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3-year-old leopard stuck in 'jaw trap' rescued in Maharashtra
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): A 3-year old male leopard was found trapped in a jaw trap set up by poachers in Jeur Haibati village here. The mammal was later rescued by Wildlife SOS and the Forest Department.
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Efforts intensified to contain Bandipur forest fire in Karnataka
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Karnataka [India] Feb 25 (ANI): A day after Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy directions, the state's Forest Department on Monday took preventive measures to contain the fire having engulfed Bandipur forest reserve area.
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Kumaraswamy directs officials to take precautionary measures to keep fores
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Karnataka [India], Feb 24 (ANI): Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday directed the state's Forest Department officials to take preventive measures to keep the forest fires under check.
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Leopard spotted inside basement of Thane hotel
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Thane (Maharashtra) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): A leopard was spotted on in the basement of a hotel here on Wednesday.
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Telangana government reshuffles 200 officers in Forest Department
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Feb 5 (ANI): Telangana government on Tuesday reshuffled nearly 200 officers of the Forest Department to ensure the posting of committed and dedicated officers in the department.
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Animal lovers in Coimbatore protest against translocation of wild Jumbo
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 4 (ANI): Animal lovers and social activists protested on Monday in front of the Coimbatore Collectorate office demanding the forest department bring back a wild jumbo which was captured a few days back from Thadagam region of Tamil Nadu.
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Female elephant dies in goods train accident in Odisha
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Dhenkanal (Odisha), [India], Feb 2 (ANI): A female elephant died after being hit by a goods train near Barada level crossing under Sadar police limits in Dhenkanal on Friday.
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3 arrested for killing 2 forest guards in Bihar
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
West Champaran (Bihar) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Three people have been arrested today for the alleged killing of two security personnel by wood smugglers in West Champaran district on Sunday, said Bagaha Superintendent of Police, Arvind Gupta.
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WB: 1 arrested in possession of 19 tortoises
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Officials from Belda Forest Department recovered 19 tortoises from Khakurda market here on Sunday, and arrested one man in connection with the case.
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Wood smugglers attack forest team, 2 security personnel dead
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
West Champaran (Bihar) [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Two security personnel on Sunday were killed in a reported attack on a forest department team by alleged wood smugglers in West Champaran forest area.
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Telangana: Forest Department warns against sale of Chinese Manza
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Hyderabad [Telangana], Jan 5 (ANI): Telangana Forest Department has warned retailers and wholesalers to not sell banned Chinese Manza (thread) to people for upcoming Sankranthi festival.
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UP govt planning to rejuvenate water springs
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India] Jan 2: After the success of Environmental Isotope application technology, an initiative of Uttarakhand Forest Department, in the rejuvenation of water springs in Uttarakhand's Sukhlapur, Uttar Pradesh government is planning to launch the project in various town
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