Forest Officials In Tamil Nadu

A five-month-old male tiger cub was killed after being hit by a vehicle in Nilgiris district, a forest department official said here on Friday.

Forest department officials on Saturday caught a leopard that created panic among the people of the Papanasam area in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district.

Forest officials at the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) in Tamil Nadu successfully rescued and reunited a lost elephant calf with its herd.

A leopard sought sanctuary inside a house at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district, fearing Diwali crackers, said a forest official on Sunday.

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department's Artificial Intelligence (AI) based surveillance mechanism, established on a pilot project basis, started recording elephant movements on railway track in Madhukkarai in Coimbatore, a senior government official said.

The Madras High Court on Friday upheld the convictions of 215 people involved in the heinous 1992 Vachathi Atrocities Case. In 2011, a lower court had convicted 215 policemen, forest and revenue officials for raping 18 women and torturing men.

A man has been arrested for allegedly poisoning two tigresses to death in Nilgiris recently, Forest Department officials said on Monday.

Two tiger cubs were found dead at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and a probe has been ordered to ascertain the reason for their death, Forest Department officials said on Thursday.

Two middle-aged men have been arrested for placing electric fences on their land that led to the death of an elephant inside Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) here, forest officials said.

A massive fire has erupted in the forest area near Kodaikanal hills of Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, officials said today.

Three adult elephants were electrocuted when they came into contact with an illegal electric fencing at a farm in Kendenahalli village, Marandahalli, in the district, a senior forest official said on Tuesday.

Forest officials in Tamil Nadu have arrested a man who they say is a seasoned illegal trader and smuggler of protected wild animals and birds.

A video is going viral on social media which shows forest department officials in Tamil Nadu rescuing a deer from a well. The video was shared by IAS officer Supriya Sahu on Twitter on Wednesday.

5 forest department officials from Tamil Nadu, who had gone to Palakkad to enqure about speed of train which mowed down three elephants near Ettimadai on outskirts of the city on November 26, were reportedly detained at Palakkad railway station.

The elusive maneater tiger, on the prowl in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district for over a year, has been captured alive by the forest department officials today. The tiger had allegedly killed four people in the span of a year.

A five-month-old male tiger cub was killed after being hit by a vehicle in Nilgiris district, a forest department official said here on Friday.

Forest department officials on Saturday caught a leopard that created panic among the people of the Papanasam area in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district.

Forest officials at the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) in Tamil Nadu successfully rescued and reunited a lost elephant calf with its herd.

A leopard sought sanctuary inside a house at Coonoor in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district, fearing Diwali crackers, said a forest official on Sunday.

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department's Artificial Intelligence (AI) based surveillance mechanism, established on a pilot project basis, started recording elephant movements on railway track in Madhukkarai in Coimbatore, a senior government official said.

The Madras High Court on Friday upheld the convictions of 215 people involved in the heinous 1992 Vachathi Atrocities Case. In 2011, a lower court had convicted 215 policemen, forest and revenue officials for raping 18 women and torturing men.

A man has been arrested for allegedly poisoning two tigresses to death in Nilgiris recently, Forest Department officials said on Monday.

Two tiger cubs were found dead at the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and a probe has been ordered to ascertain the reason for their death, Forest Department officials said on Thursday.

Two middle-aged men have been arrested for placing electric fences on their land that led to the death of an elephant inside Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) here, forest officials said.

A massive fire has erupted in the forest area near Kodaikanal hills of Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu, officials said today.

Three adult elephants were electrocuted when they came into contact with an illegal electric fencing at a farm in Kendenahalli village, Marandahalli, in the district, a senior forest official said on Tuesday.

Forest officials in Tamil Nadu have arrested a man who they say is a seasoned illegal trader and smuggler of protected wild animals and birds.

A video is going viral on social media which shows forest department officials in Tamil Nadu rescuing a deer from a well. The video was shared by IAS officer Supriya Sahu on Twitter on Wednesday.

5 forest department officials from Tamil Nadu, who had gone to Palakkad to enqure about speed of train which mowed down three elephants near Ettimadai on outskirts of the city on November 26, were reportedly detained at Palakkad railway station.

The elusive maneater tiger, on the prowl in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district for over a year, has been captured alive by the forest department officials today. The tiger had allegedly killed four people in the span of a year.