Gir space crunch driving lions out
Ahmedabad, June 20: While it is known that the number of Asiatic lions is on the rise,
what is interesting is that their population in the Gir Protected Area (comprising the Gir
National Park and Gir Wildlife Sanctuary) has remained relatively constant, and it is the
peripheral areas where their number is rising.
Silent killer at Melghat Reserve
FEBRUARY 24: Deep in the jungles of the Melghat Tiger Reserve a slow, silent killer
is stalking the animals. The jungle does not resound to the crack of a gun nor the crude
bow and arrow. But the animals die in agony after being cruelly poisoned.
Rare turtle species found in Coochbehar
COOCHBEHAR: A rare species of Turtle has been found in a lake at Balabhat village in West Bengal's Coochbehar district. Divisional Forest Officer Ujjwal Ghosh said on Wednesday the Kachuga Sylhetensis Turtle was one of the rarest species, and was found in the state for the first time.
Violent leopard shot dead
PALAKKAD, JAN. 4. A 10-year-old leopard that strayed into the town
early morning today was shot dead by the police as the animal became
violent due to the chasing of it by large number of local people.
From tuskers to tortoises, wildlife is sitting duck in UP
LUCKNOW, DEC 31: Thanks to unrestricted poaching, Uttar Pradesh has become a virtual graveyard for almost all type of animals which have a price in international market. For example, reptiles are in demand for their soft meat and are being smuggled in bulks. But far from launching any special drive to bust the racket, the Forest Department is completely indifferent toward such malpractice.
3 arrested for killing black buck in Bareilly
LUCKNOW: Three people were arrested on charges of killing a rare antelope in the dense jungles of Uttar Pradesh, forest officials said on Saturday.
Seesham trees fast disappearing
Meerut, December 20: A DEADLY fungus has gripped the Seesham trees (Dalbergia sissoo) in the northern region of the country, and the trees are now on the verge of disappearing.
Patrolling beefed up to check rhino poaching
NEW DELHI: Patrolling in all national parks and wild life
sanctuaries forming part of the rhino habitat in the eastern frontier has
been beefed up, following the death of at least six rhinos, five of them
due to poaching, since August this year.
Confiscated animals handed over, 7 more crocodiles die
KANNUR, DEC. 13. Forest officials today completed the process of
handing over the confiscated reptiles and animals to the Parassinikkadavu
Snake Park authorities as directed by an interim order of the Kerala High
Court, even as seven more crocodile hatchlings were found dead in
captivity of the Forest Department.
Elephants causing havoc in Orissa villages
BHUBANESWAR: Inhabitants of Bhubaneswar and its nearby villages
are facing a strange problem alien to most Indian villages - how to brave
marauding wild elephants.
Temples endanger wildlife in Gir
NEW DELHI: Parliament's standing committee on environment and
forests has slammed the Gujarat government for failing to keep the Gir
sanctuary, the last natural habitat of the Asiatic lion, free of
encroachments - thereby encouraging religious activities at the cost of
preserving and protecting wildlife.
18 crocodiles die in captivity
KANNUR, DEC. 12. Even as a High Court's interim directive to keep
the confiscated animals in the Parassinikkadavu Snake Park under the
supervision of a three- member team of Forest officials gave a breather to
the embarrassed Forest officials as well as to the park management today,
the fresh death of 18 crocodile hatchlings and a fish owl left the
officials in an unenviable position, with the entire issue having been
taken up as a political one by the UDF against the State Government.
A tiger reserve in need of sanctuary
BHUBANESWAR, NOV. 27. Increasing human pressure, poaching,
financial crunch, sho rtage of staff and vehicles and inability of the
administration to shift four vi llages have put in peril the Similipal
Sanctuary and Tiger Reserve in Orissa's M ayurbhanj district.
Vedanthangal accords warm welcome to winged visitors
CHENNAI, NOV 26: When the world slept early this morning,
Vedanthangal chirped with activity. Its new visitors were busy settling
down after a long journey from their homes.
Harike lake being developed for eco-tourism
HARIKE (FEROZEPUR): Following the spectacular success of the Army in
clearing the Harike lake of the environment-threatening weed water hyacinth,
the state government is implementing a multi-pronged strategy of conserving the
Harike wetland and building it as a showpiece for eco-tourism.
