A leopard who sought sanctuary inside a house at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district, fearing Diwali crackers, escaped late on Sunday, officials said.
Six people were injured after a leopard attack, including a journalist who was covering the rescue operation in Brookland near Coonoor in the Nilgiris district of Tamil Nadu.
The residents in the Kotagiri area fear the bison attacks around the residential areas and want the foresters to be active round-the-clock to tackle the man-animal conflict in the backdrop of drying jungles forcing wild animals to stray out.
The dead elephant was pregnant. It has been found that the elephant died due to the rupture of the carapace due to the shock caused when another male elephant tried to mate with the female elephant
Tamil Nadu forest department officials have been monitoring the wild elephants in the Gudalur and the Pandalur areas of Nilgiri district as they increasingly enter the human habitats and cause destruction to properties and standing crops in the areas.
According to the police, 61 people, including two drivers and 59 tourists were travelling in the bus when the accident took place on Saturday allegedly due to the carelessness of the driver.
According to police, the bus was on its way from Coonoor to Tenkasi when it met with the accident. The passengers who were onboard the bus were returning home from a tour in Ooty.
The team of National Tiger Commission Crime Branch included Inpector General Muralikumar, Central Forest Animal Crime Prevention Unit South Zone Director Kripa Shankar, Central Forest Animal Research Center Senior Scientist Ramesh Krishna Murthy and others.
Ooty (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 30: Good Shepherd International School (GSIS) has recently announced the appointment of Dr Madhav Deo Saraswat as its new Principal and Director. The school, which is situated amidst the scenic Nilgiris Hills in Ooty, is the only Indian school featured among th