Tiger returns to Gujarat: Ratanmahal forests now home to three big catsGujarat now hosts lions, tigers, and leopards. Tigers have been spotted in Ratanmahal forests. The National Tiger Conservation Authority ha...
28 Dec, 2025, 07.57 AM IST
Gujarat roars back on India's tiger map after over 30 years; NTCA declares it 'tiger-present' stateGujarat has officially been reinstated as a 'tiger-present state' after over three decades, with the National Tiger Conservation Authority ...
26 Dec, 2025, 05.23 PM IST
29% rise in Asiatic lion population in GirThe exercise was undertaken as the five yearly census could not be carried out in May due to the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown, it said...
10 Jun, 2020, 06.07 PM IST
- Ban of harmful NSAIDs sought for vulture conservation
As a part of Wildlife Week, 2017 celebration the Wildlife Circle of Gujarat Forest Department has organized a symposium on Vulture Conserva...
09 Oct, 2017, 09.14 PM IST
- Gujarat marine sites to get German help
The Gujarat forest department will collaborate with the German federal ministry for the environment, nature conservation, building and nucl...
22 Jul, 2015, 02.12 AM IST
Home stay policy at Gir to be reviewedGujarat tourism department, following the notification of July 1 that has brought tourism department’s home stay policy around Gir Sanctuar...
07 Jul, 2015, 05.57 AM IST
- Forest dept bans home stay near Gir sanctuary
As part of the new ecotourism policy to be tabled before the Gujarat high court before June 24, the forest department has decided to put a ...
18 Jun, 2015, 05.41 AM IST
Gujarat government takes up project to restore habitat for sloth bears in JessoreThe project aims at planting good amount of trees in the sanctuaries and removing unwanted plant species that have intruded in the habitat.
25 May, 2015, 12.41 PM IST
- Project to restore habitat for sloth bears in Jessore
Gujarat government has taken up a project to provide better habitat to sloth bears by restoring the ecology of Jessore wildlife sanctuary, ...
25 May, 2015, 10.49 AM IST
- Gujarat forest department used only half its lion funds
If the figures tabled in the state assembly are to be believed, the government has spent less than 50% of the grants allocated to lion cons...
28 Feb, 2015, 05.12 PM IST
- Zoological Society of London enters in Asiatic lion Conservation
The Gujarat Forest department has gone Smart. The department will use smart software which will be used for tracking the movement of their ...
26 Feb, 2015, 09.42 PM IST
238 lions died in Gir forest in five years, says Congress MLAAlleging carelessness in protecting Asiatic lions by the Gujarat State Forest Department, Ribadiya claimed that 238 lions had died during t...
23 Jul, 2014, 10.26 PM IST
- Caracal trapped in wild weed rescued by Gujarat forest department
The forest department rescued a female caracal (a wild cat known for its reclusive behaviour) that had got trapped in gando baval weeds in ...
30 Nov, 2013, 03.07 PM IST
- After snubbing MP, Gujarat to send Asiatic Lions to Uttar Pradesh
After rejecting the proposal to send Asiatic lions to a sanctuary in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat government is set to transfer fou...
17 Aug, 2013, 10.39 PM IST
After snubbing MP, Gujarat to send Asiatic Lions to UPGujarat govt set to transfer four animals to the proposed safari at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's native Saifai village in ...
17 Aug, 2013, 09.47 PM IST
- Researchers put satellite tag on whale shark off Guj coast
For the first time in India, a whale shark has been tagged with a `satellite collar' to track the migration routes, behaviour and ecologica...
21 Mar, 2011, 02.10 PM IST
Warrant against Aamir in Chinkara caseThe Gujarat forest department has handed an arrest warrant against actor Aamir Khan -- for allegedly filming chinkaras while shooting for '...
04 Apr, 2008, 09.54 AM IST