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TN govt makes prior permission mandatory for installing electric fences within 5 km radius of forest areas

July 04, 2023 9:11 pm

As per an official statement, the new rule would also standardise and regulate already erected power fences around farm lands.

Rhino killed in Assam, 2 poachers shot dead

March 27, 2014 1:02 am

Assam lost around 40 rhinos to poachers in 2013, of which 35 were killed in Kaziranga alone.

Mystery deaths in Bilaspur zoo: 22 cheetals, all of them female

January 15, 2014 11:29 pm

The zookeeper found them dead Wednesday morning when he went to their enclosure to feed them.

Meerut villages on edge as mystery animal kills 3

September 10, 2012 4:35 am

For the last fortnight,nearly 20,000 residents of three villages in Parikshitgarh range of Meerut forest division have been living under a constant fear as many as three women have been killed and one seriously injured by what people say is from the attacks by wild animals.

26 forest teams to man jungles 24x7

June 22, 2012 3:52 am

Pilibhit tigers Move comes month after two big cats were killed in absence of vigil cameras

Tigers maul 2 to death

June 04, 2011 12:38 am

With these incidents,the human toll in a tiger or leopard attack this year has gone up to six, the DFO said.

UP wakes up to degraded forests

November 08, 2009 7:04 am

In an attempt to restore degraded forest areas in the state,the UP forest department has written to its divisional forest officers asking them to identify such degraded forests.