, “The attack took place on the higher side of the Pauri district on Thursday evening but close to the area is Corbett Tiger Reserve.” “I have handed over the interim relief amount which comes to 30%of the total out of ₹4 lakh according to the government relief guidelines to the family members of the deceased and a team from the forest department is perusing through the camera traps to locate the tiger involved in the incident”, said Anirudha. When asked if the reason behind such movement of tigers to newer areas could be due to the rise in the number of the big cat in the tiger reserve area, he said that he won’t be able to comment at this juncture adding that the possibility cannot be ruled out. Khushendar Singh, Gram Pradhan Dalla said, “The villagers are terrified after the attack and fear that if the tiger is not caught, it could attack others working in the fields”.

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Man dies in suspected tiger attack in Assam's Kaliabor
1 day, 18 hours ago

Man dies in suspected tiger attack in Assam's Kaliabor

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: A 60-year-old man lost his life in a suspected tiger attack in Kaliabor area of Assam. We found the body parts at the Kamakhya Reserve Forest,” the official added. The Kamakhya Reserve Forest is adjacent to the Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve. He said this was the second tiger attack in the area in recent times.

Tiger terrorises village near Lucknow, locals warned against going out at night
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5 days, 18 hours ago

Tiger terrorises village near Lucknow, locals warned against going out at night

India Today  

A tiger has been spotted in a village near Lucknow, creating panic among local residents, with authorities setting up cages to trap the big cat. The forest department has appealed to local residents against venturing alone at night as the big cat has been spotted in and around Rehman Khera village, located about 20 km from Lucknow, after sunset. After …

3 villagers arrested in MP’s Narmadapuram district for killing tiger
1 week ago

3 villagers arrested in MP’s Narmadapuram district for killing tiger

Hindustan Times  

BHOPAL: Three men have been arrested in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram district in connection with the recent death of a tiger, state forest department officials said on Monday. The three residents of Banspani village have allegedly told the police that they had laid a trap for wild boars but the tiger walked into it about a week ago, killing it by …

Mulugu: Tiger footmarks send villagers into tizzy
1 week, 5 days ago

Mulugu: Tiger footmarks send villagers into tizzy

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: Locals on Tuesday became panicky as news spread about the sighting of a movement in the forests of Venkatapuram mandal in Mulugu district, based on its paw prints found on the outskirts of Alubaka village. Some farmers of Bodhapuram village, who had slept in their water melon fields, said that they had heard a tiger roar on Monday night. …

Farmer injured in bear attack in Belagavi forest
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Farmer injured in bear attack in Belagavi forest

The Hindu  

A 62-year-old farmer has said that he was attacked by a bear in Mana village near Khanapur of Belagavi district on Monday. Sakharam Gavankar and his wife were going to their field at the edge of the forest, when a bear chased them. His leg started bleeding profusely when he called his son on his mobile phone and sought help. …

Asifabad Tiger Forced Into a Fast
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Asifabad Tiger Forced Into a Fast

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The tiger that has been creating panic in KB Asifabad district over the past few days, is believed to be hungry, and possibly in a very irritable state, having been chased from place to place. Though the tiger over the past week has killed some four animals including a sheep, a cow and a buffalo near different villages, it could …

Asifabad DFO Says Locals’ Selfie Craze Provoked the Tiger
3 weeks ago

Asifabad DFO Says Locals’ Selfie Craze Provoked the Tiger

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Asifabad district forest officer Neeraj Kumar Tibrewal said that they had information that around 20-30 villagers had tried to take selfies with the tiger before it attacked a woman on Friday in Kagaznagar forest division. He said, “the tiger got disturbed by the villagers' actions and went into the nearby cotton fields and attacked Morle Laxmi while she was …

Tiger Tracking Intensified in Komaram Bheem Asifabad District
3 weeks ago

Tiger Tracking Intensified in Komaram Bheem Asifabad District

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest staff intensified the tracking of the tiger, suspected of killing a woman and injuring a man in two successive days last week, through 40 camera traps, two drones and nearly 100 field staff along Telangana’s border with Maharashtra in the Kagaznagar forest division in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district on Sunday. Speaking to media personnel, Asifabad district forest …

