Two leopard attacks, movement of tigress, cubs raise concerns in Dudhwa buffer zone

Lakhimpur Kheri, Oct. 27 -- A leopard killed an eight-year-old boy near his house in south Kheri forest division area and caused grave injuries to a 59-year woman in separate incidents, in the Mailani... Read More

Dudhwa faces a bigger question: how to prevent the next attack?

Lakhimpur Kheri, Oct. 16 -- Two children killed in leopard attacks within three days have renewed fear in villages along the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve buffer zone, where nine people, including six minors, ... Read More

Sand boas case: Eight suspended cops booked in criminal case in Lakhimpur

Lakhimpur Kheri, Oct. 1 -- Eight suspended police officials have now been booked in a criminal case, in connection with the seizure of two sand boa snakes. The reptiles were recovered from a four whee... Read More

Man-animal conflict: Dudhwa, WWF to radio-collar migratory wild elephants

Lakhimpur Kheri, Sept. 25 -- The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) authorities have drafted a project to radio-collar wild elephants, mostly those migrating from Nepal forests into Dudhwa, besides forming an... Read More

Spike in croc attacks puts Dudhwa authorities on high alert

Lakhimpur Kheri, Sept. 24 -- A rise in human casualties in crocodile attacks this year has put the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) authorities, particularly officials in the Dudhwa buffer zone, on high ale... Read More

Two tuskers stray from herd, injure two Kheri farmers

Lakhimpur Kheri, Sept. 23 -- Two wild elephants strayed from their herd and injured two farmers, guarding their crops near Bhairampur village in the Belrayan forest range of Dudhwa buffer zone on Tues... Read More

World Rhino Day: From 5 to 53 in 42 years, Dudhwa's rhino family flourishes

Lakhimpur Kheri, Sept. 22 -- Once extinct in Terai forests due to hunting and some other factors in the pre-independence era, the mighty one-horned rhinos have made an impressive comeback to their anc... Read More

Two villagers injured in a big cat attack in south Kheri

Lakhimpur Kheri, Sept. 22 -- Two villagers were injured in an attack by a big cat, suspected to be a tiger, in Maheshpur (Mohammadi) range of south Kheri forest division, late on Sunday night. Both w... Read More

Eight killed, 23 injured as Kheri labourers' pickup crashes in M.P's Bhind

Lakhimpur Kheri, Aug. 18 -- At least eight labourers from Lakhimpur Kheri district were killed and 23 others injured after a speeding pickup van carrying them collided head-on with an incoming truck i... Read More

Dudhwa battles rising wildlife conflict with just half its forest guards

Lakhimpur Kheri, Aug. 7 -- The Dudhwa Tiger Reserve's buffer zone is grappling with an acute shortage of frontline staff even as human-wildlife conflict continues to intensify across its nine forest r... Read More