Tiger poisoning case: Forester suspended

Nagpur: Stung by the allegations of corruption in poisoning of two tigers in Paoni range, the Nagpur chief conservator of forests (CCF) Sanjeev Gaur suspended forester ST Uikey.
CCF Gaur issued orders to suspend Uikey after it was found that he deliberately delayed cattle kill and crop damage compensation cases in Hiwra round where he was posted. According to tigers' poisoning case accused Anandrao Madavi of Pindkepar, Uikey was demanding Rs 1,000 to settle cattle kill cases. Tigers had preyed on Madavi's two cows and injured one in the last 2-3 months.
Frustrated Madavi (42), who has encroached upon irrigation land and grazed cattle illegally on forest land, sprinkled deadly pesticide on dead cow that caused death of two tigers.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/tiger-poisoning-case-forester-suspended/articleshow/61744916.cms

Python shot dead near Pune

A python was shot dead by security guards posted in a residential locality near Pune, Maharashtra.
http://www.mid-day.com/articles/pune-python-gunned-down-chopped-for-being-too-big-to-handle/18130184

Two leopards and a blue bull electrocuted in Maharashtra

Two leopards and a blue bull were electrocuted from an illegal electric fence erected in a farm at Buldhana district of Maharashtra on 31 July 2016.

Three years imprisonment for sloth bear killing

The Chamarajanagar Session Court Judge sentenced a man to three years in jail for causing the death of a bear due to illegal electrification of a fence around his land in October 2010.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bear-death-man-gets-3-years-in-jail/article8492468.ece

Rhesus Macaque declared as vermin in Shimla

Central Government through a gazette notification declared Rhesus macaque monkeys (Macaca mulatta) as vermin for a period of six months in the Shimla Municipal Corporation Area limits, excluding the forest areas.

Forest department shot dead a tiger in Karnataka

In a human-animal conflict case, a tiger was shot dead by forest department at Bandipur tiger reserve, Karnataka on 19 November 2015.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/Maneater-Tiger-Gunned-Down/2015/11/20/article3137475.ece

Villagers killed a sloth bear in Karnataka

In human-animal conflict case, villagers in Chitradurga district of Karnataka killed a sloth bear on 18 November 2015.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sloth-bears-kill-man-residents-slay-one-of-them/article7894752.ece

Villagers killed a tiger near Corbett tiger reserve

Villagers in Najibabad forest division of Uttar Pradesh adjoining to Corbett tiger reserve had killed a tiger on 11 November 2015.
http://www.ibtimes.co.in/villagers-kill-tiger-bijnor-animal-beaten-death-after-entering-poultry-farm-654357

841 people were killed by tiger and elephants in last three years

In a reply given in parliament government stated that 841 people were killed by tigers and elephants between April 2012 to March 2015.

	Tiger	Elephant
2012-13	22	371
2013-14	24	335
2014-15	26	63
Total	72	769

http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/psearch/QResult16.aspx?qref=21559

Hundreds of egrets and herons killed in Maharashtra

Hundreds of egrets and herons were killed, when there nests were destroyed as villagers of Dehli in Ballarpur Tehsil of Chandrapur district chopped off at least five giant tamarind trees during last few days. Forest officials have registered a case against Sarpanch and Dy. sarpanch of the village for issuing orders cutting the trees and destroying the nests of the birds.
http://www.ehitavada.com/hitavadanew.aspx?lang=6&NB=2015-08-03&spage=VLpage&SB=2015-08-03#VLpage_6

More than 100 vultures poisoned in Assam this year

Assam looks to be turning into a vulture graveyard, with more than 100 vultures poisoned so far this year. Last week alone, 54 vultures died in two different districts of Upper Assam, with vulture experts calling for stringent action and the need for a common platform for stakeholders to discuss the issue. In January, 50 vultures were poisoned in a village in Sivasagar district.
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150309/jsp/northeast/story_7664.jsp#.VP2NunyUffg

Tiger declared as man-eater shot dead

Tamil Nadu forest officials shot dead a tiger today which had killed two persons last week in Wayanad, Kerala and Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu.

Man-eater tiger shot dead in Karnataka

Officials were shot down a tiger declared as man-eater at Belgaum district of Karnataka on 28 December 2014.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/450385/man-eater-tiger-shot-dead.html

Ministry advise on human-wildlife conflict

Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change issued an advisory to states on human-wildlife conflict. The same can see here: http://www.moef.nic.in/sites/default/files/ADVISORY%20ON%20HUMAN-WILDLIFE%20CONFLICT%20MANAGEMENT.pdf

Tiger brings down crime rate drastically

A stray tiger that has wandered out of the Dudhwa Tiger reserve and has made the forest area in Malihabad, on the outskirts of Lucknow, its new home, has drastically brought down the crime rate in four police stations, namely, Kakori, Maal, Malihabad and Bakshi Ka Talab, in the post one month. A senior police official disclosed that in the past one month since the tiger was first seen in Maal area and then in Kakori, there has been a 90 per cent reduction in criminal activities in the area.
http://www.asianage.com/india/tiger-brings-down-crime-rate-drastically-625

Pesticide latest threat to big cats in Tamil Nadu

The big cats in western Tamil Nadu are facing a new threat, not from ruthless poachers but from poisonous pesticides. Poisoning of tigers and leopards with pesticide by vengeful villagers is threatening the survival of big cats in Western Tamil Nadu.
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141010/nation-current-affairs/article/pesticide-latest-threat-big-cats

Villagers killed 13 vipers in Kerala

Villagers in Alappuzha district of Kerala were beaten to death 1 female and 12 young Russel's Vipers on 23 April 2014. These snakes are protected under Part II, Schedule-II of Wildlife Protection Act.

Police lathicharge mob to rescue hyena in Purulia

Police in Purulia district of West Bengal lathicharged to disperse the mob for rescue a hyena on 7 February 2014.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-08/kolkata/47148567_1_police-lathicharge-mob-hyena-ranger

Sloth bear shot dead in Chhattisgarh

Enforcement officials deputed for neutralize the left-wing extremists were shot dead a sloth bear in Kanker district of Chhattisgarh on 7 February 2014.
http://hindi.pardaphash.com/news/--754176/754176.html

Police shot dead a sloth bear in Chhattisgarh

In a human-animal conflict case, police in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh shot dead a sloth bear on 1 January 2014.