Mysore/Mysuru: With increase in leopard and elephant menace in the surroundings of Mysuru, a special workshop for the Leopard and Elephant Task Force personnel was held at Forest Watchers Training Centre at Yelwal in city recently. A total of 97 Forest staff including 45 Leopard Task Force personnel, 32 outsourced Elephant Task Force personnel and…
Mysore/Mysuru: After a young tiger was killed when a car hit it near Mysore Airport in Mandakalli on Sunday night, a leopard cub was killed in a hit-and-run incident on Bengaluru-Bantwal Highway in Hunsur yesterday early morning. It is suspected that the driver of the unidentified vehicle, while proceeding at the turn of Ayappaswamy Gudda…
Nanjangud: Wild animals, which were earlier spotted in rural places and agricultural fields, are now being spotted in urban places with the latest being a leopard spotted at Vokkalageri in the town causing fear among the residents. The leopard was spotted by a few youths, who were celebrating the arrival of the New Year last…
Live bait placed inside cage three days ago; leopard trapped in the wee hours of today Mysore/Mysuru: A leopard, which was caught on CCTV camera installed in Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala premises in Yadavagiri on Dec. 11 night, has been trapped in the cage placed by the Forest Department. The leopard was trapped at about 1.30…
Forest Department places cage to trap the wild cat Mysuru: A CCTV camera installed in the garden at Sri Ramakrishna Vidyashala in Yadavagiri has captured a leopard waiting for a prey on Monday night following which the Vidyashala management informed the Forest Department. Forest officials, who immediately rushed to the spot along with their staff,…
Mysore/Mysuru: Following the complaints of frequent leopard movement at Ramabainagar in the city, Forest Department personnel, along with Leopard Task Force (LTF), conducted a combing operation in the locality on Thursday night (Nov. 2). The locals are learnt to have sighted the feline during evening hours. They immediately alerted Forest officials in this regard. Acting…
Mysore/Mysuru: After the unfortunate incident involving a leopard attack resulting in the death of a 7-year-old girl in Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar, Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre announced a compensation of Rs. 15 lakh and a monthly pension of Rs. 4,000 for the victim’s family. The incident took place on June 26 in Kaggaligundi Tribal Hamlet,…
The accused had laced the carcass of his pet dog with poison to kill the leopard which had killed his pet Gundlupet: Forest Department personnel have arrested a man on charges of poisoning a four-year-old female leopard. The accused had laced the carcass of his pet dog with poison with the ulterior motive to kill…
Entry ban at Vadagal Ranganathaswamy Temple in B. Bettahalli from 5.30 pm to 9 am Mysore/Mysuru: Five months after thousands of villagers of T. Narasipur taluk heaved a sigh of relief as foresters trapped the elusive leopard which was responsible for recurring attacks where a couple of young individuals were killed in the region, there…
Hunters suspected to have cast the net to poach wild boar; big cat struggles foar eight hours till Forest Officials visit the spot Mysore/Mysuru: A leopard caught in a net, suspected to have been laid to trap wild boar at Alanahalli in Hampapura hobli, H.D. Kote taluk, was rescued by Forest Department personnel yesterday. The…
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