Uttar Pradesh Wildlife Department

A 7-foot crocodile was rescued by a team of the Wildlife SOS and the Uttar Pradesh forest department from a village in Hathras district, an office-bearer of the wildlife body said Friday evening.

A huge marsh crocodile was on Friday rescued from a millet field in Firozabad district and released in Yamuna in an operation jointly carried out by the UP Forest department officials and an Agra based NGO, Wildlife SOS.

A nearly four-feet-long crocodile was rescued by the Wildlife SOS and the Uttar Pradesh forest department officials and successfully relocated, officials said on Friday.

The Uttar Pradesh government is set to cut 55,000 trees in critical tiger habitats to build a road of strategic importance, according to a document accessed by IANS. The document indicates the over 500-km-long Indo-Nepal Border Road project has been undertaken by the Public Works Department (PWD) of Uttar Pradesh. The road cuts through two tiger re...

A huge racket of poaching, illegal wildlife hunting and arms smuggling has been uncovered in joint raids carried out by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), wildlife department and local police, in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut. Four people have been detained for questioning.

An eight-year-old girl was killed in Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh in an attack by a leopard near Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary, forest department officials said today.

The registrar of an engineering college on the Delhi-Agra highway was on Monday sent to jail by an Uttar Pradesh court here for polluting a lake, a wildlife department official said.

A penalty of Rs.10 crore has been imposed on two engineering colleges for illegal construction and causing pollution in a bird sanctuary on the Agra-Delhi highway, an official said Thursday.

The survey would be carried out in all major rivers in the state, including Ganga, Ken, Betwa, Yamuna, Chambal, Geruwa, Ghaghra and Son, covering a distance of approximately 2750 kilometres, forest officials said here.

As many as 30 peacocks have died in Greater Noida in the last 15 days due to unknown reasons, say villagers and veterinarians. Ten peacocks died in the last four days, said residents of Patwadi village in Bisrakh. Three peacocks were found battling for life on Monday.

A 7-foot crocodile was rescued by a team of the Wildlife SOS and the Uttar Pradesh forest department from a village in Hathras district, an office-bearer of the wildlife body said Friday evening.

A huge marsh crocodile was on Friday rescued from a millet field in Firozabad district and released in Yamuna in an operation jointly carried out by the UP Forest department officials and an Agra based NGO, Wildlife SOS.

A nearly four-feet-long crocodile was rescued by the Wildlife SOS and the Uttar Pradesh forest department officials and successfully relocated, officials said on Friday.

The Uttar Pradesh government is set to cut 55,000 trees in critical tiger habitats to build a road of strategic importance, according to a document accessed by IANS. The document indicates the over 500-km-long Indo-Nepal Border Road project has been undertaken by the Public Works Department (PWD) of Uttar Pradesh. The road cuts through two tiger re...

A huge racket of poaching, illegal wildlife hunting and arms smuggling has been uncovered in joint raids carried out by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), wildlife department and local police, in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut. Four people have been detained for questioning.

An eight-year-old girl was killed in Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh in an attack by a leopard near Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary, forest department officials said today.

The registrar of an engineering college on the Delhi-Agra highway was on Monday sent to jail by an Uttar Pradesh court here for polluting a lake, a wildlife department official said.

A penalty of Rs.10 crore has been imposed on two engineering colleges for illegal construction and causing pollution in a bird sanctuary on the Agra-Delhi highway, an official said Thursday.

The survey would be carried out in all major rivers in the state, including Ganga, Ken, Betwa, Yamuna, Chambal, Geruwa, Ghaghra and Son, covering a distance of approximately 2750 kilometres, forest officials said here.

As many as 30 peacocks have died in Greater Noida in the last 15 days due to unknown reasons, say villagers and veterinarians. Ten peacocks died in the last four days, said residents of Patwadi village in Bisrakh. Three peacocks were found battling for life on Monday.