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 …
Karnataka on Wednesday diplomatically declined to accept Kerala's appeal to lift or relax the night ban imposed on vehicles plying through Bandipur Tiger Reserve, connecting Karnataka and Kerala. After lending a patient hearing to his counter part Oommen Chandy, who had arrived here to apprise him on the issue, Karnataka …
Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka has used a drone or unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to spot forest fire. According to HC Kantharaju, Director, Bandipur Tiger Reserve told The Pioneer that the drone has been used for the first time in the country as a pilot project in Bandipur Tiger reserve …
Big scope for increasing big cat population in new areas: Experts A tiger at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve (National Park) in Chamarajanagar district. dh file photo The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), on Tuesday, approved the tiger conservation plan for Karnataka, which has the highest number of 406 tigers …
Police fine over-speeding vehicles and drunken drivers on NH 212. Ripping at break-neck speed through the Bandipur National Park (BNP) in violation of the law will soon be a thing of the past. For, in a move that augurs well for both wildlife and conservation, the Gundlupet police have started …
The Forest Department will soon ink an agreement with private companies to acquire wildlife corridors around tiger reserves. A tripartite agreement between private companies, tiger reserve directors and the Chief Wildlife Warden is likely be signed in November, to create a formal framework for agricultural or revenue land to be …
A male tiger recently seen in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve Forest at Bandipur in Chamarajanagar district. As many as 35 tigers have died across the State in the last three years, but the Forest department officials have still not been able to establish the cause of death in many of …
It was biking for a mission as 48 Bangaloreans atop their Harley Davidson bullets started from Cubbon Park at 8am on Sunday to reach Bannerghatta Biological Park by 8.45am. Their mission titled 'Ride for the Roar' aimed to raise funds for the anti-poaching camp staff who are an important link …
India’s tiger reserves have been witness to devastating forest fires many of which have been triggered by the timber lobby mafia. The catastrophic fire at the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WSS) in Kerala some weeks ago took four days of massive firefighting. The report of senior vigilance officer to the Kerala …
Presence of vultures in at least half a dozen areas has been recorded for the first time by naturalists in the Nilgiris North Forest Division and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) during a two-day habitat identification and population estimation that concluded on Sunday. A total of 26 groups were formed – …
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 …
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 …
Fifty direct sightings reported during the recent census increasing tribe? The sighting of cubs with mother in various forests during this time, according to the officials, indicates the presence of breeding tigers. With more than 50 direct sightings reported in the Karnataka tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries during the National …
The second phase of the tiger enumeration exercise will commence in the first week of January and entail camera-trapping of tigers and leopards in Bandipur. The first phase of the census concluded on Monday with the volunteers dispersing after six days of data collection pertaining to carnivores, herbivores, and the …
As many as 371 tigers have died in the country in the past five years — 119 of which were victims of poaching, a report published on the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s (NTCA) website stated. The NTCA, in association with some international organisations, is striving to ban the trade in …
Move to check influence by VIPs to accommodate their candidates Increased interest in wildlife has seen a rush of volunteers to count big cats. The National Tiger Census 2013, commencing on Wednesday at Bandipur and Naghole tiger reserves, has drawn enthusiastic volunteers in their droves. The forest department, in order …
The last survey had identified 100 tigers in the 1,200-sq km Bandipur Tiger Reserve As many as 700 people have volunteered for the most-awaited tiger census to be conducted across all tiger reserves and protected forest areas in south India. Karnataka has an average population of 300 tigers, the highest …
Stage is set for the All India Tiger Census a quadrennial event where not only the big cats (tigers) are counted even the other carnivores and herbivores in the parks along with habitat is surveyed. Though state tiger project officers survey the tigers every year, this is a national Tiger …
They Use Jaw Traps To Kill Big Cats Mysore/Bandipur: The Bandipur Tiger Reserve has managed to end the menace of major poachers, but is now facing the threat of nomadic tribes from North India. These tribes have pitched camp on the forest periphery and are targeting tigers. Forest officials claim …
deserted: The houses built for Special Tiger Protection Force have no takers. A residential complex constructed at a cost of Rs one crore exclusively for the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF), the squad created to prevent wildlife crimes, in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been abandoned by the Forest Department …
The wildlife expert committee constituted by the Kerala government to study animal behaviour and gather scientific data on use of roadside space by animals has not been able to commence its works with the state government failing to sanction even the meager Rs2 lakh needed for the study. This is …
