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Shoot 'man-eater' leopards in Pune: Forest minister

India, Nov. 13 -- State forest minister Ganesh Naik on Wednesday directed forest officials to eliminate leopards identified as 'man-eaters' in Pune district. The minister said this during a public ad... Read More


'Stop tree-felling along Pune riverbanks'

India, Nov. 13 -- Chief conservator of forests (land records) , Maharashtra forest department, N Jaikumaran, has directed Pune forest department officials to stop any tree-felling activity related to ... Read More


Forest min issues shoot-at-sight orders for 'man-eater' leopards

PUNE, Nov. 13 -- State forest minister Ganesh Naik has issued shoot-to-kill orders in the state's war on "man-eating" leopards in Pune district, a move that may calm frightened villagers but could rai... Read More


Amid rise in leopard attacks, district collector orders expansion of rescue infra in Pune

India, Nov. 12 -- With repeated leopard- attacks and sightings triggering widespread fear in the rural areas of Pune district, especially Shirur and Ambegaon talukas, district collector Jitendra Dudi ... Read More


Junnar forest department identifies 20 leopards to be shifted to Vantara

India, Nov. 12 -- As part of its proposal to relocate 50 leopards to the Vantara animal rehabilitation facility in Jamnagar, Gujarat, the Junnar forest division has identified 20 leopards for the firs... Read More


After Chandrapur, deepfake wildlife scare hits Pune district

India, Nov. 12 -- After incidents in Chandrapur, the Pune Forest Department is now facing a new kind of wildlife scare, this time, a deepfake. On November 10, a viral image claiming to show a tiger on... Read More


Pune records season's lowest temperature

India, Nov. 11 -- Pune continued to experience a dip in minimum temperatures on Monday, signalling the onset of cooler weather across the region. The city recorded a nighttime low of 13.2degC - the co... Read More


Rise in leopard attacks forces farmers to wear spiked neck bands

India, Nov. 10 -- The rise in leopard- sightings and attacks across Shirur and Junnar tehsils has forced farmers to resort to an unusual precaution - wearing spiked neck bands while working in sugarca... Read More


IITM study finds land retains rainfall memory for up to 35 days

India, Nov. 9 -- A new study by scientists from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, has decoded how long land "remembers" past rainfall events, offering deeper insights into how... Read More


Cooler mornings ahead as mercury dips across Pune district

India, Nov. 9 -- Winter chill has finally begun to set in across Pune and its surrounding areas, with minimum temperatures dropping by one to two degrees Celsius over the past two to three days. The I... Read More