UP's 4th tiger reserve proposed in Chitrakoot
LUCKNOW: The forest department has sent a proposal to the state government to develop Ranipur wildlife sanctuary as the fourth tiger reserve in UP. The reserve may become a habitat for tigers crossing
Panna NP
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18 tiger reserves prone to Panna-Sariska like situation
Cutting a sorry figure of tiger conservation in the country, Union Minister for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh on Friday stated that as many as 18 tiger reserves in the country were prone to Panna or Sariska like situation, if the big cats were not protected in a proper way.
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Speeding vehicles claims life of 20 animals of Panna Tiger Reserve
Panna: Wildlife in Panna Tiger Reserve is falling victim to not just poachers but also speeding vehicles. ''Between January 9 and March 10, vehicles knocked down two nilgai, four sambar, a boar, two hyenas, six jackals, a rabbit, a fox, two langoors and a chital with the maximum fatalities in Mandla area,'' Reserve Director R Sriniwas Murthy told reporters.
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MP minister goes off mark on relocated tiger spotlight
LALIT SHASTRI The Madhya Pradesh forest minister Sartaj Singh was off the mark when he said in a written reply to a question in the state Assembly on Monday that a tiger recently relocated from the Pench Tiger Reserve to Panna Tiger Reserve had been radio-collared and was being monitored constantly even when it had strayed outside the Park territory.
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Wildlife, Forests split from Dept of Environment
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has given a nod for creation of a separate department dedicated to wildlife and forests
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Missing Tigers: CBI probe sought
The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has sought a CBI probe into the disappearance of tiger population from Panna Tiger Reserve in the state.
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CBI probe into disappearance of tigers sought
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Forest Department has sought a CBI probe into the disappearance of tiger population from the Panna Tiger Reserve situated in eastern part of the State.
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Rare birds sighted in Panna
Six rare types of vultures, including the Cinereous Vulture and Himalayan Griffon Vulture, as well as the Black-Capped Kingfisher have been sighted in the ''tiger-less'' Panna Tiger Reserve during a wildlife census.
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Wildlife census in MP to begin today
The much-awaited census of wild animals across Madhya Pradesh would begin on Wednesday. It would be the first census of wild animals after the official declaration that the tiger community had been wiped out from Panna.
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WWF official upbeat about tiger revival at Panna
The ambitious tiger revival plan at Panna National Park might be moving ahead amid hiccups since its inception early last year, but wildlife experts like World Wildlife Fund (WWF)-India secretary general Ravi Singh, are very much upbeat about the project.
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16 big cats die in MP this yr
Strong demands for effective efforts in the field of tiger conservation were raised from all around amid the intermittent big cat mortalities in Madhya Pradesh throughout the year.