Tigress playing hide and seek at bird sanctuary
BHARATPUR: What is a tigress doing in the bird park? Having a whale of
a time enjoying a ``tasty menu'' of wild specimen like sambar, spotted deer,
wild board, bluebell, jackal, hyena and, chance permitting, even a python.
UP wildlife men net 14 rare falcons
NEW DELHI, OCT 20: Fourteen priceless peregrine falcons, the swiftest
living creatures on earth and a Schedule One bird according to the Indian
Wildlife Act, on par with the tiger, were recovered from a trader in Unnau
(Uttar Pradesh) on Thursday.
Harike story -- Hyacinth on the way out, birds on the way in
HARIKE, OCT 12: This winter, when the winged tourists fly in to Harike
from faraway Siberia, China, Central Asia and Ladakh, they'll be pleasantly
surprised to see the vast stretches of clear water rich in fish and plants.
Move on to save Ranthambhore sanctuary
October 5: AN ACTION plan is in the offing that will ensure
distribution of economic benefits among thousands of villagers
outside the Ranthambhore sanctuary.
Assam govt tells HC of wildlife sanctuary extension, eviction of encroachers
OCT 2: The Guwahati High Court has asked the government of
Assam to take immediate steps to stop illegal felling of tress, begin
plantation and afforestation and above all clear encroachment in
forest areas so that flora and fauna are preserved.
Once they shot elephants, now they hunt poachers
THEKKADI (KERALA), SEPTEMBER 25: Every morning a ragtag army of
five unarmed ex-bandits donning camouflage uniforms, accompanied by two
armed forest department guards, moves into the world-famous Periyar Tiger
Reserve in Thekkadi in Kerala.
Security forces flush out armed rebels from Manas National Park
GUWAHATI, SEPT 25: The renowned Manas National Park, an important
bio-diversity hot-spot of Southeast Asia, is back in the news for the wrong
reasons. After a gap of five fairly peaceful years, militants have once
again infested the national park, putting the plant and animal wealth of
the park in a grave danger.
Tiger poaching 'still at danger level'
Poachers are continuing to kill the world's remaining tigers,
despite progress in reducing the use of the animals' bones in traditional
medicine.
Dying vultures disturb Towers of Silence
NEW DELHI: For one Indian community, the vanishing vulture isn't
just a conservation issue -- it affects the very core of their being. And,
that is why Khojeste P Mistree is representing the Bombay Parsi Panchayat
at the ongoing international meeting on the vulture crisis in India.
Meagre amount sanctioned for settlement of rights
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (PTI): The Centre today informed the Supreme
Court that a meagre Rs 45 crore has been sanctioned for settlement of
rights of people living inside protected areas of over 520 national parks
and sanctuaries.
25 peacocks poisoned to death in Gujarat village
Vadodara (Gujarat): Twenty-five peacocks were poisoned to death
at Rayka village on Wednesday.
Two villagers booked for poisoning spotted cats
THE TWO leopards found dead at village Rasodhi in Petlavad range
on August 28 had been wilfully poisoned by two villagers, confirmed Jhabua
DFO Dr R K Gupta. The two have since been arrested and booked under the
Protection of Wildlife Act, 1972.
Himalayan national park rich in endangered species
GREAT HIMALAYAN National Park, considered to be the world's only
viable protected area with unique Himalayan biological diversity, provides
shelter for several endangered animal species
Reserved forests too not spared by encroachers
Ever fancied waking up to the trumpet of elephants? Or opening
your window in the morning to stare at a capped langur? Or meeting a
leopard in your backyard as you put up your clothes to dry? Or stopping
the car to let a python get clear of your driveway?
'Poachers' become protectors of forest wealth
BIDAR, AUG. 25. The successful management of forest wealth by the
people in Barur village in Bidar taluk is a shining example how "poachers"
can become protectors with the initiative of some committed officials in
the Forest Department.
Maharashtra forest officials to be armed
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government will provide arms to forest
officials in the state for self defence against smugglers and illegal
traffickers operating in forests, Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh has
said.
The chinkara fights a losing battle in Rajasthan
JODHPUR: The chinkara or Indian gazelle is battling for life in
the desert with poachers killing several hundreds of them every year.
