Elephant crisis spills over to Cuttack as a small herd enters the city; two persons trampled to death; adult jumbo found dead in Jobra barrage. All this in a few hours in the morning

The New Indian Express Siba Mohanty

ChiefSecyOdisha MoSarkar 5T Department of Tourism, Odisha H & UD Dept Must ensure the Heritage site gets back the lands encroached now. The area must come under BMC for further development and restoration.

As the nation celebrates reintroduction of #cheetah , here's an update on #gharial reintroduction and revival in #Satkosia Gorge. #Mahanadi is perhaps the only river in India that's home to all three of our #crocodile species.

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Only those who have seen a wildlife habitat in its worst, most denuded state can truly appreciate what joy it is to see it thriving once again! A lot of dedicated hard work is going into restoring #Satkosia and returning it to the status of a prime #tiger site.

As #Satkosia #Tiger Reserve prepares for the return of the tiger, the status of #leopards in the reserve serves as a good barometer of the revival and restoration measures by the park management.

जो शहीद हुए हैं उनकी ज़रा याद करो कुर्बानी ...... MoEF&CC IFS Association Chief Minister, MP Department of Forest, MP

At the scale of the new AYUSH companies which are among the biggest FMCG companies, this is bound to have huge impact on biodiversity and negatively impact quality of Ayurveda itself in the long run

Aditya Panda CMO Odisha ChiefSecyOdisha National Tiger Conservation Authority District Election Officer & DM, Angul PCCF WL & CWLW, Odisha rccfangul Voluntary resettlements with compensations and social and economic integration has been done in many TRs and spectacular results for people and wildlife. STR must keep up the momentum

Onwards and upwards! The dedicated team managing Satkosia TR has taken on the colossal challenge of reviving this most crucial tiger landscape in the heart of Odisha. The momentum must be supported, sustained.
CMO Odisha ChiefSecyOdisha National Tiger Conservation Authority District Election Officer & DM, Angul PCCF WL & CWLW, Odisha rccfangul

It's time that laying live wire for #bushmeat #poaching is treated as threat to public life. They are a threat to human life. People have died. It isn't just a #wildlife matter. Request CMO Odisha ChiefSecyOdisha DGP, Odisha PCCF WL & CWLW, Odisha to strategise and rout out this daily menace.

Why keep breeding these recessive genetic anomalies? They have no conservation value, and no education benefit either. Zoos should not become freak shows. Central Zoo Authority

The latest Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Bill 2022 had inserted a new proviso in s43(2) which allows the Central Govt. to prescribe Rules for transfer/ transport of ‘captive elephants’ for ‘religious or other purposes’. This thread discusses legal problems in doing that. (1/n)

A lot of help.

Such is the spread of wildlife trade. On police info a joint operation by Alipurduar Police and Buxa Tiger Reserve today arrested one person with skin of highly rare Clouded leopard, Gall bladders and rare Cordyceps also called Caterpillar fungus. Kudos to all involved.

4 accused were detained and forwarded to court for illegally felling trees in Gurubasa RF, Baladmal beat, Sundargarh.

#ForestProtection
#ForestWarriors
CMO Odisha MoSarkar 5T Odisha Forest, Env. and Climate Change Department PCCF & HoFF Odisha RCCF Rourkela Pradeep Mirase Soumya Ranjan Biswal 🇺🇳🇮🇳 Prativa Ghosh Aditya Panda

Two have been arrested & forwarded by Jenabil Range for illegally entering core of Similipal TR with weapon for hunting wild animals. A separate complain has also been filed at Jashipur Police Station for damaging trap cameras to destroy evidence.
PCCF & HoFF Odisha PCCF WL & CWLW, Odisha

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Today's thread
Story of India as a floating island, our long lost cousin Madagascar, why Palakkad gap is more than just a break in mountains and how frogs of western ghats are still a living link between India and Madagascar. #CBG_Thread 1/n