Ambaji: Ahead of the Bhadarvi Poonam fair, the forest department has captured a wild sloth bear from Ambaji gabbar hill. The wild bear was captured after the use of tranquilizing gun shot. It was captured at 10 pm on Saturday after hours long operation by the forest department. The wild bear was straying at Gabbar hill for last mont or so. It was spotted multiple times at Gabbar hill where a ver popular temple is located. Thousands of pilgrims pay visit to Gabbar hill every day. Even more peo...Read More

Gandhinagar: According to the Statewide Bear Census-2022 conducted by the Forest Department, a population of approximately 358 bears has been recorded in the seven districts of Gujarat as of the year 2022. The state conducts a bear census every five years. According to the Chief Conservator of Forests in Gandhinagar, the bear population has increased by an average of five per cent since the previous census. In the 2022 bear census in Gujarat, Banaskantha district recorded the highest number o...Read More

Sabarkantha: The Vijay Nagar Polo Forest will remain closed for tourists from June 13 to June 15, to conduct a census of bears. A notification to this effect was issued by the district collector of Sabarkantha. The census is conducted at temporary and permanent water points in the respective area based on the assumption that the wild animal will come to quench its thirst at least once in 24 hours during the Summer. A bear census was last conducted in the state six years ago in 2016. A s...Read More