S American weed threatens Orissa forests
BHUBANESWAR: A fast-growing South American weed with tiny
flowers, eupatorium, appears to be taking over most major forests and wild
habitats in Orissa, threatening an ecological disaster in the state.
Man shot for preventing killing of blackbuck
JAIPUR: A person belonging to the Bishnoi community was killed
when some poachers hunting the endangered blackbuck fired at him.
One more Gir lion dead
BARODA: One more lion died in the Gir National park in Junagadh
district even as the post-mortem report from the veterinary college at
Anand in central Gujarat dismissed possibility of death of two of them due
to rabies,reports PTI.
60 peacocks die in Madhya Pradesh
BHOPAL: After the big cats, it's the National Bird. More than 60
peacocks have died in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district over the last three
days after eating 'bajra' laced with harmful pesticides.
Guwahati forests fast shrinking
GUWAHATI, JULY 5: Guwahati, city of the famous Kamakhya temple -
the ancient seat of tantric studies, is also home to a wide variety of
bird species and as many as 50 leopards. The forests here are fast
shrinking, bringing the cats face to face with the humans more frequently
than before.
New wildlife policy: too little too late?
INDIA does not have a wildlife policy. Not in the sense of a
vision statement which lays out the progress to be made in the coming
years. What it has always had is an action plan, the latest of which will
be presented by the government next month after a gap of 17 years.
Orang wildlife sanctuary in grip of encroachers
TEZPUR, June 8: The Rajiv Gandhi Wild Life Sanctuary popularly
known as the
Orang Sanctuary established in 1915 in Sonitpur and Darrang districts and
home of
the famous one horned Asiatic rhino after the Kaziranga National Park is
today in
dire straits due to unabated influx by foreign nationals, who have
occupied large
area of the sanctuary during the last few years, under the very nose of
the State
Government and the forest department.
Kakoijana reserve to get sanctuary status : CM
ABHAYAPURI, June 7: "The Kakoijana reserve forest will be declared a
sanctuary immediately", said Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta at a
public meeting held at Gandhi Maidan here recently.
Monkey trouble at Sariska Sanctuary
JAIPUR: There's some monkey business on at the Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary in
Rajasthan. The state's forest department has launched a massive drive to catch the
sanctuary's monkeys and langoors and release them in the unprotected forests in the
adjoing areas. The reasons for this effort are cloaked in mystery.
Peel off the tiger skin trail
THE WILDLIFE conservation movement in India has come a long way. Today, India is
perhaps the only country in the "third world" that has a strict legal framework and
a system for conservation of its natural resources including wildlife.
It's all hush-hush -- UP denotifies land next to Corbett
NEW DELHI, MAY 21: Environmentalists and wildlife lovers are aghast at the denotification of
62 hectares of prime forest land sharing boundary with the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh.
Downpour washes out lion census at Gir forest
AHMEDABAD: Finally, nature settled the row
over the lion census at Gir, the only home of the
Asiatic lion in the wild in the country. A heavy
downpour over the past two days in the national
park area forced the forest department officials
to call off the five-year census and mourn over
three months of meticulous planning and
deployment going down the drain.
Low cost jute carrybags to replace plastic bags
CALCUTTA: The National Institute of
Research on Jute and allied fibre technology
(NIRJAFT) here has come out with low-priced
disposable carrybags made from jute fibres in
view of the impending ban on the use of plastic
carrybags in the state capital.
Bill bars foreigners from using India's biodiversity
NEW DELHI: A biological diversity Bill,
introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday, seeks
to protect the country's biological resources
from foreigners but gives Indians free access to
these.
Fatal elephant-man conflict unfolding in Assam
BHOLGAON: Seventy-five-year-old Sofur
Ali and hiseight-member family in this hamlet
in the northeastern Indian state of Assam is in a
state of shock.
Poaching rampant in Rajaji National Park
Joshimath, May 11: ON MAY 4, the Howrah Express ran into a herd of elephants near Rishikesh, killing one. The impact derailed the train, injuring 18 passengers. In the last two years, it was 15th elephant to die under a train or by falling off a hillock close to populated areas. The herd stood on the railway line as the noisy train approached, as if to take it on or commit suicide.
