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 …
Strong demands for effective efforts in the field of tiger conservation were raised from all around amid the intermittent big cat mortalities in Madhya Pradesh throughout the year. Panna National Park was in the limelight throughout the year with the wipeout of big cats and the subsequent efforts to revive …
Seven months after two tigresses were shifted to Panna, Madhya Pradesh forest officials have finally found a suitable tiger in the Pench reserve to be translocated to Panna. The forest officials had identified a tiger in Bandhavgarh recently but the translocation was stopped when experts warned that it could belong …
New Delhi: Tiger deaths continue at an alarming rate. Statistics collated from different parts of India by a prominent wildlife NGO show that between January 1 and August 19 this year, at least 66 tigers lost their lives. Of these, 23 died due to poaching. The list includes seizures of …
Bhopal: A tigress was found dead near Pataur area in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve situated in Umaria district of eastern Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Wednesday. Field Director C. K. Patil said that the tigress was around eight-year-old, adding that it did not bear any external injury marks. About the …
The locals engaged in tourism-related activities at Bandhavgarh National Park panicked with the rumours of reported plans of moving tourism zones situated mostly in core areas, have voiced their concerns before the renowned wildlife experts of the country during the two-day national convention recently at New Delhi. The event was …
The compilation of briefing papers produced as part of the Life as Commerce Project by Equations in partnership with the Global Forest Coalition. Focuses on prevalence and impacts of ecotourism in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. This compilation of briefing papers is produced as part …
Government sets up panel to set norms for relocation THE National Tiger Conservation Authority has set up a panel to formulate guidelines for translocating tigers from one reserve to another. The need for the guidelines was felt after tiger conservationists raised concerns when a tigress from Bandhavgarh tiger reserve was …
Umaria (MP): An injured tiger cub has breathed its last at Chakdhara area of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in eastern Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Sunday. The six-month-old cub, that had sustained injuries to its shoulder, ribs and lungs after being hit by a vehicle on April 21, died …
Over the last fortnight, the Madhya Pradesh government moved two tigresses from Bandhavgarh sanctuary to the Panna tiger reserve. Apparently, this was aimed at enhancing the "dwindling tiger population" by encouraging the big cats to mate. But wildlife experts rubbish the state government effort: they say the big question is …
Bhopal: Unaffected by the furore over the alarming decline in tiger population in Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh Forest department has claimed that only two tigers were killed between January 2005 and January 2008. Minister of State for Forests Rajendra Shukla told the Assembly on Tuesday that the Wildlife Institute …
BHOPAL: Having successfully shifted two tigresses to the Panna Tiger Reserve recently, the Madhya Pradesh State Forest Department now plans to move a tiger there, too, as the sanctuary
Bhopal: Another Project Tigerbacked sanctuary has gone the Sariska way. Six years ago, Panna National Park in Madhya Pradesh had more than 40 tigers. On Tuesday evening, the state forest department shifted a tigress from the Bandhavgarh National Park for the lone reported tiger there. But this, too, has gone …
The first of the two tigresses to be shifted from Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh would be flown to the state's Panna Tiger Reserve in an Indian Air Force helicopter this week, officials said. "The stage is all set for the trans-location of two tigresses, of which one would …
Bhopal: Shooters of a different kind will soon be on the prowl in tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh. Forest authorities have, in a unique experiment, invited tenders for exclusive filming rights of the proposed translocation of two tigresses to Panna tiger reserve. The first tigress will be captured in Bandhavgarh …
But will that save the tiger reserve from heading the Sariska way? TWO tigresses from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve will be introduced in Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh by February 2009.
Neha Sinha New Delhi, September 2: Madhya Pradesh is set to go ahead with an elaborate plan to radio-collar and translocate gaur or the Indian Bison, a Schedule 1 protected animal, to the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve from the Kanha Tiger Reserve 200 km away, though a herd of the animal …
Special arrangements have ensured for safety and security of forests and wildlife in Madhya Pradesh. Though some stray minor incidents do occur, yet the overall situation is far better than other states. Recently, some vested interests have been floating rumours about wildfire, but SMS News and Features investigated the matter …
Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh's instruction earlier this year to ban 'tiger-shows' at the Kanha and the Bandhavgarh national parks has been the source of considerable simmering dissent in the state's wildlife establishment. The discontent has burst into the open with wildlife authorities blaming that decision as the direct …
A FEW months ago, mornings at the Kanha national park began with mahouts loping off to scout the area around park headquarters for tiger spoor. After a tiger was spotted and made to settle in one spot, tourists would be brought in, 4 at a time, for a "dekho" at …