Second tiger attack in two days in Telangana leaves man injured
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Second tiger attack in two days in Telangana leaves man injured

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: A tiger attacked a man in the Kagaznagar forest division on Saturday afternoon, about 25 km from the spot where a big cat had killed a woman on Friday. Sujatha later said that the forest department officials or staff had not issued any alert about the presence of a tiger near their village. Forest department officials led by Kawal …

With winter come tiger conflicts, deaths in Asifabad
3 weeks, 2 days ago

With winter come tiger conflicts, deaths in Asifabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Come November and people in villages along the forest patches in KB Asifabad district not only start shivering with the winter cold that dips into the single digits, but also with fear as tigers from Maharashtra begin migrating into Telangana in search of a new home in the erstwhile Adilabad district area. “Tigers have taken to using this post …

Row erupts after tiger mauls 21-year-old tribal woman to death
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Row erupts after tiger mauls 21-year-old tribal woman to death

Hindustan Times  

A 21-year-old tribal woman was mauled to death by a tiger while she was working in cotton fields in Telangana’s Komaram Bheem Asifabad district on Friday morning, officials said. About 10 days ago, the forest department authorities identified the movement of a male tiger Johnny, which is believed to have travelled for 300 km from Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctury in Maharashtra’s …

Tiger kills ox, villages in Prakasam in grip of fear
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Tiger kills ox, villages in Prakasam in grip of fear

New Indian Express  

ONGOLE: The villages surrounding the Nallamala forest at Ardhaveedu mandal in Prakasam district are on edge following a tiger attack that killed an ox. The incident occurred earlier this week when farmer Ch Venkat Rao of Velagalapaya village let his two oxen graze in the Kurava area near the forest. Forest department officials, including Forest Officer Gaffar and Veterinary Doctor …

Tiger Sighting Near Utnoor Creates Panic Among Villagers in Adilabad
1 month ago

Tiger Sighting Near Utnoor Creates Panic Among Villagers in Adilabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Villagers near Utnoor town and Narnoor mandal in Adilabad district spent sleepless nights as a roaming tiger moved closer to human settlements. Forest officials urged farmers to avoid their fields for a few days as the tiger's movements were being tracked in Utnoor mandal. Forest staff found evidence of the tiger’s presence in Cheemanaik Thanda and Nagapur villages in …

Tiger found dead in suspected poaching, third since 2022 in Chhattisgarh
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tiger found dead in suspected poaching, third since 2022 in Chhattisgarh

New Indian Express  

RAIPUR: The death of a male tiger under mysterious circumstances at Baikunthpur forest adjoining the Guru Ghasidas National Park, about 350 km north of Raipur, has bewildered the Chhattisgarh State Forest Department. This is the third tiger death in the state since 2022 and the second suspected poaching reported this year after a tiger was killed in January in the …

Tiger Attacks Cattle in Adilabad, Farmers on High Alert
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tiger Attacks Cattle in Adilabad, Farmers on High Alert

New Indian Express  

Farmers in Adilabad region are on high alert after reports of tiger attacks on cattle. A tiger attacked cattle and goats in the Hazipur forest area, while another tiger was spotted in the jungles near Boath. The farmers are afraid of going to their fields but have to go as it is harvesting time for paddy and cotton. The forest …

Tiger kills home guard in Assam national park
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tiger kills home guard in Assam national park

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI A tiger killed an armed home guard deployed in the Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve on Wednesday night, Assam Forest Department officials said. Dhanmoni Deka, the home guard, and casual worker Md Sahajul Haque were patrolling the Bilpar camp area of the tiger reserve in the evening when the tiger pounced on the former. The home guard’s shriek …

Tiger kills armed home guard in Assam’s Orang National Park
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Tiger kills armed home guard in Assam’s Orang National Park

