Uttarakhand chief forest officer aided poachers
byDehra Dun : Uttarakhand, carved out of the hill districts of Uttar Pradesh to meet the expectations of the people, specially in the far…
Wildlife
Global warming : bears no longer hibernating in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun : Bears, both brown and black, in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand, are reportedly undergoing a change in their lifestyle due to…
Uttarakhand fast losing rare species of wildlife
byDehra Dun : While Uttarakhand may swear for its love of wildlife by the Corbett National Park, but a grim reality is that many…
Ramsar site Pong Dam turns in a healthy summer bird count
byShimla: Ramsar wetland Pong Dam is not only a wintering ground for thousands of migratory birds but also has a substantial summer breeding bird…
Bear attack mauls young woman at Ani Kullu
byKullu: A young woman who was working in her fields was attacked by a bear on Friday (May 1) at Bagash village in Ani…
Should Zoos Exist? A Case Study in Himachal
byThe world of animals and humans are quiet segregated from each other, seldom crossing paths. But what happens when they encounter each other under…
Uttarakhand to conduct snow leopard census
byDehra Dun : With the Wildlife Institute of India and the state forest department pooling in their efforts to make a count of the…
Rajaji becomes second tiger reserve in Uttarakhand
byDehradun: Uttarakhand forest minister Dinesh Aggarwal today released the logo of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve, the notification for which was issues late Saturday night,…
Hunters shoot down suspected man eater leopard
byShimla: Sharp shooting hunters shot dead a leopard that was suspected to have turned a man eater in Satulj valley near Rampur after a…
Poaching gang busted – more arrests, more leopards skins recovered
byShimla: A growing leopard population is attracting poachers as the police in Bilaspur has stumbled upon recovering more leopard skins and arresting three more…