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Project Cheetah: New big cats expected by year-end, talks on with Botswana
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Project Cheetah, India's ambitious initiative to reintroduce the world's fastest land animal, is set for a major boost by the year-end. Negotiations are underway with Botswana, Namibia and Kenya to translocate 8-10 cheetahs from each country.
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Bahraich: Three-year-old dragged away by wild animal, search operation on
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Ram Singh Yadav told ANI, "Around 10 am, we received information from Gangojhala village. A woman in a house on the outskirts of the village reported that an animal had taken away her 3-year-old son. Locals said they tried to rescue the child, but were unsucce
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MP: Female Cheetah Dheera translocated to Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The operation began at dawn in Kuno National Park, where the veterinary team, field staff, and senior officials of the Forest Department meticulously supervised every stage of the translocation. Dheera, calm yet alert inside her transport crate, undertook a 7-hour journey in a specially
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Hyderabad police arrest two with 10 kg of deer meat and horns; seize vehic
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The officials said the accused were caught while attempting to transport the wildlife products in a four-wheeler.
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Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel pays tribute to nine forest personnel for their
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In honour of the sacrifice of forest guards, foresters, range forest officers, and other frontline forest personnel of the Forest Department who were martyred while performing their duty in the protection and conservation of forests and wildlife, the Central Government has been observing 11t
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Uttarakhand to celebrate Buransh and Padam flowering festivals on lines of
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
On the lines of the famous cherry festival of Japan, the Uttarakhand Forest Department has decided to celebrate Buransh and Padam flowering festivals, according to a press release.
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Forest department rules out leopard presence on campus after verification:
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Forest officials did not confirm the presence of a leopard in JNU. They have gone back after spot verification," JNU officials told ANI.
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Assam: Pobitora Sanctuary holds awareness drive on plastic pollution, part
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
During the drive, more than 200 individuals from Rajamayong Village and the Forest Department of Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary participated, collecting and disposing of a huge quantity of one-time-use plastic from the picnic spots and roadside of the Pobitora-Kamarpur Road, which spans approxi
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Andhra Dy CM Pawan Kalyan directs senior officials to investigate Srisaila
Updated : 7 months ago IST
Minister for Environment, Andhra Pradesh, and Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra, Pawan Kalyan, on Wednesday took a firm stance on a recent clash between forest department employees and a legislator's followers in the Srisailam forest area.
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Vantara, Gujarat Forest Department join hands to enrich wildlife diversity
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
In a major step to strengthen wildlife diversity, the Gujarat Forest Department, in collaboration with Vantara, a leading wildlife rescue and conservation initiative founded by Anant Ambani, introduced 33 spotted deer (Axis axis), commonly known as chital, into a designated protected area.
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Odisha: Cobra enters house in Mayurbhanj, lies next to sleeping man under
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
The snake further entered the mosquito net where the house owner was sleeping and, surprisingly, lay down beside him without attacking.
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World Elephant Day to be celebrated in Coimbatore, human-elephant conflict
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, will organise the World Elephant Day celebration on August 12 in Coimbatore. The annual event reaffirms the global commitment to conserve one of the planet's most ico
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