Odisha Forest Department

The Forest Department in Odisha has rescued a 12-foot king cobra that was found inside an abandoned well.

A 7-feet long python was rescued from a fishing net near Ganga Sagar pond, Golamunda in Kalahandi district by the forest department on Saturday. The reptile was later released into the forest.

Officials of the Bhubaneswar forest department on Saturday busted a snake venom smuggling racket and arrested six persons including a woman.

The number of deaths of Olive Ridley sea turtles along the Odisha coast has come down this year as the state forest department has taken various measures for the protection of the endangered marine species and their habitats, an official said.

Local fishermen, villagers and the forest department have released a 15-feet long whale shark into the Bay of Bengal after it came to the net line, officials said on Friday.

Officials of the Forest Department rescued an Indian muntjac (Barking Deer) from the house of an influential farmer in Odisha on Tuesday.

Candidates can fill and submit the application, online, at the official website on or before December 29. This is a contractual recruitment under the Forest ad Environment Department of Government of Odisha.

A Cobra snake that was found inside a parcel sent through courier service was rescued by the forest department in Odisha's Mayurbhanj on Monday.

A student of a state-run tribal residential school in Odisha's Kandhamal district delivered a baby girl in her hostel, prompting the authorities to suspend six of its employees, the officials said on Sunday. A senior student has been arrested in the incident after locals launched protests, alleging a cover-up attempt.

Three days ago, the Odisha Forest department announced that the three-year-old tiger brought all the way to the Satkosia Tiger Reserve from the Kanha national park in Madhya Pradesh, a distance of 600 kms, had died three months after completing the journey. The tiger designated as T1 was publicly known as Mahaveer.

An expert team comprising members of the NationalTiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on Friday began a probe into a three-year-old tiger's death at Satkosia reserve in Odisha's Angul, a forest department official said.

Odisha government has requested Madhya Pradesh to send expert teams to captur Royal Bengal Tigress 'Sundari' in Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary after the state forest department failed to tranquilise it, officials said Thursday.

The Forest Department in Odisha has decided to tranquilise Royal Bengal tigress Sundari after another man was attacked and killed in Satakosia Tiger Reserve, an official said on Monday.

A black panther has been seen in Sundergarh forest in Odisha for the first time, the Forest Department said.

A newborn, who had been snatched away by a monkey from its mother's side at Talabasta village of Banki in Cuttack district on Saturday, was found dead today inside a well near the house, the police said.

The Forest Department in Odisha has rescued a 12-foot king cobra that was found inside an abandoned well.

A 7-feet long python was rescued from a fishing net near Ganga Sagar pond, Golamunda in Kalahandi district by the forest department on Saturday. The reptile was later released into the forest.

Officials of the Bhubaneswar forest department on Saturday busted a snake venom smuggling racket and arrested six persons including a woman.

The number of deaths of Olive Ridley sea turtles along the Odisha coast has come down this year as the state forest department has taken various measures for the protection of the endangered marine species and their habitats, an official said.

Local fishermen, villagers and the forest department have released a 15-feet long whale shark into the Bay of Bengal after it came to the net line, officials said on Friday.

Officials of the Forest Department rescued an Indian muntjac (Barking Deer) from the house of an influential farmer in Odisha on Tuesday.

Candidates can fill and submit the application, online, at the official website on or before December 29. This is a contractual recruitment under the Forest ad Environment Department of Government of Odisha.

A Cobra snake that was found inside a parcel sent through courier service was rescued by the forest department in Odisha's Mayurbhanj on Monday.

A student of a state-run tribal residential school in Odisha's Kandhamal district delivered a baby girl in her hostel, prompting the authorities to suspend six of its employees, the officials said on Sunday. A senior student has been arrested in the incident after locals launched protests, alleging a cover-up attempt.

Three days ago, the Odisha Forest department announced that the three-year-old tiger brought all the way to the Satkosia Tiger Reserve from the Kanha national park in Madhya Pradesh, a distance of 600 kms, had died three months after completing the journey. The tiger designated as T1 was publicly known as Mahaveer.

An expert team comprising members of the NationalTiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) on Friday began a probe into a three-year-old tiger's death at Satkosia reserve in Odisha's Angul, a forest department official said.

Odisha government has requested Madhya Pradesh to send expert teams to captur Royal Bengal Tigress 'Sundari' in Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary after the state forest department failed to tranquilise it, officials said Thursday.

The Forest Department in Odisha has decided to tranquilise Royal Bengal tigress Sundari after another man was attacked and killed in Satakosia Tiger Reserve, an official said on Monday.

A black panther has been seen in Sundergarh forest in Odisha for the first time, the Forest Department said.

A newborn, who had been snatched away by a monkey from its mother's side at Talabasta village of Banki in Cuttack district on Saturday, was found dead today inside a well near the house, the police said.