“As per report, Similipal comprises around 1,300 sq km of dense forest, 1,717 sq km of medium forest and 1,042 sq km of open forest where at least 973 fire points have been identified. Most ...
Bhubaneswar: Forest officials thwarted a poaching attempt by five in Similipal Tiger Reserve on Tuesday and arrested two of them based on footage from AI cameras installed in STR. The two arrested ...
As the winter makes its way out, Odisha needs to be on the watch for the annual forest fire season.Flagged among the three ...
Zeenat, a 3-year-old tigress, went awol from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve soon after being transferred there from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. Zeenat and another tigress, ...
Bhubaneswar: Bhabani, a 68-year-old captive elephant who assisted forest officials in conservation, security and tourism endeavours at Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj district for over two ...
Similipal Tiger Reserve’s (STR) most famous Kumki elephant, Mahendra, who had earlier survived bullet attacks by the land mafia in 2009 and rendered a yeoman’s service over the years for the Odisha ...
PTI In a major crackdown against poachers and illegal traders of body parts of wild animals, forest officials arrested four people at the Similipal forest in Odisha and seized the skin and nails of a ...
The elephant during its deployment in Similipal, had received bullet injuries in a Maoist attack in 2012. A 66-year-old tusker engaged in protecting timber and tigers in the Similipal Tiger ...
Baripada: A 66-year-old tusker engaged in protecting timber and tigers in the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, has died during treatment, a senior forest department ...