With gun-totting tribals, most of them being poachers, living around the Similipal Tiger Reserve busy in the election process to earn the quick buck, it is super serene for the animals. Similipal in Mayurbhanj district goes to poll on June 1. For close to a year, a tug-of-war is going on between poachers and forest and police personnel since two forest personnel were killed by poachers. In a counter move, forest staff and police seized hundreds of country-made guns to root out poaching. For the past two months, there has been a lull in poaching activities and respite for animals and field personnel.
Bhubaneswar: The wildlife wing of the forest department has decided to allow the field personnel to cast their votes in two shifts so that sanctuaries.
The Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve authority in Arunachal Pradesh apprehended one person for illegal possession of barking deer meat, official sources said on Monday.
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Mysuru: Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) staffer Raju B was found dead near his village in Kebbepura Haadi near Bandipur Tiger Reserve on Thursda.