Kankwari : The Next Wildlife Destination
KANKWARI: Kankwari is the exact antithesis of its
surroundings: A small hamlet on a plush meadow in Rajasthan's
Sariska Tiger Reserve with a 17th century fortress and a
perennial reservoir in the backdrop.
Dwindling forest cover in UP worries experts
MEERUT: The gradual reduction in forest land,
allegedly due to land-grabbing by the forest
mafia across the UP plains, has caused concern
among forest authorities and environmentalists.
Steps to check illegal mining in forests
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government
has adopted strict measures to check illegal
mining in the forest areas of the state.
Visitors a part of litter-free Corbett drive
RAMNAGAR: Visitors to the famous Jim
Corbett National Park will henceforth carry
handwoven waste baskets with them to leave
behind a ``garbage-free Corbett''.
Centre to help restore Orissa forests
NEW DELHI: Centre assured Orissa government all possible
help to restore forests ravaged during last year's super-cyclone.
Giving the assurance to Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik,
Union Environment and Forest Minister T R Ballu said Centre
would extend all financial assistance for afforestation and
eco-development projects in the state "so that the severity of
any future cyclone can be lessened".
Asian elephants endangered by rampant poaching for ivory
New Delhi, April 2: POACHING FOR ivory has put a question mark on the survival of the Asian elephant in India because of certain peculiar factors.
Killing of animals rampant in Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary
Meerut, April 2: THE INCIDENTS of preying wild animals inside the Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary (HWS) by erecting live wires around the fields are on rise. Wild Life officials have arrested one person with beheaded body of a hog deer in the jungle of village Maur Khurd of Hastinapur this morning while two are still elusive.
Massive encroachment in Upper Assam forest lands
JORHAT, March 28 - About 1500 square kilometre area in upper Assam forest circle is under encroachment out of the total area of 2800 sq
km excluding the Kaziranga National Park.
Dhole sighted in Rajasthan
ANTHAMBHOR, MARCH 26. The fierce wild dog generally known as
Dhole has made a comeback in Rajasthan jungles. A deadly predator, the
animal is being spotted these days in the Ranthambhor tiger reserve.
7 members of poaching-gang held
MADURAI: Seven members of a gang of poachers, allegedly
involved in the murder of three elephants in forest ranges in
Tamil Nadu, had been arrested and 30 kg of ivory seized from
them, a senior forest official said today.
Tiger population census on
GUWAHATI, March 17-Tiger census is being carried out throughout the State by the State Forest Department with the help of forest and
wildlife officials and NGOs. The census will continue for seven days after which the process of compilation of data will be started.
State Wildlife Conservator, Sri RDS Tanwar informed that this year tiger census is carried out even in outer forest areas and all reserved forest
areas in addition to protected wildlife parks in Kaziranga, Manas and Nameri.
Elephant electrocuted
TIRUNELVELI, MARCH 9. Electric
fencing erected illegally in a private farm
near the reserve forest in Vairavakulam
beat in Kadayanallur range claimed the
life of an eight-year-old she elephant
yesterday.
FRI help sought to save forests from decaying
AMRITSAR: The Punjab State Forest Development
Corporation has sought the help of the Forest Research Institute
(FRI), Dehra dun to save forests from decaying, reports UNI.
Greek-make ship releases large scale poisonous dirt into sea
RAJKOT: A major operation has been launched by the Coast
Guard to check and probe the large scale release of poisonous
petroleum dirt by a Greek-make ship 'Splender' into the sea
waters.
Forest deptt. to conduct census in the Western Ghats
COIMBATORE: The forest department has decided to conduct
animal census in the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Animal Sanctuary
(IGWAS) in the Western Ghats with the participation of
voluntary organisations and scientists from Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu.
HC extends deadline for park encroachers to March 21
MARCH 2: The state government has been given time till March 21 to either rehabilitate the 33,000 illegal encroachers in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, failing which they will have to be evicted. Issuing a stern warning, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice N J Pandya and Justice Ranjana
Eco-vigilantes raise alarm as HP lifts ban on tree-felling
SHIMLA: The Himachal government's recent
decision of to allow tree felling in the state for
lining its cash-starved coffers has upset
environmentalists and politicians in the state.
