Tag: Forest Department

Niali: After the forest department and special team from Similipal National Park failed to catch the ‘mysterious’ animal that has been killing sheep since the last many days, villagers today claimed they have caught the animal. The villagers of Dihasithala have caught a jackal like canine and claimed that four other such animals escaped. “The […]

Bhubaneswar: While the killing of sheep at Niali in Cuttack district continues with the death of one more sheep, another such incident has been reported at Alipingala in Jagatsinghpur district where nine sheep were killed on Thursday. The incident has sent shockwaves in Jagatsinghpur as Niali fear continues unabated with fresh sheep deaths being reported […]

Niali: The elusive ‘mysterious animal’ continues to give sleepless nights to villagers and forest department officials here with two more sheep reportedly killed on Sunday night at Olansa village. On the other hand, no wild animal was caught in the trap laid by Forest Department last night. Awareness drive has been undertaken by forest officials […]

Cuttack: Even as the Forest officials have intensified ‘vigil’ in several areas in Niali, the ‘mysterious animal’ reportedly killed one more sheep at Pokharigaon area last night. The fresh killing has once again come as a major setback for the forest department as the locals have now demanded for urgent measures to trap the animal […]

Niali:  After unleashing terror among locals in Niali over the recent weeks, the visuals of a ‘mysterious animal’ was captured for the first time by OTV here on Friday. The visual of the two suspected animals resembling a fox and a jackal were captured during an intense search operation that was launched by the Forest […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Forest and Environment Department looks to enhance the ex-gratia amount for human casualty caused by wild animals to Rs four lakh. A proposal in this regard will very soon be placed before the State Government, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Shiv Saran Srivastava said. “We have decided to propose the government to […]

Bhubaneswar: Touted as Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s dream project, the Gurupriya Bridge construction in Malkangiri is now saddled with controversy with Forest department issuing notice to the construction agency for ‘illegal soil mining’. Kolkata-based Royal Infraconstru Limited has been served a show-cause for soil mining from near a hill that comes under the purview […]

Kendrapara: In a glaring instance of gross misuse of government funds, an eco tourism complex built at a cost of Rs 85 lakh near Bhitarkanika National Park has virtually gone down the drain with the Forest department putting brakes on the project. The partially built tourist complex, the construction quality of which was left much […]

Bhubaneswar: Ten Indian star tortoises (Geochelone elegans), which is protected under Schedule IV of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, were seized from a pet store located in Saheed Nagar here following a joint raid of the Quick Action Team (QAT) of the Commissionerate Police and the Forest Department on Tuesday. Besides, two salesmen of the pet […]

Bhubaneswar/Athagarh/Brahmagiri: The Wildlife wing of the Odisha Forest department today undertook simultaneous bird counting at the Ansupa lake, Mahanadi river bed, Brahmagiri range and three forest divisions in Baripada. Total 67 teams were formed and participated in the bird census at Ansupa lake and the Mahanadi river bed under the Athagarh range. Goura Gopal Singh, […]

Bolangir: The Forest department is probing the death of a Royal Bengal tiger whose carcass was found inside a forest near Chaulamunda village on Bolangir-Nuapada border yesterday. According to sources, along with the Bolangir Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), the veterinary officials from Lathor and Khaprakhol have examined the carcass of the tiger. From preliminary investigations, […]

Brahmagiri (Puri): A special team of Forest staff of Brahmagiri Wildlife Range recovered four dead migratory birds and a live migratory bird during a raid on Ghatukuli village near Chilika lake in the wee hours today. Acting on a tip-off, the team raided the outskirts area of the village and recovered the five winged guests. […]

By Dillip Pradhan Dhenkanal: When the entire locality enjoys the dreamy nights after a day-long tiredness, the farmers of some villagers in Dhenkanal district spend sleepless nights, not in the quiet comforts of their homes but atop tree outside their villages. To protect their standing crops from the rampage of wild elephants, the ryots of […]

Bhubaneswar:  As per survey conducted in 2013, Odisha has doubled the farmers’ real income during the last decade through high value commercial activities in fishery and animal resource development (F&ARD) sectors as revealed from the survey conducted in 2013. Presiding over a review meeting on the progress on agenda of actions to achieve sea food […]

Paradip: Local fishermen caught a 5-feet long estuarine crocodile from Jatadhari river mouth today and handed it over to the Forest department today. According to reports, a local fisherman, Shankar Behera, was fishing in the river mouth early this morning when an estuarine crocodile got stuck in his fishing net. Apprehending that the crocodile might […]