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Vijaya Vasave—The first trans woman forest guard in Maharashtra

December 18, 2024 11:38 am

"I come from a tribal farmer family, and the dichotomy within me was not clear to any one. But since childhood I felt I was a woman, so once my transition was complete, I managed to be at peace with myself," says Vijaya.

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100 Forest Beat Guard aspirants detained for protesting: Cops

September 25, 2024 1:05 am

Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board had conducted the Forest Beat Guard recruitment examination to fill 823 vacancies.

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Poachers gun down Odisha tiger reserve patrol member: Why guns alone can’t protect forest guards in India

June 25, 2023 12:19 pm

India’s frontline forest staff — contract labourers, guards, foresters and rangers — have long fought an unequal battle against poachers, illegal miners, and tree-fellers. They have also been targeted by mass encroachers and insurgents.

Woman forest guard killed by tigress in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve

November 20, 2021 7:28 pm

Tiger attacks on forest staffers are very rare. Earlier, in 2012, a forest guard was killed by a tiger near a water hole. In 2017, a forest labourer was killed in TATR.

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SC for better equipping forest guards to take on poachers

January 09, 2021 4:49 am

A bench headed by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde also pointed to the need for a separate wildlife division of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to deal with proceeds of crimes committed against environment and wildlife.

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Four booked for attacking forest guards in Kalwa

May 28, 2020 8:38 pm

The guards were pelted with stones while trying to remove an encroachment in the reserve forest area.

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Chhattisgarh: Forest guard among two trampled to death by elephant

June 20, 2019 4:39 pm

The elephant which attacked the villagers and forest guard apparently got separated from its herd and was roaming around the villages for last few days following which the locals were asked to stay alert, the official added.

UP: 1 held after forest guard lynched, another injured

March 17, 2019 5:38 am

Divisional Forest Officer, Sonbhadra, Sanjeev Kumar Singh, said around 9 pm Friday, the department got a tip-off that a few persons involved in illegal mining were loading stones in a tractor-trolley at Papri village under Machhi Forest range.

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Forest guard trampled to death by herd of elephants in Karnataka

April 26, 2018 8:51 pm

Mahadevu along with some other foresters had gone to Solaba village in that district to drive away a herd of elephants, which had entered the village and wreaked havoc.

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Gujarat: Lioness attacks Amreli farmer, forest guards deployed on field

May 29, 2016 7:53 pm

Chandu Vala (32), the farmer of the Kodiya village was allegedly attacked by a lioness at around 1:30 pm while he was working in lemon orchard belonging to his uncle Lakha Vala.