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Forest officials said the tiger was sighted by department staffers in the forests of Sirpur (T). They stated its movement was being tracked

The forest officials claimed that the application was processed within 12 hours for the first time and granted the compensation to the farmer.

Forest officials emphasized that supplying electricity to agricultural lands near the forest could pose a danger to wild animals, as farmers might install electric fences to protect their crops from wild boars, buffaloes, and other wildlife. On Saturday, ITDA project officer B. Rahul, along with forest and electricity officials, visited the village. The electricity officials informed him that 25 poles would need to be installed to create a three-phase electricity line, enabling tribal farmers to irrigate their crops using borewells.

The leopard killed a dog belonging to a farmer at a chilli field at Suraram village in the mandal and dragged it into the nearby forests

Reports indicate that Forest Section Officer Vinod and two other officials were on patrol duty Thursday night when they spotted an earth mover being used to uproot trees. They seized the machine and brought it to the forest office. Shortly after, the owner, Ganta Suraj Reddy, arrived with two accomplices and began attacking Vinod and the other staff members with iron rods.

A leopard was trapped in a neighbouring village three months ago and all measures were being taken to trap the leopard that was on the prowl now.

Radhakrishna from Akondapet was apprehended for killing the lizard in his farm and trying to consume its meat.

Forest officials asked the locals to be cautious of the tiger and advised them to avoid sudden confrontation with the tiger and not to harm it

According to reports, the tribals were living outside the village in huts and on Sunday morning, about 15 forest officials came and forcefully evicted the tribals from their huts and demolished them.

Farmer finds carcass of half-eaten calf, says this is second incident in last few months

According to Bhainsa Forest Range Officer Ramesh Rathod, the accused, Ryapanwar Bhujang, a daily wage earner from the village, was apprehended for poaching the lizard and cooking its meat.

According to reports, since the last two days, the bear has been seen roaming between Mengaram Road and Gandhari Road. People have even captured video of the bear.

The raids were conducted by Kinnersani FDO Babu along with FRO Srinivas Reddy, FSO Kranthi , FBOs Anusha, Sarada, Ramesh and Jagna, base camp watchers in Kranthi nagar, Gatumalla forest areas in the mandal.

A 63-year-old farmer was trampled to death by an elephant at Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) here on Friday, the forest officials said.

The cause of their death will be known only after a post-mortem was conducted, a senior forest official said.

Forest officials of Narayankhed took two poaches were roaming in the forest with a gun near Sanjeevaraopet village in Narayankhed mandal.

The movements of the bear were also recorded in CCTV cameras in Sripura colony. When it was found in Rekurthy, some locals captured visuals of the bear with their mobile phones.

The Forest department has been providing livelihood to residents of around 15 forest fringe villages, who were affected by the creation of Kawal Tiger Reserve (KTR)

Leopard would come out of its habitation only in the night, which was why the people were asked to stay indoors in the night, said DFO

This has necessitated the processing of proposals on priority basis with proactive approach and coordinated efforts among various departments and Forest.