Arikomban, which got its name from its love for 'ari' (rice), and 'komban' means tusker, has damaged several houses and ration shops in Chinnakanal and Munnar areas at Idukki in the past few years.
Two people were arrested for allegedly poaching a bear cub in a forest patch of Chhattisgarh's Kanker district and the animal's carcass was recovered from them, forest officials said.
However, the cheetah, named 'Oban', was under surveillance of the forest officials and they were trying to move the animal towards the Kuno National Park, the official said.
Giving details, forest officials said the leopard was killed and buried by the locals of the Barpathar Tengani area after it attacked and injured three people in the area.
The carcass of the woman identified as Sanmati Barik of Jalmadei village of Sesong Gram Panchayat within Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Nuapada was recovered by the forest officials on Monday morning.
According to STF, a joint operation was launched with Forest Officials of Boudh Forest Division in Harabhanga area on Saturday regarding the smuggling of wildlife products by wildlife criminals.
The forest department is adopting technology-oriented solutions such as drones and thermal cameras to support the monitoring of the animals and alert villages if there is a chance of an encounter with humans.
Officials of the Belakoba forest range on Sunday seized one piece of elephant ivory, weighing three kgs, and arrested one person, accused of smuggling, in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district.
A leopard attacked and injured a 15-year-old boy in Chikkaboregowdanadoddy village of Mandya district in Karnataka. The parents and villagers have raised their demands to the authorities to catch the leopard. Frequent leopard attacks are happening in state of Karnataka
Local villagers rescued two deer in the Dalgaon area in Assam's Darrang district. The local villagers of the Ghiladhari area near Dalgaon on Thursday rescued two deer and informed forest officials. Later forest officials reached the spot and took the rescued deer to Orang National Park. A fo
The rhino also attacked another civilian and two forest officials in the Dakshin Hengera area on February 3 and on February 4, Rhino entered the Borting Naosholia Kathoni area.