Third tusker dies of electrocution in three days in OdishaThe middle-aged tusker came in contact with a live wire allegedly laid by a poacher in the forest area, about 500 meter away from Jagannath...
Tigress Sundari returns to MP’s Kanha reserve after being tranquilised
Shivraj Singh Chouhan asks Naveen Patnaik to care 'Tigress Sundari'Quoting media reports, Chouhan pointed out that Sundari is not being treated as per the prescribed guidelines and experts from the state ha...
Royal Bengal Tigers spotted in three new locations in OdishaForest and environment minister, Bijayshree Routray said on Saturday that RBTs presence have been reported from Hemagiri forest in Sundarga...
BJD legislators demand arrest of Baijayant Jay PandaOn Monday the Puri police had, acting on an FIR lodged by the Chilika Development Authority, seized the R-44 helicopter and locked the hang...
Madhya Pradesh shifts Bandhavgarh tigress to Odisha
Kanha tiger settled in Odisha forest, CM Naveen Patnaik says history madeWith the male Royal Bengal Tiger from Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh settling well in Odisha's Satkosia, chief minister Naveen Patna...
Tiger conservation plans for 16 reserves not approved: NTCARajasthan's Ranthambore and Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh and Panna are among 16 reserves whose tiger conservation plans have not been appro...
- Survey to determine density of animals at Satkosia Tiger Reserve
A sign survey, in which pugmarks, scraps and other marks are recorded to ascertain the density of herbivores and number of carnivores, will...
Satkosia wildlife sanctuary: No live fish on gharials’ menuGharials, considered a critically endangered species, survive on live fish. But Satkosia wildlife sanctuary authorities are facing a shorta...
- Allow stray tiger to mate in zoo, experts say
Wildlife experts have criticized the state government for preventing a tiger, which strayed into Nandankanan on April 30 last year, from ma...
Sanctuaries face towering problem in Odisha after Cyclone PhailinAs many as 20 VHF towers were damaged in the October 12 cyclone in different wildlife sanctuaries of the state, leading to disruption of co...
Odisha to formulate a new policy to avoid elephant deathsWith elephant deaths taking place at regular intervals, the Odisha government has decided to formulate new policy in order to protect jumbo...
- Angul boasts of highest number of jumbos
The elephant population in Angul forest circle has gone up to 633 this year from 591 during the 2010 census.
- Forest cover increases in Orissa by 100 sq km
Forest cover has increased by 100 square kilometers (sq kms) during 2005-07 thanks to pro-active Village Forest Protection Committees (VFPC...
- States vying to get Tiger reserve status
Hoping to save the big cat and other wild animals through funds available under Tiger Project, states are vying with each other to get Tige...
- Orissa to set up special tourist camps
The Orissa government has decided to set up special camps at various tourist destinations to attract more national and international travel...