With no action taken by Centre on leopard sterilisation project, Maharashtra forest department has been forced to put more ...

Pratap Jagtap, range forest officer, Pune Forest Department, informed, "According to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, elephants enjoy special protection, and their use in public processions is ...

The department will seize the animal and the case will be investigated by Pune and Sangli forest officials. During the event, a procession was held in which the MLA seated on the elephant ...

Pune: The state forest dept has launched a probe into an allegedly illegal elephant procession organised by Bhor MLA Shankar Mandekar's team in Pirangut on Sunday night. Department officials said ...

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The Pune Forest Department is struggling to take back 14,000 hectares of land which is currently with the Revenue Department. A forest official informed that earlier policies led to the transfer ...

In November, the Pune Forest Department launched a turtle rehabilitation program. Under this, nearly 478 turtles were collected from three different forest departments in western Maharashtra The ...

Pune: The Maharashtra forest department will coordinate closely with its Gujarat counterparts regarding the release of problem causing leopards in forest areas near the inter-state border.