Survival of tigers is dependent on conservation and management efforts. To gauge the success of conservation efforts as well as to guide management inputs, it is important to assess the effectiveness of management of Tiger Reserves. This publication aims at compiling management issues and key recommendations evolved from different cycles …
Wildlife authorities in Thailand on Monday raided a Buddhist temple where tigers are kept, taking away three of the animals and vowing to confiscate scores more in response to global pressure over wildlife trafficking. The Buddhist temple in Kanchanaburi province west of Bangkok has more than 100 tigers and has …
Forest officials visit Panna Tiger Reserve for training The 2010 Wildlife Institute of India Rajaji Tiger Relocation Plan may finally see the light of the day with the recent visit of Rajaji Tiger Reserve officials to the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, signalling the first signs of start of …
Bhubaneswar: A survey conducted by the state government in 46 forest and wildlife divisions has pegged the population of Royal Bengal Tigers at 40. The government took up the tiger estimation nearly one and a half years after the release of National Tiger Conservation Authority's (NTCA's) all-India tiger estimation report, …
Coimbatore: The Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) will conduct a pre-monsoon wildlife census this month and have invited NGOs, volunteers from colleges and environmentalists to take part in it to ensure a transparent process. It will be held from May 23 to May 30, said officials. The officials said that they …
Alleging violation of laws in construction of tiger safari in Madhya Pradesh’s Pench national park, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the apex body for tiger conservation, expressed fears on Wednesday that it would expose the animal to poaching. The national park is famous as home to “Mowgli” — the …
Jodhpur: Wolf is in high demand at all the zoos of the country. The declining population has led this schedule I animal near extinction with presence in Gujarat and Rajasthan only. Recently, the Machia Biological Park at Jodhpur had a lion pair from Shakkarbagh Zoo in Junagarh (Gujarat) in exchange …
There has been a 30 per cent rise in the tiger population in the country from 2010 to 2014, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. “The third country wide assessment of the status of tigers, co-predators and their prey, using the refined methodology has shown a country wide 30 per …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tiger Population, 10/05/2016. The third country wide assessment of the status of tigers, copredators and their prey, using the refined methodology has shown a country wide 30% increase in tiger numbers in 2014 with an estimated number of 2226 tigers (range 1945-2491) as compared …
Around 16 students and 5 teachers from various schools of Nagpur travelled 180km on Tuesday to Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Yavatmal district to paint a wall to send across the message of wildlife conservation. The trip was organised by Pench Tiger Conservation Foundation. Students of green schools GH Raisoni and …
Jaipur: A review petition was on Friday filed in the Rajasthan High Court seeking a revision of its earlier judgement giving the green signal to the shifting of the tiger Ustad (T-24) from Ranthambore National Park to Sajjangarh Biological Park in Udaipur in the light of the new facts. The …
Nagpur: In a huge victory for the forest department, the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Monday quashed and set aside Amravati sessions court order to suspend sentence of dreaded tiger poacher Bhajan Hotel Dhurve. Bhajan is an expert in killing tigers and operated in forests of Vidarbha. He …
New Delhi: The ambitious e-eye surveillance system of tracking tigers has been made operational in key sanctuaries in the country, including Kaziranga and Corbett reserves, the Centre said on Monday. "The e-eye is operational in Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarkhand and Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh. The same has …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Increase in wild tiger count, 02/05/2016. In India, it has shown increasing trend with subsequent estimations which got initiated in the year 2006, wherein count was 1411 in 2006, 1706 in 2010 and 2226 in 2014. The details are at Annexure-I.
Poachers killed more tigers in the first four months of 2016 than in entire 2015, according to a latest data by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), as reported by the Hindustan Times. Twenty eight tigers were killed till April 26 as compared to 25 poached for body parts …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Census of Animals, 26/04/2016. Wild animal census of iconic species like Tiger, Elephant, Rhino and Lions are carried out by the respective State/UT Governments. However, at the national level, Tiger census is carried out periodically. As per the latest census, the estimated population of …
In the last hundred years, tiger populations across the world have decreased; from a 60,000 population, only 3,200 were left in the wild by 2010. Poaching has been the main reason for this unnerving drop in numbers, as these amazing big cats are killed for their skins, poaching, medicine, or …
The Chitwan National Park has begun a week-long awareness campaign for the conservation of tigers and one horned rhinos, among other wild animals, from today. The CNP launched the campaign to celebrate zero poaching year. The national park had marked zero poaching last year as well. Chief Conservation Officer at …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rise in Man-animal conflict, 25/04/2016. Incidences of negative human-wildlife interactions including the loss of human lives and damage to crops by wild animals are reported in various parts of the country from time to time. Management of forest and wildlife is the responsibility of …
A group of tiger biologists from India, USA, UK and Russia have debunked a report which claimed that the world’s wild tiger population is on the rise. “We do not find this report and its implications scientifically convincing,” said a statement issued by four tiger biologists — Dr K. Ullas …
Making a strong pitch for tiger conservation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday underlined the need for collaboration between governments at the highest level to check trafficking in body parts of the wildcat. Noting that conservation of tiger or nature is "not a drag" on development, the Prime Minister insisted …
