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With no resident tigers in Kawal Tiger Reserve, Telangana Forest Department plans to relocate five tigers from Maharashtra’s Tadoba Reserve. The NTCA is expected to assess the habitat in early July before granting final approval for the translocation.

Displaced tribal families from Kawal Tiger Reserve held a protest demanding implementation of pending rehabilitation packages. Officials, moved by the protest, assured action, admitting delays due to poor coordination. The tribals highlighted the lack of infrastructure and undeveloped land allotments

Displaced tribals from Maisampet and Rampur reoccupied a hamlet in the Kawal Tiger Reserve for the sixth day, protesting delays in rehabilitation. They cited lack of infrastructure and unmet compensation promises. Officials say relocation was done in phases

Jannaram in-charge FSO Shesharam Naik reportedly failed to follow protocol during a tour of PCCF (Wildlife) Elusing Meru to Kawal Tiger Reserve

Forest officials, including Kaddampeddur FRO Geetharani, were booked for collecting an environmental cess from trucks in Kawal Tiger Reserve. The move, contested by the district administration, has sparked tension over jurisdiction and conservation enforcement

Tensions rise over night restrictions in Kawal Tiger Reserve, toll collection, hut demolitions. Political intervention adds fuel, with forest staff claiming they’re enforcing law amid growing criticism

Wildlife experts feel conservation of tigers could be achieved only by involving locals, for which their apprehensions have to be allayed

A decomposed carcass, possibly a tiger, was found in Yellur village, Kumram Bheem Asifabad. If confirmed, it’s the third tiger death in 17 months, highlighting ongoing poaching issues despite conservation efforts

Forest Beat Officer S Srinivas reportedly failed to prevent encroachment of forest cover at Kothurupalli forest beat in Kawal Tiger Reserve

Group of officials, volunteers and locals covered the spots in the forest known for being exploited by poachers of wildlife at night

Jannaram Sub-Inspector Gundeti Rajyavardhan said a case was registered against Azajuddin and Riyazuddin from Kawal villag for allegedly abusing and assaulting a woman forest beat officer in the Jannaram forest division

Staggering 11,434 forest fires reported from January 1 to March 10 this year as against 14,027 that occurred in an entire year in 2024

Ramadevi reportedly failed to detect forest fires that destroyed around 50 hectares of forest and prevent encroachment of forest cover

Sources said that the forest fires, allegedly caused by ignition of fire by cattle grazers and encroachers, spread rapidly through the section, destroying the forest cover and claiming lives of wildlife at 11 pm

Farmer Thukaram tried to take the extreme step when the officials reportedly abused him for refusing to vacate the area where he was living earlier in the core of Kawal Tiger Reserve

The officials said 22 huts, which were allegedly put up illegally by tribals, were demolished as they were built in the core of the Kawal Tiger Reserve

People were opposing the forest officials' decision to close a road passing through Kawal Tiger Reserve

People living in villages of Jannaram mandal are protesting against closure of a road stretch during nights saying they are forced to travel 150 kilometers

During a routine avian survey, Venkat Angandhula, a north Telangana Coordinator of the Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society (HYTICOS), spotted the bird near an irrigation tank near Kistapur village in Jannaram Range a few days back.

Fifteen bird watchers, nature lovers and wildlife photographers from different parts of Telangana participated in the event