Deomali ecotour properties are now open for tourists. Relax with clouds marching inside your room with a spectacular view of the rolling mountains from the balcony of the cozy cottages.

Tigers are roaring back in Simlipal Tiger Reserve- the one & the only place in the world to host the famed wild melanistic tigers. Let’s protect our gem. Odisha forests were & is a sink to source populations from MP & Maharashtra.Let’s protect the corridors for them to populate.

It was widely believed that in 2013 March,one tiger from Satkosia came to Nandankanan Zoo on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar in search of a mate. Named Nandan it led a healthy life till few months back. But genetic study now has proved that it was from central Indian landscape.

Sri Himanshu Mohanta Forest Guard of Similipal TR receiving NTCA award from Hon'ble Union Minister on the category of Wildlife Protection and Anti poaching during celebration of Global Tiger Day at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, New Delhi today. We all are proud of him. Well done.

Security of Nandankanan Zoological Park has got a boost with induction of one platoon of OISF. The only zoo in India now to have a dedicated security force. With 40 lakhs visitors annually, it was a much felt need to secure the zoo with professional force.

The matriarch died of old age. The sub adult bull of the herd kept grieving and didn’t move an inch for almost a day trying to wake it up… From the forests of Northern Odisha 😢

Students created human Elephant chain at Govt High school,Angarpada, Jashipur. Similipal Tiger Reserve OUR SIMILIPAL OUR PRIDE #WorldElephantDay2024 #save_elephant_save_biodiversity Nikesh Mahapatra PCCF WL & CWLW, Odisha Sai Kiran IFS Susanta Nanda Similipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha

Extensive use of AI & camera traps in Simlipal Tiger Reserve is helping in nabbing the poachers & intruders. Three persons were caught on the camera & they were arrested with guns & other tools kept for poaching by subsequent raids in their village.Well done team Simlipal.

Unfortunately we lost one female elephant calf of 3 year old in Barabanka RF Ghatagaon. Prima facie cause seems to be anemia and high parasitic load. samples are collected fr further analysis & recovered two tuss. We mourn demise !!! Susanta Nanda PCCF WL & CWLW, Odisha CMO Odisha

Our new guests at Nandankanan… The species collection of Nandankanan Biological park got enriched by bringing 2:2 Common marmosets.They are in quarantine at present. Will be housed in specially designed exotic primate enclosure for public to have a glimpse & get educated.

Best wishes on the Independence Day from wildlife headquarters 🫡

This is an old photograph of 2017 from Jhargram, West Bengal.

Nature can be cruel. Sad to inform that we lost a dear elephant Mama at Kumarkhunti camp to herpes virus. This virus can cause acute hemorrhagic disease with more than 90% in young elephants. It gave us so much of joy.It’s like loosing a family member🙏

Happy to inform that Lioness Bijli of Nandankanan zoo has given birth to 5 cubs today. Bijli was brought from Indore Zoo in 2020, and presently is 9 years old. It is the fourth litter from the lioness Bijli, sired by Lion Samrat. As of now, mother & cubs are doing fine😌

Today early in the morning hours one calf and its mother were rescued from an irrigation canal near Sapua Dam in Hindol Range by Hindol Range team in coordination with irrigation department. Together we can. My sincere appreciation of all involved🙏

As part of Rewilding, deers translocated from Zoos in to soft enclosures for acclimatisation, were released today in to the wild in Kuldiha sanctuary. They would now be charting out their new territory in the lap of nature🙏🙏

A herd of elephants with skyscrapers of the city all around… Chandaka-Dampada Sanctuary in the heart of Bhubaneswar is the lungs of the city. Home to around 50 pachyderms, it’s a unique landscape in the midst of urbanisation.

The second one in Odisha for guarding our Tiger Reserve… Special Tiger Protection force comes up in Satkosia as per the mandate of NTCA to take on the poachers. Wish them all the best as it is going to be a hard & arduous task for our green soldiers in days to come 🙏🙏

Mohato kisku and Thupul Hembram two notorious poachers involved in a 3 year old RBT poaching in Simlipal were apprehended today.STF had seized the skin earlier; the teeth & whiskers were seized today. Salutations to the Commitment of team Simlipal in solving an old case🙏

Paying tributes to green martyrs those who laid down their lives on the National Forest Martyrs day🙏 The day coincides with the historic Khejarli Massacre of 1730, where 363 members of the Bishnoi community sacrificed their lives to protect Kejarli trees in the Marwar Kingdom.