Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam in the matter of news item titled "the last feral horses in India" appearing in Mongabay, November 5, 2024. The matter relates to the critically endangered status of feral horses in the Dibru-Saikhowa National Park as well as of smuggling of these …
Five gaurs, which have been shifted from Kanha to the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, will be released in the wild in March. For the time being, the park administration is monitoring their movement with the help of radio collars. The gaurs, which were shifted from the Kanha Tiger Reserve to Bandhavgarh …
This note is in response to a request from Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Development Board (MPEDB), on envisaging the role of communities in ecotourism. Using six case studies, the possible role of communities across the spectrum of different levels of community involvement are highlighted along with their positive and negative impacts. …
Bandhavgarh National Park, which had turned devoid of the bison (Gaur) in 1995, would get a few of these animals from Kanha National Park in January next year. The Centre has recently assigned its approval for the relocation of bison from Kanha to Bandhavgarh. The relocation project is the joint …
Two hand-reared tigress from Madhya Pradesh's Kanha tiger reserve would soon be shifted to adjacent Panna sanctuary to give company to three translocated big cats there, the first such experiment in the country. "The two orphaned siblings have been hand-raised since 2005 when their mother was mauled to death by …
The Panna tiger reserve, which is in the midst of an ambitious tiger revival plan, has decided to use the camera trap method, for monitoring the movements of big cats. The park administration till now has been having a torrid time in keeping a close watch on the three adult …
While the search for the two missing cubs in Panna reserve continues, the forest authorities on Tuesday claimed that they have managed to track down the tigress that had gone missing for the last few days. "Today we found pug mark tracks of around 300 m and a fresh scat," …
Bhopal, Aug 30: Forest Minister Shri Sartaj Singh has asked the officers to find out the possibilities of associating the forest committees with public distribution system. The Forest Minister was reviewing the department's activities at the office of the Chief Conservator of Forests, Shahdol, on Saturday. On this occasion Minister …
MAY 19: Bandhavgarh National Park, Umaria district, Madhya Pradesh 5.30 AM: Safaris enter park 5.55-6.15 AM: A tourist guide spots a tigress by a reservoir. The tigress, Jhurjuria, lives with her three cubs in the Tala Range in the park. Blood was oozing from her mouth and nose, and she …
WILDLIFE tourism’s underbelly was exposed in Bandhavgarh National Park last month when a vehicle with tourists craving for a nocturnal sighting of the tiger hit the animal. The influential tourists had managed to stay in the park after it closed. The animal died a few hours later in front of …
A firing incident near the entrance of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve on Wednesday has once more brought this protected area under sharp focus. This tiger reserve in eastern Madhya Pradesh came under the scanner after a tigress was hit by a rashly driven vehicle and killed inside the core area …
Vivek Trivedi | Bhopal The Bandhavgarh National Park could pay a heavy price for the recent tigress death as the central government is reportedly pondering over discontinuing financial assistance to the park. This was discussed at a Secretary-level meeting of the Forest and Tourism Department at New Delhi on Friday. …
A top wildlife official probing the death of a tigress in Bandhavgarh tiger reserve, would submit his report tomorrow. "I will submit the report on the tigress death in Bandhavgarh on May 19, to the State PCCF A K Dubey tomorrow," Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) Dharmendra Shukla …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Who killed the Bandhavgarh tigress? While wildlife officials blamed tourist vehicles, tourists and locals are now pointing the finger at the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve's officials themselves. Locals and tourists say it was an official vehicle of the Reserve that originally hit the eight-year-old lactating tigress as …
RASHME SEHGAL NEW DELHI Three forest offi cers have been suspended for allegedly attempting to cover up the killing of a 30month-old tigress which died in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh on May 19. The tigress was crossing a road in the reserve along with her three cubs …
International Organisation for Animal Protection (OIPA), Italy, today urged the President Pratibha Devisingh Patil to find out the cause behind the mysterious death of a tigress near Bandhavgarh National Park's Jharojhara Dam on May 19 and penalised the culprits by sending an on-line petition. ''In all 318 representatives of 78 …
LALIT SHASTRI BHOPAL When the tiger population is dwindling at an alarming rate and it has become a huge challenge to protect them even in the protected areas, the death of a 3-year-old tigress in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday morning raises several questions, the most …
Travel Body Opposes Banning Visitors From Core Forest Regions Himanshi Dhawan | TNN New Delhi: Opposing the ban on tourists from core regions of tiger reserves proposed by the environment ministry, Travel Operators for Tigers (TOFT)
Amidst reports of tiger deaths, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel with wildlife officials spotting over 112 big cat cubs in national parks across the country.