New Indian Express  

GUWAHATI: A full-grown tiger killed an armed home guard in Assam’s Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve on Wednesday night. The incident occurred when the deceased, Dhanmoni Deka, and casual worker Md Sahajul Haque were patrolling an area as part of their regular drill. He added that when the rifle fell from Deka’s hand, he picked it up and fired …

Tiger terrorising Wayanad residents, trapped in cage
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Tiger terrorising Wayanad residents, trapped in cage

New Indian Express  

KALPETTA: The tiger that landed in the village at Kenichira in Poothadi Panchayat, Wayanad, was trapped in the cage set up by the forest department late on Sunday. Following the repeated tiger attacks and the presence of a stray tiger in Manthadam, Kenichira in Wayanad, the Chief Wildlife Warden issued the order to tranquilise and capture the problematic tiger on …

Farmer killed in wild elephant attack in Erode's Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
6 months, 1 week ago

Farmer killed in wild elephant attack in Erode's Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

New Indian Express  

ERODE: A 25-year-old farmer died early on Saturday after being attacked by a wild elephant on a farm, near Bhavanisagar, in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve of Erode district. It is said Venkatachalam and two others stayed on the farm on Friday night to protect the pumpkins," police said. "On Saturday, around 1 am, a wild elephant came out of the forest …

48-yr-old woman killed by tiger in Mysuru distt
6 months, 3 weeks ago

48-yr-old woman killed by tiger in Mysuru distt

Hindustan Times  

A tiger mauled a 48-year-old woman from Moorband village in Mysuru district to death, forest officials said. Forest officials said the woman was attacked by a tiger when she was grazing goats near the hill on Saturday evening. “The incident occurred around 5-6 pm,” Bandipura tiger reserve project director and conservator of forests S Prabhakaran told HT. “No tiger attacks …

Karnataka: Tiger mauls woman to death in HD Kote
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka: Tiger mauls woman to death in HD Kote

New Indian Express  

MYSURU: A 48-year-old woman was allegedly mauled to death by a tiger in HD Kote Taluk on Saturday night. Foresters said that the incident took place at Moorband Betta in HD Kote Taluk. Hediyala ACF G Ravindra said, “To monitor the movement of the tiger, around 40 camera traps have been installed,” he said. Bandipur Tiger Reserve Field Director S …

Man-eater tiger that killed 6 persons in Chandrapur forest circle captured after 2-month operation
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Man-eater tiger that killed 6 persons in Chandrapur forest circle captured after 2-month operation

Deccan Chronicle  

Chandrapur: A nine-year-old tiger that had killed six persons in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra in the last two months has been caged, marking the successful culmination of a two-month-long operation to capture the elusive big cat on the prowl which had struck terror in villages. The tiger had killed four persons in the Central Chanda division and two others in …

41-year-old labourer from Assam killed by tiger in Kodagu district
8 months ago

41-year-old labourer from Assam killed by tiger in Kodagu district

Hindustan Times  

A 41-year-old labourer from Assam was killed by a tiger on Thursday in Nittur in Kodagu district, according to the officials. After the incident, villagers expressed outrage against forest department officials for failing to take action to prevent wild elephant and tiger attacks in the region. They said, the incident happened when the deceased, identified as Mansoor, was grazing cattle …

Suspected tiger attacks on livestock sparks panic among residents in Odisha
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Suspected tiger attacks on livestock sparks panic among residents in Odisha

New Indian Express  

BERHAMPUR: Panic gripped residents of villages near the north Ghumusur Forest Division in Ganjam district following the reported killing of three cattle, including a calf, suspectedly by a tiger near Buduli village. The presence of the tiger became apparent when a villager Santosh Gouda found three of his cattle missing from the shed in a cashew nut orchard at Kumutibanjar …

Tiger attacks on cattle in NSTR limits cause fear among villagers in Prakasam
9 months ago

Tiger attacks on cattle in NSTR limits cause fear among villagers in Prakasam

New Indian Express  

ONGOLE: The recent attacks on cattle by a tiger in the Nagarajunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve have once again instilled fear among the residents of the forest fringe villages in Peddaraveedu mandal in Prakasam district. According to villages, two cows were attacked by a big cat on Tuesday, while they were grazing near the Gundamcherla-Katamraju temple area. Prior to this incident, …

