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A leopard today preyed a deer close to the state highway 9 in the Betla National Park area. The site of preying is close to the nursery set up. However many who saw the kill thought it to be a casualty of the deer while the fact of the matter is that leopard killed the deer for its
Daltonganj: Latehar district administration on Wednesday asked for a report from officials of Palamu Tiger Reserve which houses the Betla National Park after 40-year-old Kaal Bhairav, a captive elephant, was attacked and killed by two wild tuskers at Palamu Quila late on Monday night. In a letter to the deputy director of the tiger project on Wednesday, Latehar deputy commissioner Abu Imran sought to know why was the elephant shifted from the designated shelter to another location and what steps did the forest ranger take at the time of the incident to safeguard the animal. It also sought t...
Territorial fights among elephants are common, it is for the first time when a casualty was reported in Betla. DALTONGANJ: Two wild tuskers killed Kaal Bhairav, a captive elephant at Betla National Park in Palamu Tiger Reserve on Monday night, said deputy director of PTR’s north division Kumar Ashish on Tuesday. Kaal Bhairav was 25-year-old and was brought to the park from Karnataka in 2018. Ashish said, “Betla has five captive elephants, including three females. Kaal Bhairav was the eldest of all.” Betla has more than four dozen wild elephants. Sources said although territorial fight...