Gandhinagar: Every year, April 14 is celebrated as ‘National Dolphin Day’ across the country, including Gujarat. This year, more emphasis is being placed on topics that create awareness about ‘the importance of dolphins, their safety and how to further protect their habitats’. Gujarat has the longest coastline in the entire country, so it has a rich aquatic animal heritage, i.e. many rare aquatic animals, of which the most beautiful and attractive animal is ‘dolphin’. Recently, a ...Read More

Khambha: A 35-year-old farmer, Mangabhai Boghabhai Bareya, was tragically killed by a lioness in his field in Kakardi Moli village, part of the Jasaddhar range in the Dhari Gir East forest division, Amreli district. According to locals, Bareya was working in his field when the lioness attacked him, dragged him away, and mauled him to death. Despite villagers gathering at the scene, the lioness refused to relinquish the body. The forest department team from Jasaddhar range, led by RFO L.D. Bhar...Read More

Gandhinagar: Tomorrow i.e.on 3rd March, the world will mark World Wildlife Day, with the theme for 2025 being Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People and Planet. This theme underscores the vital role of sustainable funding in global conservation efforts. Marking this occasion, the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Gir-Somnath in Gujarat tomorrow. Currently, Asiatic lions inhabit approximately 30,000 square kilometers across 53 talukas in 9 districts of Gujarat. The state...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has moved for an amendment to the Gujarat Fisheries Rules, 2003, to introduce new regulations for trawl net fishing and making compulsory the use of a Turtle Excluder Device (TED) in trawl nets to protect marine life. The State government has published the draft of new rules under Section 30 of the Gujarat Fisheries Act, 2003 for public awareness. The government will  consider these rules after 30 days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi is likely to make two visits to Gujarat in March, according to sources. His tentative schedule includes a visit to Sasan Gir on March 3rd for a wildlife-related event, followed by visits to Surat and Navsari on March 7th and 8th for events related to women's empowerment. Sources indicate that PM Modi, in his capacity as the Chairman of the National Wildlife Board, is expected to attend a meeting in Sasan Gir on March 3rd, coinciding with World Wildl...Read More

Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is set to launch a major project to widen and deepen the Vishwamitri River, a crucial step in mitigating future flood risks. The project will encompass a 25-kilometer stretch of the riverbed, increasing its depth to 10 feet. A key aspect of this initiative involves the relocation of aquatic wildlife, including crocodiles and turtles protected under Schedule 1 of wildlife laws. The relocation effort has received the green light from the cent...Read More

Una, Gujarat: A lion entered the premises of Gayatri Vidyalaya in Una, Gujarat, on Friday morning, following which the school declared holiday and asked students not to come.  The incident occurred when the lion chased a calf that had strayed into the school grounds. The lion attacked and killed the calf before entering the school building. School staff, who witnessed the incident through CCTV footage, immediately alerted the Gir Forest Department. The school was closed for the day as a precau...Read More

Gandhinagar: During his visit to the Wildlife Care Center in Bodakdev, Ahmedabad , Chief Minister Shri Bhupendra Pateltoday launched the 'Snake Rescue App'. The specialty of this app is that if you see a snake anywhere, you can inform the forest department through this app. Currently, this app has been made operational in Ahmedabad district as part of the pilot project. This app will also be made operational in other districts of the state in phases. Through this app, any citizen will be a...Read More

Junagadh, Gujarat: The Gujarat Forest Department successfully captured a lioness in the outer areas of Baradiya village in Visavdar taluka after it was involved in a fatal attack on an 18-year-old girl. The incident occurred on the night of December 22, when the victim Rahli Avasiya, a migrant from Madhya Pradesh, was passing through a farm in the village. Rahli was on her way to hand over a torch to her father, who works as a laborer on the farm. Tragically, as she made her way through the f...Read More