Kerala: Locals protest after tiger spotted in area where elephant killed farmer
10 months, 1 week ago

Kerala: Locals protest after tiger spotted in area where elephant killed farmer

Hindustan Times  

The residents of Padamala in Wayanad district of Kerala took out a protest march on Wednesday evening armed with burning torches demanding the capture of a tiger that was spotted in the same area where a wild elephant barged into a home and trampled to death a farmer last week. The tiger was spotted in the area where a wild …

3 killed in tiger attack in Gadchiroli in last two weeks: Officials
11 months ago

3 killed in tiger attack in Gadchiroli in last two weeks: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Nagpur: In yet another incident of a tiger attack in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, a villager was killed in a forest area near Lohara, under the Markanda-Kansoba forest range, officials aware of the matter said. 1 person was killed on Saturday in tiger attack near Lohara in Gadchiroli The incident took place on Saturday morning. Amid growing concerns about the escalating …

K12, related to two poisoned tigers, yet to be traced
11 months ago

K12, related to two poisoned tigers, yet to be traced

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Amid the suspension of forest department officials and increased official presence in forests following incidents of tiger deaths, a female tiger named K12 — that was part of the family of a male and a cub who died recently due to alleged poisoning of cattle kill — is yet to be tracked. K12, who was moving in the forests …

Asifabad Tiger Deaths, 2 Forest Officials Suspended
11 months ago

Asifabad Tiger Deaths, 2 Forest Officials Suspended

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Two forest department officials have been suspended for ‘negligence’ in connection with the death of two tigers in the KB Asifabad district earlier this month. Asked if the suspensions were because the two officials were found in some way responsible for two incidents, senior department officials said the trigger was the death of the two tigers and the issue …

Telangana Tiger deaths: Foresters relieved as search finds tigress, cub pug marks
11 months, 1 week ago

Telangana Tiger deaths: Foresters relieved as search finds tigress, cub pug marks

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The second day of searching for a tigress and three of her cubs in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district forests yielded some fresh hope with pug marks of an adult tiger and a cub. Elsewhere, forest department officials took into custody six persons, including two minors, from two villages and a hamlet surrounding the Dairgaon forest beat on suspicion …

Second Tiger Death in Two Days Sends Officials Scurrying to Asifabad
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Second Tiger Death in Two Days Sends Officials Scurrying to Asifabad

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad/Adilabad: Tigers in the corridor forests of Komaram Bheem Asifabad district are dying one by one, with one more tiger death reported on Monday, coming on the heels of the discovery of a dead sub-adult tigress two days ago. Although the Telangana forest department officials were tight-lipped about the second tiger death within a week from the same patch of …

Odisha: Fear of Royal Bengal Tiger haunts again as it kills two heads of cattle
1 year ago

Odisha: Fear of Royal Bengal Tiger haunts again as it kills two heads of cattle

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: People living in Odisha’s Gajapati and Rayagada districts are in tense now as a Royal Bengal Tiger which had appeared twice in the region a few days ago and killed a cow, allegedly killed two cattle heads late on Saturday night. Reports said the tiger entered the orchard of Timiti Bhuyan, a resident of Uama village under R Udaygiri …

Tiger cub dies after being hit by train in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur
1 year ago

Tiger cub dies after being hit by train in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur

Hindustan Times  

A four-month-old female tiger cub was killed after being hit by a SE-Central Railway train at Kitali Mendha in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Monday, officials said. Since January this year, Maharashtra has recorded nearly 35 tiger deaths The incident reportedly took place early morning as the train was en route from Chandrapur to Gondia. Earlier, in a similar incident, a …

Woman killed in tiger attack in village abutting Bandipur
1 year ago

Woman killed in tiger attack in village abutting Bandipur

The Hindu  

A woman was killed in a tiger attack in the Hediyala range of Bandipur on Friday further escalating concerns over rise in conflicts in the villages abutting the forests. Forest department personnel citing local villagers said Ratnamma was working in her fields when the tiger attack took place and it dragged her towards the forests which abuts the village. Farmer …

