Alipurduar, Dec. 22: The forest department has decided to introduce swamp deer in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary after it receives six of them from Lucknow Zoo.
In exchange, three almost-adult elephants will be sent to the zoo in Uttar Pradesh, V.K. Sood, the conservator of forest wildlife (north), said.
After poachers were suspected to be responsible for the death of one of the rhinoceros at Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary in north Bengal, senior forest officials have decided to fill up the post of security guards that are lying vacant for the past few years.
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Teesta, the rescued elephant calf, at Jaldapara on Saturday. Picture by Anirban Choudhury
Alipurduar, Sept. 27: Forest minister Ananta Roy has said any rescued elephant calf will from now on be handed over to Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary alone for rearing.
Alipurduar, Sept. 21: An outbreak of the foot and mouth disease among cattle in the villages on the fringes of Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary even after vaccination has left foresters worried about wild herbivores catching the infection.
Five teams of the forest department today fanned out on elephant backs in Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary to identify herbivores that showed signs of illness.
Alipurduar, May 28: Twenty-four hours after a tusker was killed by the speeding Guwahati-bound Jhajha Express, wildlife NGOs are hoping that the new railway minister will be more proactive about saving animals from track deaths.
