With the mercury levels rising, the frequency of forest fires at the Nagarhole and Bandipur National Parks is on the increase.
The national parks have reported nearly 20 fire incidents since the onset of summer, this year.
The removal of lantana on the safari route inside the Bandipur National Park in Gundlupet taluk of Chamarajanagar district, is helping visitors in seeing the wild animals from a close angle.
There were complaints from tourists regarding poor visibility of the animals due to growth of the lantana on the safari route.
Following complaints, the Deputy Conservator of Forests Hanumanthappa took s
The report of the Elephant Task Force acknowledges the gravity of human-elephant conflicts, and makes a set of potentially far-reaching and forward-looking suggestions to alleviate them. The spirit of most of them is admirable and positive, but the devil, as always, is in the implementation.
The Bandipur Tiger Reserve staff have arrested four men who were poaching herbivores in the tiger reserve at Boodikote in the Gopalaswamy Betta range.
The arrest of Kamala Kannan of Salem, Krishnan from Ooty, Bomma from Kaniyanpura and Manju from Shivapura has revealed once again that the Gopalaswamy Betta is vulnerable for the anti-wildlife activities.
In a swift and efficient operation, the Forest Department staff of Bandipur Tiger Reserve has averted a major wildlife disaster that would have resulted in loss of wildlife, by detecting 45 wire snares in the N Begur and Gundre ranges.
The snares, made of telephone wires, steel cables and even natural tree fibres were set to catch animals like ch
