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Elephant calf found dead in Assam, probe underway
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
An elephant calf was found dead in a paddy field in the Boko area of Assam on Friday.
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Assam: Two forest officers, one local youth injured in leopard attack in G
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
At least three people, including two forest staff, were injured after a leopard attacked them in Guwahati's Fatasil Ambari area.
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Wild elephant killed by speeding train in Assam
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Biswa Jyoti Das, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Biswanath Chariali told ANI over the phone that, last night at around 10 pm, a male wild elephant died after being hit by the Donyi Polo Express train.
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Leopard that roamed in Bengaluru for 5 days shot dead
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The leopard was first captured in the Kudlu Gate area but a forest officer fired at it in self-defence when it tried to attack him at a veterinary hospital later and subsequently it died of bullet injuries, said forest officials.
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Chhattisgarh: Elephant herd blocks highway to protect calf that fell in Ko
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
According to Katghora Divisional Forest Officer, Nishant Kumar, "The cause of the unusual 'chakka jam' was an elephant calf that had fallen into a deep ditch next to the highway, prompting the herd of elephants to intervene."
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3 forest officials including DFO held on bribery charges in Assam
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Assam, caught red-handed and arrested three forest officials, including a Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), for taking bribes in Assam's Dhubri district on Thursday.
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J-K: Guchhi mushrooms worth 90 lakhs seized in Udhampur
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
The Forest Department officials of Udhampur division seized 307 kilograms of Guchhi (wild mushrooms) worth Rs 90-92 lakhs during a search operation on Sunday, the Divisional Forest Officer said.
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Two leopard cubs rescued by Wildlife Department in Haryana's Nuh
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Two leopard cubs were rescued on Friday by the Wildlife Department from Haryana's Nuh district.
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Chhattisgarh: Three held for allegedly smuggling Pangolin in Kanker
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"Following a precise tip-off that smugglers are looking for a customer to sell a pangolin, a forest department team swung into action and launched an operation to nab the accused persons", said a forest officer.
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Assam: CM Sarma urges officials to make 'tree-based economy' in state
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday held a meeting at Janata Bhawan with the Divisional Forest Officers and other officials of the Forest Department to take stock of the departmental activities like protection of forest land, revenue generation and building a tree-based econ
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MP: Video of man torturing peacock in Katni goes viral, accused on the run
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
In a shocking incident, a video of a man killing the national bird went viral on social media in the district of Katni of Madhya Pradesh, said the officials on Sunday.
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Baby elephant rescued from 10-foot-deep well in Odisha's Keonjhar
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Forest Officials rescued a baby elephant from a 10-foot-deep abandoned well along the Baitarani River at Tuntuna under the Champua forest range in Keonjhar district of Odisha in the early hours of Thursday.
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