Forest department officials on Sunday night captured an adult male tiger from the Kisorimohanpur area in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal after pursuing pugmarks adjoining residential areas for around a week, officials said. Notably, the pugmarks were first discovered a few days after the Forest department had finally captured tigress Zeenat following a wild goose chase through various …
Spotting leopards in the tea gardens of North Bengal is nothing new. This Friday, a similar incident was witnessed by the workers of the Pahargumia tea garden near Siliguri. The workers spotted a leopard cub in the garden while picking tea leaves. They also speculate that the cub most probably came with its mother to the tea garden, but the …
An adult male elephant was electrocuted at Birpara in Alipurduar district of West Bengal on Tuesday, making it the third such incident in the district in five weeks. A 15-year-old tusker was found dead on a small patch of land near a house at Ramjhora tea estate of Alipurduar district in West Bengal on the morning of July 21, 2020. …
Fresh pugmarks of a big cat have been spotted near a forest along the Jharkhand-West Bengal state border, officials said. The pugmarks, ascertained by forest officials as that of a tigress, were spotted near Dainmara forest in Jharkhand's Ghatsila on Sunday, they said. The pugmarks of the same tigress were spotted at two different areas of adjoining Jhargram district in …