Fire in Orissa forest
PURI: A devastating fire broke out in in Balukhand Reserve
Forest by the side of the Puri-Konark marine drive, according to
official sources here.
Poisonous seeds threatening peacocks: Experts
HISSAR, 24 Feb: After vultures, whose population has
reduced drastically during the last few years, it is
now the turn of the national bird, peacock, that
is under threat.
All for an eco-friendly Holi
NEW DELHI, 23 Feb: Nobody is talking any more of
home minister L K Advani's ``Kandahar sulk,''
when he ``offered'' to resign after the
government ``surrendered'' to the hijackers.
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee has not
only persuaded him to stay on, but also
cemented old ties by sending positive signals all
around.
IAS officer, associates remanded for killing Kaziranga animals
GUWAHATI: Senior IAS officer V. Sekhose, secretary art and
culture department to the Nagaland government, along with five
of his associates have been remanded to 14 days judicial custody
for allegedly killing five rhesus monkeys and a wide variety of
birds at upper Assam's Kaziranga, reports PTI.
The future lies at sea
For a country that has a 7,000 kilometre coastline, the oceans hold the key to India's ecological future. Yet after studiously ignoring the environmental problems of this sector, all that the government has been able to do is to come up with is a Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification under the Environment Protection Act issued in 1991 which purports to guard the coastline from harmful activity.
BNHS spots rare hornbills at Sanjay Gandhi National Park
MUMBAI: The Bombay Natural History Society's (BNHS)
ornithologists have spotted rare hornbills at the Vihar catchment
forest of Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
Western Ghats among threatened hotspots
Washington, February 8: THE WESTERN Ghats, straddling Kerala and Karnataka, are among the 25 most species-rich and environmentally threatened areas of the world, according to a new report released here yesterday by Population Action International (PAI).
Declare Mahadei valley as a wildlife sanctuary: BNHS
MUMBAI: Bombay Natural History Society today appealed to
the chief wildlife warden of government of Karnataka for the creation of a wildlife sanctuary in the Mahadei valley in the western ghats, reports PTI.
Elephant dies after taking contaminated water
KUMILY, FEB. 7. A cow elephant in
the prime of reproductive age has
died in a forest close to Sabarimala
inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve
because of suspected poisoning from
intake of faeces- contaminated
water.
Enforcement Directorate for wildlife crimes favoured
MUMBAI: The Bombay Natural History Society has strongly
recommended to union home minister L K Advani to set up an enforcement directorate for wildlife crimes.
World Bank Development Projects Push Indian Tigers to the Brink
Although a recent New York Times piece claimed that wild tigers have made a
"remarkable recovery," a quick look at the real numbers gives a more accurate picture of
the challenge this magnificent species faces at the brink of extinction.
Schemes to protect hill environment of western U.P.
DEHRA DUN, Feb 3 : The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has
recently approved the introduction of a solar water heater as a
multi-dimensional intervention tool in the upper Yamuna valley
of Uttarkashi district of Garhwal, reports UNI.
Ten conservation sites to be designated as wetlands
NEW DELHI, Feb 2: The ministry of environment and forests has
commenced the process of marking ten conservation sites
covering about 11 lakh hectares as wetlands to coincide with
world wetlands day today.
783 sq km of NE forest cover depletes in 3 years
GOLAGHAT, Dec 26 - The spectre of mass depletion of forest cover looms large over the north-eastern region. According to official reports, in the past 3 years, the dense forest cover and the open forest cover had depleted by 783 sq km posing a serious threat to the eco-balance system in the region.
Concern over illegal entry of poachers
DEHRA DUN: While the VVIPs arrival is
welcome, as guests to the national parks of
Dudhwa, Rajaji and Corbett, to celebrate the
new millennium, the park authorities are
apprehensive of illegal entry of poachers in the
guise of tourists sneaking into the wildlife
habitat, forest officials told The Times of India
News here on Sunday.
Special agency for wildlife crime needed
New Delhi, December 22: THE SEIZURE of one of the biggest consignments of tiger, leopard and jungle cat skins from
Ghaziabad on Saturday night has once again brought into focus the need for a specialised investigating
agency to deal with wildlife-related crime.
