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 …
BAGERHAT : Tiger population in the Sundarbans may fall from the previous 2004 census, according to a preliminary analysis of Bangladesh-India Joint Tiger Census Project, reports UNB. Experts from both Bangladesh and India are currently examining about 1,500 images and footprints of big cats taken from the Sundarbans through camera …
Conservationists are urging the Indonesian government to listen to business and start taking deforestation seriously after a major paper giant joined the growing ranks of companies pledging to stop clearing forests. Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd (APRIL), the second largest pulp and paper company in Indonesia, announced this week …
T-24, the Ranthambhore tiger that was shifted to a cage in Sajjangarh Biological Park in Udaipur by forest officials for allegedly killing a forest guard has got a clean chit from Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IRVI), Bareilly. The institute, a Central government-approved body reportedly did not find any human body …
Human–tiger conflicts have been a major issue in the Terai-Arc Landscape (TAL), in northern India, ever since human settled in the region. For managing such issues, authorities are compelled to eliminate/relocate tigers whenever there is recurrent killing of human beings. But identifying the individual tiger/tigress, involved in conflicts has remained …
The population of the Amur tiger in Russia has increased to as many as 540 individuals over the last ten years, according to figures released by the Russian government. “I am pleased to see that the number of Amur tigers in Russia has increased in all the key areas where …
Bengaluru: When the national tiger census report was released in January this year, Karnataka had every reason to feel proud. The state is now home to 406 tigers, the highest in the country. There is 35% rise in the number of big cats compared to the previous 2010 census. And …
CHANDRAPUR: As many as 48 tigers have been found to be inhabiting outside the protected areas in forests of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra, taking the total number of such animals to 120 in the zone which is home to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). The tiger estimation study in non-protected …
The Periyar and Parambikulam tiger reserves and the Eravikulam National Park are planning to procure conservation drones to step up their conservation drive. While the Periyar reserve will get one drone (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) at a cost of Rs.25 lakh, the Parambikulam reserve hopes to get three such aerial vehicles. …
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered status quo on shifting of a “man-eater” tiger known as T24 or Ustaad, from the Ranthambhore National Park in Rajasthan to a zoo. The tiger, which had reportedly mauled a security guard to death earlier this month, is being sought to be shifted from …
Focus on number of predators and prey base, besides health of forest vegetation. The biannual monitoring exercise to ascertain the headcount of predators, the prey base and the quality of the habitat began on Wednesday at Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, one of four reserves in Tamil Nadu. The last census pegged …
North Bengal's Buxa Tiger reserve has survived another scare. While there were rumours that it would be stripped of the 'tiger reserve' status after scientists saw no signs of the big cats there, the Centre has decided to give park officials another chance to improve the habitat to support a …
Rajasthan seems to be losing its tigers to Madhya Pradesh. The movement of tigers from Ranthambore national park in Rajasthan to Kuno-Palpur wildlife sanctuary has established the natural corridor between the two sanctuaries is functional. In April 2013, the Supreme Court had ordered translocation of Asiatic lions from Gujarat's Gir …
Ranthambore hoteliers, scared that the park's most-watched tiger may scare away guests, used their clout to have T24 relocated to Udaipur zoo, and kept the operation so secretive that even forest minister Raj Kumar Rinwa was kept in the dark, sources told TOI on Monday . T24 was shifted on …
The shifting of Ranthambore tiger T-24 has changed territorial equations in the reserve. A day after the dominant male tiger was moved to a biological park in Udaipur, wildlife experts expressed concerns over the safety of two cubs fathered by it. They feel the vacuum created by the relocation will …
The Anamalai Tiger Reserve will undertake a pre-monsoon census survey to enumerate the population of all the animals. The week-long survey will begin on May 13. The main objective of the survey, for which more than 150 ATR personnel, college students, wildlife enthusiasts and volunteers from non-governmental organisations will be …
OPEN TO REVIEW Buxa and other reserves may see recount of tigers Days after some experts questioned the methodology adopted for conducting the 2014-15 National Tiger Survey , a state government has raised question marks about the veracity of the census count. The West Bengal government has written to the …
On December 9, 2014, a wrecked tanker released approximately 94,000 gallons (78,271 Imperial gallons) of heavy fuel oil into the Shela River, which runs through the Sundarbans, the sprawling and remote mangrove forest shared between India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal. Now another shipping disaster is unfolding, as …
The Sumatran tiger conservation group, Forum Harimau Kita (Our Tiger Forum), has proven that storytelling could effectively raise public awareness of the needs of the endangered species. The practice is usually used to educate children in various areas in West Sumatra about the urgency of Sumatran tiger conservation, as the …
Sariska Tiger Sanctuary (STR) in Rajasthan’s Alwar is facing unusually slow multiplication of the big cat population mainly due to large scale miscarriages suffered by its tigresses. The tiger re-introduction programme, the first of its kind in the world, was taken up in the sanctuary in 2008 as there were …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on status of poaching of tigers, 07/05/2015.The Government of India has taken a number of steps for protection of tigers, which interalia addresses the issue of poaching also, and the details are at Annexure-I. By implementing those steps through the field formations of different tiger …