Elusive tiger kills 42-year-old man in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagara district
1 year, 1 month ago

Elusive tiger kills 42-year-old man in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagara district

Hindustan Times  

42-year-old farmer has been killed by a tiger while working in his fields in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve area of Chamarajanagara district, forest officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, adding that they have intensified the search operation for the tiger who earlier attacked another villager. According to forest officials, the incident occurred at the Moleyur range forest area …

Tigress that killed 3 villagers trapped in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district
1 year, 1 month ago

Tigress that killed 3 villagers trapped in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district

Hindustan Times  

NAGPUR: A tigress that killed three villagers over the past two weeks in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district was on Monday captured by a joint team of forest and wildlife officials in Bramhapuri, 200km from Nagpur, people familiar with the matter said. The following day, the tigress killed a farmer near Khadsangi and on Nov 1, 2023 60-year-old Savitribai Kamble in the …

Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris tigers died due to natural causes, says NTCA report
1 year, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris tigers died due to natural causes, says NTCA report

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: There was nothing alarming about the recent death of tigers – 10 of them had died between August 16 and September 19 – in the Nilgiris if one were to take into account the current population growth and the dispersal dynamics in the landscape, the National Tiger Conservation Authority said in its report. The report released on Friday said …

Shepherd dies of suspected tiger attack in Sawai Madhopur, villagers stage protest
1 year, 2 months ago

Shepherd dies of suspected tiger attack in Sawai Madhopur, villagers stage protest

Hindustan Times  

Citizens in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur on Tuesday staged a sit-in protest and blocked roads after a tiger allegedly killed a shepherd when he took his cattle to the forest for grazing. The incident occurred in village Khawa under Kundera police station limits when 45-year-old Babu Lal Gurjar took his goats for grazing in Ranthambore forest land around 10am on Monday. …

No evidence to link tiger deaths in the Nilgiris to organised poaching: Chief Wildlife Warden
1 year, 2 months ago

No evidence to link tiger deaths in the Nilgiris to organised poaching: Chief Wildlife Warden

The Hindu  

The recent death of tigers in the Nilgiris could not have been due to organised poaching, said Chief Wildlife Warden Srinivas R. Reddy on Monday, October 2, 2023. However, Mr. Reddy said no evidence was found to link some of the deaths to poaching, but the Forest Department was actively pursuing the cases. Referring to the death of two tigers …

Residents protest alleging man arrested for poisoning tigers in the Nilgiris is innocent
1 year, 3 months ago

Residents protest alleging man arrested for poisoning tigers in the Nilgiris is innocent

The Hindu  

Around 30 residents from Emerald in the Kundah taluk in the Nilgiris staged a protest in front of the District Forest Officer’s office in Udhagamandalam on Thursday, September 14, 2023 alleging that the man they arrested for poisoning a tiger was innocent and had been wrongly implicated by the department. The residents alleged that the man arrested for the poisoning …

‘Circumstantial evidence’ of poisoning found in tiger deaths in the Nilgiris
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Circumstantial evidence’ of poisoning found in tiger deaths in the Nilgiris

The Hindu  

The Forest Department has found “circumstantial evidence” indicating that at least one of the two tigers that were found dead on Saturday could have been poisoned, officials said. However, he said, the Department staff, when perambulating the area, discovered the decomposed carcass of a cattle close to where the tiger carcasses were found. D. Venkatesh, Conservator of Forests, said external …

Two tigresses found dead in the Nilgiris
1 year, 3 months ago

Two tigresses found dead in the Nilgiris

The Hindu  

Two tigresses were found dead in close proximity to each other in a water body in Nehru Nagar at Emerald in Kundha on Saturday. “Our investigations into the deaths of the two tigresses have already begun, though the postmortem would only be conducted on Sunday,” said Mr. Gowtham. The District Forest Officer said the cause of death could be established …

