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 …
australian scientists have launched a programme to bring the extinct Tasmanian tiger back to life. They are pinning their hopes on a Tasmanian tiger cub, preserved in alcohol for more than 130 years. The Australian Museum unveiled a new trust that will fund research aimed at resurrecting the specie. The …
the only tiger safari park in north India, set up in Ludhiana in 1993 is facing paucity of funds. Officials are awaiting a grant of Rs 10 lakhs to meet expenses. "We are being able to provide food for the animals only because there is a contract with the suppliers …
Effect of anthropogenic disturbance on habitat occupancy by tiger prey species was studied in Panna National Park (PNP), Madhya Pradesh. The study was conducted between November 1998 and April 1999. Line-transect method and pellet-count technique were used to estimate prey species abundance. Abundance estimates were used as a measure for …
the century's last census of the Indian tiger has begun, beginning with the Corbett Tiger Reserve. Armed with Rs one crore allotted in the Ninth Plan, Project Tiger has asked tiger states to take the count beyond the national parks. According to the Project Tiger director, A K Sen, about …
the tiger census conducted by the authorities in Madhya Pradesh has come in for a lot of criticism. The census report released in 1998 stated that the number of tigers in Madhya Pradesh had gone up to 927 in 1998 compared to 912 in 1993. But the London-based Environmental Investigation …
More than 150 experts from Tiger-range countries and environment ministers from the uk , Bangladesh and Bhutan discussed ways to save the tiger from extinction at a three-day tiger Millennium Conference which was held from March 3 to 5 in New Delhi. The conference was organised by the Union ministry …
this month a high-level delegation from the uk will investigate tiger poaching and illegal trade in tiger parts in India. It will also analyse protective measures initiated by the Indian government. The mission is part of a campaign launched in London by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species …
flowing along the western edge of the Corbett Tiger Reserve ( ctr ) in district Nainital of Uttar Pradesh, the river Kosi has seen many humans being killed by animals. This time it was Bhawani Ram. His son Harsh, 17, sits on the bank after immersing his father's ashes. That …
despite accusations that the tiger population is being revived, the actual numbers of big cats across India stand at 3,232. Though the Union government is yet to release the 1997 Tiger Census Report, the Worldwide Fund for Nature-Tiger Conservation Programme ( wwf-tcp ) made available the figures provided by the …
The jungles of the Indian subcontinent, home to an amazing array of wildlife, attracted many hunters and naturalists, several of whom have recounted their encounters with animals in the wild. This anthology brings together a wide-ranging selection of writings, covering mainly the period of the British Raj, about the hunt …
The last century has witnessed a remarkable change in attitudes to wildlife, with the focus shifting from conquest for slaughter towards conservation. The new class of naturalists gives equal attention to smaller animals and trees, as evident in the pieces on the blackbuck, the wild dog, the turtle, the cobra, …
THE Central Zoo Authority of India has asked the officials of the Madhav National Park at Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh to wind up their "tiger safari". The park is home to eight tigers, all offspring of tigress Tara and tiger Petu. The pair was brought to the park from Bhopal …
The tigers in Nepal may be extinct in the wild by 1999 unless India and the other range states declare an open war on poachers and illegal traders and throw in all the resources required into the battle, says Peter Jackson, a cat specialist. Deforestation, loss of habitat and a …
The largest of all cats, tigers, are gradually dying due to a loss of habitat, diminishing stocks of prey and poaching. About 100,000 tigers lived in the Asian wilderness at the beginning of this century. Only about 5,000 or about five per cent are believed to remain today. Poaching is …
there are various methods to determine the census of tigers. The traditional method of conducting a tiger census is by studying the pug marks of the tiger. However, experts feel that this is not the most accurate method of enumeration. Experts believe that the pug marks of tigers can be …
PARTNERS in peril is a film on the life of the people living in the Sundarbans and the state of resources in the area. Sundarbans is the only mangrove tiger land in the world. The present population of the tiger is estimated to be around 250. The tigers are the …
the wildlife conservation efforts suffered a major setback following the recent killing of four tigers in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh. All the tigers are said to have been killed by poisoning. In December last year, two tigers died from poisoning in Jim Corbett National Park, Uttar Pradesh. According …
This paper argues that tiger conservation is, ultimately, an issue of incentives. Command-and-control prescriptions for saving the tiger have largely failed because the people who actually determine the destiny of wild tigers have few incentives to save them. If environmentalists are to succeed in saving the wild tiger from extinction, …
following the death of two tigresses in Lucknow, the Central Zoo Authority (cza) has alerted all zoos in the country to protect tigers and leopards against Feline Pan Leukoenia, a highly contagious viral disease which affects only members of the cat family. The chief wildlife warden of Uttar Pradesh, R …