Animal skins worth Rs 2 crore seized
GHAZIABAD: A massive racket, involving the
selling of animal skins, was unearthed after state
sales-tax officials seized 50 leopard, three tiger
and five jungle-fox skins from a truck in
Ghaziabad on Saturday night.
Police seize black buck: Two arrested
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Thursday
night seized a black buck and detained two men
for possessing an endangered animal. On Friday
the men were sent to judicial custody, while the
animal went to the Delhi zoo.
Police-like prosecution powers for forest officers
NEW DELHI: In a significant move the Delhi
environment ministry has decided to provide
police-like prosecution powers to its district
forest officers regarding violations of the
Preservation of Trees Act.
They won't leave the jungle for all the gold in the world
New Delhi, December 10: THEY FACE the poachers? gun, government apathy, encroachers? attacks and their family's disapproval but give them "all the gold in the world" Forest Guard Babulal Orang and his comrades would not leave the jungle and the animals they love.
Arunachal to expand protected forest area
NEW DELHI, Dec 8 - Arunachal Pradesh will expand its protected forest area from the existing 13 per cent to 20 per cent of its geographical area, State Chief Minister Mukut Mithi has said.
Oil slick off Gujarat coast threatens rare coral colony
JAIPUR: The rare coral colony off Gujarat coast is under threat
due to oil slicks in Narora lagoon, close to southern shore of Gulf of Kutch, a marine life expert has said.
Kanha National Park has highest tiger density in the world
KANHA: The tiger, which was once an endangered species,
has swelled its population to 130 in the Kanha reserve in the
central India highlands, making it the highest tiger density park in the world.
Bill to check illegal mining
NEW DELHI, DEC. 3. The Mines and Minerals Minister, Mr. Naveen
Patnaik, introduced today a Bill in the Lok Sabha seeking to amend mining law asserting that the legislation would ensure increased investment, give more powers to States and check illegal mining.
Proposed restaurant threatens Chilka lake's bio-diversity
Chilka, the largest brackish water lake in Asia, might have
escaped the wrath of the super cyclone that struck coastal
Orissa recently claiming over 20,000 lives, but its future is
now threatened by a proposal of the Orissa Tourism
Development Corporation to develop a floating restaurant
on its waters.
Mafia role in cutting of typha grass hits sanctuary?s fauna
Meerut, December 1: HE TIME-BOUND permit scheme of the Wildlife Department, which is issued for cutting typha grass in the Hastinapur Sanctuary for the domestic use of the villagers, has failed to halt the activities of the mafia, who in connivance with the field staff of the Forest Department cut the grass and supply it to the nearby paper mills.
Was it IOC leak or did a ship dump oil?
NARARA/GANDHINAGAR, NOV 26: Fears of
large-scale damage caused by an oil slick near
Narara island off the Vadinar coast in Jamnagar
abated Thursday, though details on actual
destruction, and on the origins of the slick, were
unavailable.
Bannerghatta villagers protest against elephant menace
BANGALORE, Nov 24: It was a case of unwanted guests who were reluctant to return home. A herd of elephants,
numbering about 30 to 40, strayed into neighbouring villages of Bannerghatta National Park about
20 km from here on Tuesday night, damaging standing crops on their way. Frantic efforts to chase
them away by the forest and police personnel till late Wednesday evening proved futile.
Park at the mercy of militants
The Palamau Tiger Reserve, Bihar, is in dire
straits, starved of funds allotted to it. The
damage caused by incompetent
administration is compounded by militants.
Villagers, cattle grazers and poachers are all
over the park, says USHA RAI. Beginning
an occasional column.
Indian tigers in danger of extinction
NEW DELHI: An alarm sounded around the world when India's
tiger population was found to be teetering on the brink of
extinction in the early 1970s. In 1972, the government formed
Project Tiger to protect the tiger forests and banned shooting any
of India's remaining 1,800 tigers.
Kaziranga Park selected for Millennium Award
GUWAHTATI, Nov 23 - Kaziranga National Park has been selected for the prestigious Rs 2 lakh Millennium Award of the
WWF-Tiger Conservation Programme for being one of the best managed parks.
The award was given to Kaziranga National Park for total commitment exhibited by park personnel to save its wildlife against fury of
floods, poachers etc. The selection panel noted that despite the adversity population of rhino, tiger and other wildlife have thrived in the
national park.