Another tiger dies in Maharashtra, 29 reported deaths since January this year
1 year, 4 months ago

Another tiger dies in Maharashtra, 29 reported deaths since January this year

Hindustan Times  

A tiger that strayed out of the Pench tiger reserve in Maharashtra died by electrocution in an area under the Ramtek forest range early on Sunday, the 29th tiger to die in the state this year, people familiar with the matter said. The tiger was likely to have come out from the Pench forest and was venturing into the village …

Poacher who allegedly poisoned tiger to death arrested by Uttarakhand STF
1 year, 4 months ago

Poacher who allegedly poisoned tiger to death arrested by Uttarakhand STF

Hindustan Times  

A Dehradun-based poacher who had allegedly killed a tiger in Badapur forest range in Bijnor of Uttar Pradesh from Kashipur in Udham Singh Nagar was arrested by Uttarakhand Police’s special task force on Monday, officials said. The accused in his interrogation revealed that he had killed the tiger two months ago in Badapur forest range. “The accused in his interrogation …

Maharashtra: 2 villagers in Chandrapur killed in tiger attacks over last 2 days
1 year, 5 months ago

Maharashtra: 2 villagers in Chandrapur killed in tiger attacks over last 2 days

Hindustan Times  

Two people have died in tiger attacks in separate incidents over the last two days in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur. The first incident took place on Wednesday when Devta Jiwan Chanfane was mauled by the big cat near Akapur village in Nagbhid tehsil of Bramhapuri forest division when the person had to work on the farm. When Devta did not return home …

Two persons killed in tiger attack in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur
1 year, 5 months ago

Two persons killed in tiger attack in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur

The Hindu  

Two persons have been killed in tiger attack in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district in the last two days, a forest official said on Thursday, July 13. On Wednesday, July 12, a 47-year-old woman was mauled to death near Akapur village in Nagbhid tehsil of Brahmapuri forest division when she went to her farm for work, the official said. A tiger pounced …

Madhya Pradesh: Tiger hunts elderly man in Indore; Forest department refuses to declare it as man-eater
1 year, 6 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Tiger hunts elderly man in Indore; Forest department refuses to declare it as man-eater

India TV News  

The forest department has refused to accept the tiger that killed an elderly man in Madhya Pradesh's Indore as a man-eater. 4 teams are engaged in search for the tiger Shah said after the meeting, ' The death of an elderly man in a tiger attack in Mhow forest area is very sad. Officials said the tiger had mauled 60-year-old …

Odisha: Forest officer shot dead inside Similipal tiger reserve by poachers
1 year, 6 months ago

Odisha: Forest officer shot dead inside Similipal tiger reserve by poachers

Hindustan Times  

A forest officer patrolling the Similipal Tiger Reserve was allegedly shot dead by poachers late Friday night, officials said. Mati Hansdah, forester in Upper Barahakumuda range was killed by poachers Officials said Mati Hansdah, a tribal forester, along with other forest officials was patrolling near Gamchacharan beat camp in the Upper Barahakumuda range which is part of the core area …

4 dead in tiger attacks since March 31 in Dudhwa
1 year, 6 months ago

4 dead in tiger attacks since March 31 in Dudhwa

Hindustan Times  

Dudhwa was witnessing a rise in human-animal conflicts, which has caused at least four human casualties since March 31, officials said. A 10-year-old boy was mauled to death by a tiger in the Katarniaghat forest range of the Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, which is a part of the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, in Bahraich on Thursday evening In the latest incident, Shiv …

Odisha forest guard, 35, shot dead by poachers in Similipal tiger reserve
1 year, 7 months ago

Odisha forest guard, 35, shot dead by poachers in Similipal tiger reserve

Hindustan Times  

A 35-year-old forest guard was shot dead late by a group of poachers late on Monday in Odisha’s Similipal tiger reserve, people familiar with the matter said. Odisha forest guard Bimal Kumar Jena died due to gunshot injury sustained during an attempt to disarm poachers. “Saddened to share that forest guard Shri Bimal Kumar Jena was killed by poachers in …

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