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Four persons working at a private resort in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve were arrested and remanded to judicial custody on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, for feeding a wild elephant, reportedly to entertain visitors at their resort. Forest Department said that the four men were working at Avadale, a private resort functioning in the Singara Forest Range in Masinagudi. They checked …

NILGIRIS: After conducting an investigation into the death of 11 cows in and around Masinagudi in the last one month in the district, the Animal husbandry department on Monday said the animals did not die of starvation but due to malnutrition also known as Downer Cow Syndrome. According to sources, though many people in Masinagudi rear native cows, the owners …

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Ailing elephant that was treated by Forest Department dies in MTR

A six-year-old male elephant that was found in a weak state in Masinagudi in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve a few days ago was found dead on Tuesday. The cause of death of the animal could have possibly been exacerbated by the lack of rain in the landscape, leading to the deterioration of health of an already weak animal, Forest Department …

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NILGIRIS: A bar and store room of a hotel at Masinagudi in the Nilgiris district was sealed by the officials of the Prohibition and Excise Department on Tuesday night. On December 1, 2023, the Madras High Court had ordered Nilgiris district collector P Aruna and the officials of the Prohibition and Excise department to carry out frequent inspection of bars …

Two elephants were found dead within the limits of the Masinagudi division of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in the Nilgiris district. Post-mortem examination findings and preliminary investigations by the Forest Department suggested that the pachyderms could have died of ageing. In the first case, the carcass of a 60-year-old adult female elephant was found within the limits of Mavanalla station …

Masinagudi residents plan protest against forest department over enforcement of SC verdict on Eco-Sensitive Zone

Masinagudi residents, living in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, have planned to stage a protest against the Forest department on Monday alleging that the rules enforced by the department threaten their livelihoods. The Forest Department has been enforcing the High Court’s order banning cattle grazing inside tiger reserves, as well as the Supreme Court’s order to create …

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Capture Tiger T23 alive, Madras HC orders Tamil Nadu forest department