SIX Persons, including a juvenile, were held by the forest department on Monday after they were allegedly caught red-handed organising an illegal lion show in revenue area Veraval taluka of Gir Somnath district. Revenue areas are not considered part of the wildlife sanctuary. Five of the six accused were identified as Aniruddha Nathani (30), Hiren Vaishnav […]
Lion shows using Baits It was during the visit of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, to the Gir forest in 1955, that tethered buffalo baits were provided for the first time to anchor lions so that they could be conveniently shown to the distinguished visitors. This technique was perfected and adopted […]
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of humankind.”― Mahatma Gandhi Wild animals are born to live free. Even in jungles where food is […]
Siddapura: Concerned at the increasing instances of elephant-human conflict, the Forest Department, for the first time in Kodagu, has put radio collars on elephants to study their migration patterns. A tool embedded in the collar will send signals 24X7.
Highlights If the initial trend in the analysis made by the state forest department is to be believed, at least 94 big cats were photographed in the mangroves. A senior state forest department official said they expected an upper limit of 110 tigers on the Indian side of the Sunderbans. KOLKATA: Indian Sunderbans is set […]
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