Elephants kill two forest employees in Corbett
DEHRADUN: The incidents of human-animal conflicts are not coming to an end in the Corbett Tiger Reserve. After three incidents where three forest employees have been killed by tiger and one more badly...
View Article6 Amazing Wildlife Encounters, beyond the Tiger
--> dna brings you exclusive, fascinating encounters with the animal kingdom—beyond India's favourite big cat, the tiger—that will leave you awestruck Predator's eye Watching wildlife in their...
View ArticleRhino, elephants spotted at PTR for first time
Bareilly: In a first, a rhino and herd of elephants have been spotted in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR). The image of the rhino has been captured by cameras installed in the forests while field staff...
View ArticleTenth elephant died in Rajaji in last 8 months
DEHRADUN: An elephant died in Rajaji on Friday night after falling unconscious during the day, taking the number of elephant deaths in the past eight months in the forest to 10. The deaths, however,...
View ArticleSoon, tourists to U’khand can book forest guest houses online
DEHRADUN: Tourists can soon avail detailed information about 240 forest guest houses on the website of the Uttarakhand forest department. Online booking will also be open for six of these forest houses...
View ArticleFor 10 yrs, no elephant deaths in Rajaji because of trains
DEHRADUN: The loss of wildlife after being hit by trains is a continuing problem across the country. At Rajaji Tiger Reserve, though, there is one unique achievement that could serve as an example for...
View ArticleIndia's monsoons: A change in the rain
The Western Ghats are a 1,500 kilometre-long ribbon of mountains that run through the southwestern part of India, forming a jagged edge that separates the high Deccan Plateau, which makes up most of...
View ArticleWorld Wildlife Day special - Online adaption for Dehradun zoo animals
DEHRADUN: Dehradun zoo authority is going online for the adoption of the animals kept there. Director Zoo maintains that it would be for the first time that online bidding for zoo animal adoption would...
View ArticleTenth elephant dies in Rajaji in eight months
DEHRADUN: A young elephant died in Dholkhand range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve on Friday night. This makes it the 10th elephant having died for various reasons in last eight months besides poaching in...
View ArticleUttarakhand government making intense efforts for relocation of van gujjar...
DEHRADUN : It is unimaginable for a city or village dweller to imagine the way van gujjars live in the forest area. One such family is of Sakina Bano (29) and her husband Mohd Talib with their eight...
View ArticleThe 'badass' dhole: Asian dog more endangered than tigers, yet ignored
Little-known by scientists and largely ignored by conservationists, the wild Asian dog – or dhole – faces widespread deforestation, poisonings, lack of prey and disease. Can a few dhole champions save...
View ArticleIndian conservationist Jim Corbett enjoyed strong links with Kenya
NEW DELHI India -- After he retired as a hunter, photographer and a conservationist, Jim Corbett moved to Kenya in 1947 and settled in Nyeri, a sleepy town on the slopes of Mount Kenya, where he wrote...
View ArticleFive of the best forests for tiger spotting in India
Tiger spotters in India have cause for jubilation this year. After years of depressing reports about poaching, shrinking habitats and overall alarming reduction in the number of tigers in India, there...
View ArticleBreathtaking bio reserves in the country that should be on your bucket list
Recently, a special committee formed by the Ministry of Environment and Forest announced that work is underway to recognise a biosphere reserve in Rajasthan at Desert National Park and related areas in...
View ArticleTravels with the rain
Brooks full and joyous, nature clad in rich colours, life verberating in every blade of grass, fragrance of the fresh earth… each signifies the arrival of monsoon in the wilderness. Rain brings life...
View ArticleCorbett tiger safari project in soup
DEHRADUN: The Centre has red flagged a proposed tiger safari project in Uttarakhand's Corbett National Park and asked the state government to first comply with wildlife norms. Uttarakhand ranks second...
View ArticleUttarakhand state administration takes forest officials to task over opening...
DEHRADUN : A few months after the Beatles ashram located in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve was opened for tourists with much fanfare by the Harish Rawat govt, the reserve's officials, after the dismissal of...
View ArticleThree new buffer zones of Rajaji not administered by tiger reserve authority
DEHRADUN: It has been almost one and half years since Rajaji was notified as tiger reserve and, three ranges, Laldang and Kotdwar of Lansdowne forest division and, Shyampur range of Haridwar forest...
View ArticleThird forest employee killed by tiger in Corbett
DEHRADUN: One after another, tigers in have killed three forest employees in a span of three months. The third was killed in wee hours on Saturday. The experts are blaming it on uncontrolled tourism in...
View ArticleAt tiger reserves, it’s time for Operation Monsoon
DEHRADUN: Preparations have begun for 'Operation Monsoon', when the two tiger reserves in the state, Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) and Rajaji Tiger Reserve (RTR) shut to tourists for five months after...
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