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 …
In politics, the dramatic always finds place in history's viewfinder. The Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh, has emerged as India's most spectacular green warrior. With the permanently windswept hair of a prophet, the erudition of a Chanakya, the cultivated flamboyance of a Medici and the fanaticism …
Anindo Dey | TNNRanthambore: The state forest department has begun search for alternative tiger habitats in the state like the Sariska, following instructions from the National Tiger Conservation Authority. The instructions came during a recent visit of NTCA director Rajesh Gopal following four instances of mananimal conflict in and around …
Wildlife conservation in India is facing monumental challenges. To withstand the onslaught of development and other threats, it is essential to understand how different wildlife conservation models have fared and what needs to be done. Gha zala Shahabuddin’s Con ser vation at the Crossroads does exactly that. Well researched, succinct …
Sunny Sebastian SARISKA (RAJASTHAN): The family of big cats is back in the Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) after a couple of years' absence. A fifth tiger, a cute 30-month-old female, was brought in here from the Ranthambhore National Park (RTN), also in Rajasthan, on a rainy Wednesday afternoon this week …
TIMES NEWS NETWORK New Delhi: The Union environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday gave green signal to reintroduce cheetah in three locations in the country. The project will cost around Rs 300 crore in the first year itself and will also displace over 100 settlements. Ramesh said the …
Sariska/Jaipur: Almost two years after three tigers were relocated to Sariska, a fourth big cat was moved from Ranthambore National Park by road on Tuesday. The male tiger, T-12, was tranquillised on Tuesday around 11 am, caged, and put on a truck to Sariska. This was the first relocation by …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Sariska's tiger breeding hopes were revived on Tuesday with a tiger being brought to the reserve from the Ranthambhore reserve. It was selected after his DNA was analysed in a bid to avoid the genetic incompatibility that has plagued Sariska's relocation programme so far. In fact, …
Wildlife authorities have sounded an alert for Ranthambhore and Sariska tiger sanctuaries in the State following the death of some tigers in the Siberian region of Russia by an unknown disease during the past one month. The alert came ahead of plans to shift two more tigers from Ranthambhore to …
Two more tigers are being relocated to Sariska from the Ranthambore tiger reserve in the third week of June. Rajesh Gopal, member secretary of National Tiger Conservation Authority, pointed out that the next round of relocation, which will have a male tiger, should come as a boost to revive the …
xperts have already identified new pair of tigers at Ranthambore Jaipur: After a lull of a few months, the state government has renewed its effort to relocate a pair of big cats from the Ranthambore National Park to the Sariska Tiger Reserve. According to Chief Wildlife Warden RN Mehrotra, two …
Cutting a sorry figure of tiger conservation in the country, Union Minister for Environment and Forest (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh on Friday stated that as many as 18 tiger reserves in the country were prone to Panna or Sariska like situation, if the big cats were not protected in a proper …
The tiger has become the latest expression of political correctness. Look around: schoolchildren on roads, national icons on screens and big brands in campaign mode. The government has pumped in additional funds. Conservation NGOs are mushrooming in all corners of India. Green blogging is catching on like wildfire. Under the …
Jaipur: Even as India struggles to keep its tigers alive, in a shocking incident, two 17-month-old cubs were found dead, allegedly poisoned by villagers on the outskirts of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve on Sunday. Forest officials said it could have been revenge by the villagers, upset over the killing of their …
Intelligence inputs suggesting that a staggering amount up to Rs 10 lakh is being offered to poachers for tiger skin, has worried wildlife authorities at Ranthambhore National Park. Numbers of the big cat have increased at the park following steps initiated by the authorities to protect the animal. There are …
Seventeen tiger states have, for the first time, simultaneously launched a massive year-long wildlife census to come up with an accurate estimate of the tiger population in the country. The exercise christened
The Sariska Tiger Reserve, one of the important tiger habitats of Central India, came into limelight because of the disappearance of tigers from the area. It exemplifies another
New Delhi: A probe into illegal wildlife trade after some poachers and their associates were nabbed recently has revealed they were involved in an international racket and smuggled animal parts to various countries, including China. CBI recently arrested a poacher, Keru (30), who allegedly supplied two tiger skins to a …
