Posted by: Joydip & Suchandra Kundu on
Jun 06, 2010
Posted by: Joydip & Suchandra Kundu on
Jun 06, 2010
Four bison died after being chased by villagers and forest officials at Banerhat, Dooars, on Sunday morning. The four were part of a herd of five bison that had strayed out of a forest early in the day.
While two of the bison died of cardiac arrest after foresters fired tranquillizers at them, the third one succumbed to
Posted by: Joydip & Suchandra Kundu on
Jun 03, 2010
Two days after a female elephant died after being hit by a speeding train at Banerhat in the Dooars region of Jalpaiguri district, a sub-adult female elephant was run over by a special train carrying BSF jawans from J&K to Guwahati in the early hours 2.10 am of Thursday.
The accident occurred on the NJP-Alipurduar route between
Posted by: Joydip & Suchandra Kundu on
May 24, 2010
Many questions will again be asked over impacts of tourism in Tiger Reserves. It has over & again been proved that tourism is a positive factor to conservation. But alarm bells are ringing loud in parks like Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Corbett & a few others where mafia calls the shots with a section of corrupted foresters. Will
Posted by: Joydip & Suchandra Kundu on
May 23, 2010
Foresters have caught as many as five tigers in the Sunderbans in the last four days. Of these, three had strayed into human habitat. Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR) officers have run along the length and breadth of Sunderbans for the last few days, with tigers lurking in villages adjoining the forest areas.
On Thursday,
Posted by: Joydip & Suchandra Kundu on
May 20, 2010
A Tigress captured in the Sundarbans on May 18th had to be brought to the Alipore Zoo Hospital in Kolkata for treatment yesterday. The Big cat was trapped in the Netidhopani forest & was supposed to be fitted with a radio collar. But officials soon realised that the animal was ill & would not be able go bear the strain of
Posted by: Joydip & Suchandra Kundu on
May 20, 2010
This case has yet again alarmed us all on how we treat our animals. The news is pathetic but not surprising at all !
Many of you might have been witnesses to the hooliganism of a section of tourist operators that have been growing like a cancer in parks like Bandhavgarh. In February 2007 we were witness to such a case when
