Mysore/Mysuru: Seeking rehabilitation for the displaced Adivasi families of Nagarahole National Park, members of Budakattu Krishikara Sangha, Adivasi Girijana Mahila Sangha, Karnataka Dalita Chaluvali Nava Nirmana Vedike, Adijambava Sangha and DEED Organisation staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Siddarthanagar here yesterday. Addressing the protestors, Adivasi leader B.S. Vittal Nanachi said…
Man killed in tiger attack at Nagarahole forest
October 3, 2023Hunsur/ Hangod: A 58-year-old man was killed in a tiger attack at Ayyankere village in the fringes of Nagarahole National Park, Hunsur taluk in the district last evening. Ganesh of Uduvepura is the deceased, who met his tragic end when he had gone to graze cattle. While the cows he had been herding returned in…
Fishing nets cleared from Kabini backwaters
June 24, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: With nylon nets spread by fishermen at Kabini backwaters posing a threat to wildlife at D.B. Kuppe range in Nagarahole National Park, the Forest Department personnel conducted an operation to clear them on Thursday. Range Forest Officer (RFO) Madhu led a team of Forest personnel including DRFO of Mastigudi and other personnel in the…
‘Rocking Star’ Yash, family go on safari at Nagarahole forest
June 20, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Sandalwood actor ‘Rocking Star’ Yash, his actress wife Radhika Pandit and family members went on a safari at Dammankatte in Nagarahole National Park yesterday. Yash and Radhika Pandit, along with their children and Yash’s parents, went on a safari in the morning and enjoyed the wildlife. The others on safari were delighted to see…
3-day synchronised Elephant Census underway
May 18, 2023Hundreds of pachyderms spotted on first day covering Nagarahole National Park, Bandipur National Park, Biligiri Ranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary, Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary and Hunsur Division Mysore/Mysuru: The three-day Synchronised Elephant Census-2023 began at Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu forests on Wednesday (May 17). The census is held once in five…
Tiger found dead at Nagarahole
March 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A tiger was found dead at Agasanahundi in the Veeranahosahalli Range (B.R. Katte Beat) of Nagarahole National Park yesterday. The tiger was aged around four to five years and the carcass had injuries sustained in what is suspected to be a territorial fight with another male. The spinal cord was broken and its forelimb…
Two more safari points at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve
July 30, 2022Safari will come under buffer zone, not inside core area: Forest Department Kushalnagar: To ease pressure on the existing wildlife safaris at Nagarahole National Park or Nagarahole Tiger Reserve (NTR) and to cash in on the tourist flow to Kodagu, especially during weekends and holidays, the authorities at Nagarahole are setting up two more safari…
Govt. ready to solve problems of tribals: State Wildlife Board Member K.S.N. Chikkerur
May 31, 2022Hanagodu: Karnataka State Wildlife Board Member and retired ADGP K.S.N. Chikkerur has said that there is no provision for tribals who have been rehabilitated earlier to live again in the forests. He was speaking at Shettahalli-Lakkapattana Rehabilitation Centre in Hanagodu hobli recently after listening to the grievances of the residents. “All of you are beneficiaries…
Steel wire barrier project takes off at Nagarahole
May 24, 2022Tamil Nadu model effectively prevents wild elephants from entering human habitat The initiative of erecting steel wire fences on forest boundaries in Karnataka to prevent elephants and other wild animals from straying into farmlands has taken off in Nagarahole National Park and this is the first-of-its kind initiative in Karnataka. Steel wire fencing is a…
Rains regenerate greenery at Nagarahole forest
May 10, 2022Hunsur: Continuous rains has regenerated greenery in Nagarahole National Park and the forest is now filled with greenery with lakes and ponds in the reserve forest not drying up due to summer heat. The Forest is spread across 643 sq km and is divided into eight ranges — Nagarahole, Kallalli, Veeranahosahalli, Hunsur, Anechowkur, Antharasanthe, D.B….
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