A zoo in Chhattisgarh has offered Goa a pair of sloth bears in return for a pair of gaurs Panaji: Four years after Goa upgraded its sloth bear enclosure to meet Central Zoo Authority (CZA) standards, the state may be on the verge of welcoming the species to its only zoo at the Bondla Wildlife…
Panaji: Goa’s only zoo, at Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, has recorded births of five species under its conservation breeding programme so far this year.The births include a female sambar deer on Jan 16, a female blackbuck on Feb 2, a female spotted deer on March 4, a male gaur calf on April 4, and a jackal…
Belagavi: Wildlife conservationist Giridhar Kulkarni has lodged a complaint with the district administration and senior Forest Department officials over alleged illegal tourism, unauthorised trekking and repeated trespassing in ecologically sensitive reserve forests of the Kanakumbi Range in Khanapur taluk. He has sought departmental and legal action against Kanakumbi Range Forest Officer (RFO) Devendra Mane, alleging…
Elephant proof trench in Ubrani forest Shivamogga: A growing human-wildlife conflict is unfolding around the unique circular landscape of the Channagiri Range in the Bhadravathi Forest Division. Comprising the interconnected forest patches of Kukwada, Bandigudda, Ubrani and Hanumagiri, this isolated hub of deciduous forest and dense shrub vegetation is facing a multi-pronged crisis.Environmentalists contend that…
Jaipur: The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun has launched a detailed study of sloth bears in western Rajasthan, focusing on Jalore’s Jaswantpura region and Mount Abu, where rising bear numbers and increasing human-wildlife interactions have emerged as key conservation concerns.According to forest officials, the study will examine the species’ ecology, habitat conditions, food…
One of the suspected poacher caught on camera traps in Amrabad Tiger Reserve Hyderabad: What began as a routine tiger estimation exercise in Amrabad Tiger Reserve has led forest officials to crack down on suspected poachers after camera traps captured four men allegedly moving through the protected forest with a country-made gun, ammunition and other…
