With the BRT Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka going to get a tiger reserve status, the Soligas living there face imminent eviction.NEVER before have the tigers of the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Wildlife Sanctuary burned so bright, either in popular imagination or in administrative priority. With the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests approving “in principle” the status of a tiger reserve for the BRT sanctuary, the endangered cat has taken...
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Elephant deaths on the track a burning issue by G Prabhakaran
The rail track passing through forest areas in different parts of the country, including Walayar on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, have become a death trap for the wildlife, particularly elephants. Though a hue and cry is raised every time a tragedy strikes, the deaths of a large number of Wild Elephants in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Assam and West Bengal remain a burning issue. The recent incidents of train hits in these...
More »Pesticide-laced grass kills pregnant jumbos
The Kaziranga National Park in Assam lost two pregnant cow elephants after they strayed into a nearby tea estate and consumed grass sprinkled with pesticides. According to the officials from the reserve, one of the elephants died at Panbari, the elephant corridor across NH-37, and the other died 13 km away at Lengerapahar, under Dolamari range of the park, on Monday, they said. The two elephants had ventured out of the park....
More »Seven elephants killed by goods train
Seven elephants were killed after being hit by a speeding goods train in India as they attempted to rescue two young ones on the track. Officials in West Bengal said five died instantly and two others later succumbed to their injuries. Another elephant was wounded but survived. The baby elephants became trapped on the track at Moraghat Tea Garden, near Binnaguri in Jalpaiguri district. The others wandered onto the line in an attempt...
More »Raman, Jairam in mining war by Suchandana Gupta
A tussle between the Chhattisgarh government and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over an elephant reserve has reached the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). And the dispute is emblematic of the way the richly forested state is hurtling to get the developed tag by shaving off its pristine tree cover. Since 2004, the Chhattisgarh government has signed 102 memorandum of understandings (MOUs) with industrial houses for production of steel,...
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