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 …
The latest camera trap study of the tiger population in Wayanad conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) for the state forest department shows the 344.44 square km sanctuary having a tiger abundance of 38 big cats. Significantly, the survey shows that majority of Wayanad’s tigers camera-trapped in the survey …
An estimated 100 elephants will be killed across Africa today. Poached, in all likelihood, in front of their families. Their tusks ripped off to meet the global greed for ivory. The species are in crisis. Elephant populations in some parts of Africa could be wiped out in as little as …
Hyena, a protected wildlife, is at the risk of extinction of late, according to a study. Unchecked poaching of hyena and smuggling of its organs has posed a threat. According to a study on the status of hyena carried out in Chitwan, Sankhuwasabha, Mustang, Manag, Dolpa, Kaski and Humla districts, …
Agartala, Feb 10: Ever thought of adopting a tiger, a rhino or a crocodile? Here’s your chance to do that at a Tripura wildlife sanctuary and zoo. Anyone can adopt a wild animal by paying for its upkeep under a scheme to make people participate in the conservation of wildlife, …
The straying of Royal Bengal Tigers into villages around the Sunderbans forest has seen a dramatic decline after erection of nylon net-fencing on the forest-village interface. Not a single case of tiger straying into villages surrounding the forest had been reported this year, field director of the Sunderban tiger reserve …
Tiger count at Kishenpur might be up from the last census conducted in 2011. Analysis of camera trappings suggest an increase in the number of tigers in 204 sq km of the sanctuary that forms dudhwa's core zone. Sensor-enabled cameras were installed at 65 locations of the sanctuary to click …
The objective of 'Project Tiger' of Union ministry of environment and forests to provide inviolate area for tiger movement might be just beating around the bush, at least in Rajasthan. The project that began in 2006 so far has just been able to re-locate villagers of only three out of …
With new tigers, some of them man-eaters, being sighted everyday in west UP, the debate around tiger corridors has gained more immediacy than ever. Human encroachment in and around 13 corridors of Terai region - referred to as the Terai Arc Landscape -- is taking a heavy toll on the …
The Ranthambore reserve is embarking on phase IV of tiger monitoring as part of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) protocol for all tiger reserves for a national figure on big cats. Flush with a baby boom since the past couple of years but equally at the receiving end for deaths …
Jaipur: There are growing fears over the fate of Machli, the celebrated tigress of Ranthambore National Park, who continues to be missing after she was last spotted on January 9 in zone 5 of the park. Despite several trap cameras all over the park and several teams sent out to …
A deadly virus is stalking the big cats, but the State Forest department is yet to wake up to the warning. Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) has reportedly affected tigers in the northern and eastern parts of the country, killing two cubs in Patna Zoo, a couple of months ago. Member …
SEONI (MP): A tigress has been shifted from Pench Tiger Reserve to the Panna Tiger Reserve here where the number of the female big cats has been dwindling. "After a lot of efforts, a three-and-half year old tigress was caught from Kurai range by the trained wildlife experts and shifted …
INDORE: Perhaps for the time, tigers are suspected to be present in Dewas forests in Uday Nagar and Rang Bagli ranges. DFO Saeed Khan said on Monday they have traced the pugmarks of two tigers at two different places. "This is for the first occasion in the recent time when …
Kolhapur: The first national census in the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) is halfway through as experts completed the transect line observations and began the carnivore census from Tuesday. The count, which began on Friday last week, will conclude on Thursday. The national tiger census is conducted every four years and …
Alwar: Territorial equations in the Sariska tiger reserve are in a jeopardy! Three tigers shifted from Ranthambore are upsetting equations here. One has grabbed a major portion of the core area in the reserve forcing other big cats to the periphery near over two dozen villages with a sizable human …
Gujarat’s Curative Petition To Expose MP Govt’s Claims About Prey Base For Big Cats Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government is all set to file the curative petition challenging the apex court order to translocate lions to Kuno Palpur. The state had, after the final order on April 15, filed a review …
The German government has sanctioned 20 million euros (Rs 166.94 crore) to the International Union of Nature Conservation (IUCN) for conservation of tigers in India and a few other Asian countries. The aim of the funding is to help increase the number of tigers in the wild and improve the …
The national tiger census will begin at the Sahyadri tiger reserve (STR) from Thursday amid much curiosity, as no tiger was sighted in the 50 camera traps installed in the Chandoli national park and Koyna wildlife sanctuary over the past one-and-a-half months. More than 100 forest department personnel and wildlife …
The centre has released the first ever financial sanction to Amangarh tiger reserve. The sanction of Rs 24 lakh will be utilized for the management of the reserve. Six persons have been killed in area adjoining the reserve since December 29, in attacks by a stray feline. Though, the big …
