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NGT grants sanction to construction of wall in Rajaji ParkThe National Green Tribunal has granted its nod to construction of a concrete wall inside the Rajaji National Park along the Song river in ...
Harish Rawat's nod to Special Tiger Protection ForceClearance for constituting a Special Tiger Protection Force at Corbett was given by Rawat at a meeting with the Wildlife Board yesterday.
Two butterfly parks to be set up in UttarakhandUttarakhand government has decided to develop two butterfly parks one each in Kumaon and Garhwal regions of the state.
- Camera trap to be used for wildlife census
The Haryana wildlife department, for the first time, will use the camera trap method to get the exact number of animals in its sanctuaries.
CEC directs Uttarakhand forest department to stop wall construction in Rajaji National ParkThe Central Empowered Committee (CEC), constituted by the Supreme Court has directed the Uttarakhand forest department to stop any construc...
- Banned painkiller behind death of 21 endangered vultures?
The death of 21 highly endangered Himalayan Griffon vultures in a Haldwani village has come as "very shocking news" for the Uttarakhand wil...
- Uttarakhand emerging as hotspot of ivory smuggling
Uttarakhand, known as one of the safest abodes of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Southeast Asia, is fast emerging as an important ...
- Confusion continuing over tiger killings
Confusion persists regarding the tiger that is apparently on a man hunt. Is it a tiger or a tigress; how many have been killed? With a leop...
- Uttarakhand wildlife officials in tussle over poaching cases
In a move that has created ripples within the department, the additional principal chief conservator of forests has now blamed the principa...
Counting of tigers to begin in Terai regionThe counting will begin in the second week of January in Corbett and end in Rajaji National Park.
- Poacher’s wife gets 7-yr jail term
Rani, the wife of convicted poacher Sansar Chand, was convicted on Friday in Uttarakhand for illegal wildlife trade, and sentenced to seven...
- Uttarakhand to set up rescue centre for big cats
The state's forest department on Friday decided to set up a well-equipped Tiger Transit Rescue Centre at Ramnagar town in Nainital district...
- Tiger poacher convicted to 3 years rigorous imprisonment
A court in Khatima, Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand had sentenced notorious tiger poacher Birbal alias Totha Ram, a resident of P...
- Notorious tiger poacher Totha Ram arrested
A notorious tiger poacher from Panipat, Birbal alias Totha Ram, was arrested in Banbasa at Champawat district of Uttarakhand in a joint ope...
- Uttarakhand forest department bust gang
Uttarakhand forest department claimed to have busted a gang allegedly involved in the trade of timber and wildlife by arresting 14 of its m...
- Two leopard skins seized in Dehradun
In a joint operation by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttarakhand Police Department and Wildlife Protection Society of India, one person ...
- Poachers arrested near Corbett National Park
In a significant success, the Uttarakhand forest department has nabbed five poachers at Ramnagar, the gateway of Corbett National Park.