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 …
Tiger reserves may not be solely about conservation. They also have tremendous economic value, the first ever Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India, published by the Centre for Ecological Services Management (CESM) and Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, a couple of months ago has revealed. Of the six …
Happy that their numbers have gone up, wildlife experts and even forest officials monitoring tiger trends say that if there has been a population growth of the big cats, it's not because of the government but in spite of it. Across the tiger habitats of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh, what …
As per the Wildlife Institute of India’s (WII) recent Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) report, tiger reserves in the country are being managed better. There has been an improvement in the MEE score of all the 43 tiger reserves i.e. from 65 per cent in 2010 to 69 per cent in …
In a first of its kind exercise, India has conducted economic valuation of six of its tiger reserves and placed their value at Rs 1,49,900 crore. The study has also noted that these six reserves have been generating annual monetary benefits worth Rs 7,970 crore. The six tiger reserves which …
Uttarakhand is now second only to Karnataka in tiger density, the new tiger census released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests on Tuesday has revealed. With 340 tigers, the state left Madhya Pradesh (308) behind at number three. With an increase of 113 animals between 2010 and 2014, Uttarakhand …
Jim Corbett Park guide Ramesh Suyal has won the Billy Arjan Singh Memorial Award for wildlife guide for year 2014 as part of the Sanctuary Travel Operators For Tigers Wildlife Tourism Awards. The award was presented to Suyal at a ceremony held on the British High Commissioner’s residential lawns in …
The forest department on Tuesday unveiled a scientifically-improved cage to trap tigers in the Sunderbans and leopards in north Bengal. The new cages are much lighter than those being used now and the officials said it would be safe for both the animals and department staff who use it. “The …
While tiger conservation efforts in the country have started giving encouraging results, tiger biologists fear a probable increase in human-wildlife conflict if prompt measures are not taken to deal with excessive population of tigers in some landscapes. Senior tiger biologist at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Qamar Qureshi, who …
The four-year wait for the implementation of the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) project for Corbett Tiger Reserve is getting further delayed as the state forest department is not in complete agreement with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) over the recruitment process of forest guards. The project was announced …
DEHRADUN: The relocation of around 181 families from Sonanadi Wildlife Sanctuary (SWLS) in Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) is likely to increase the tiger density there. The process of shifting these families has already started and 16 of them have been moved to Sambhalgarh in Haridwar Forest Division. Experts feel that …
Uttar Pradesh is witnessing a spurt in the number of tigers straying out of protected areas, preying on humans and receding to their lairs. Three big cats have been declared man-eaters in UP since 2008. One was killed by an angry mob of villagers in 2008, another shot down by …
Lansdowne division corridor, which connects Rajaji National Park with Corbett Tiger Division and facilitates movement of big cats and elephants in between these two protected areas, has become a haven for poachers due to lax patrolling. There is no provision for patrolling by forest guards in the corridor as it …
The Kosi River corridor is situated in the Nainital and Almora districts of Uttarakhand and connects the Corbett Tiger Reserve with the forests of Ramnagar Forest Division. This corridor serves as a vital link between the source population of tigers in Corbett and the adjoining forest areas and enables them …
The forest departments of Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh have chalked out a strategy for undertaking joint efforts and share information to strengthen tiger protection in the Corbett tiger landscape in Uttarakhand and tiger range areas in neighbouring UP. Various decisions were taken during the meeting of Forest Department officials of …
Various measures like formation of armed 112-member Special Tiger Protection Force in Corbett tiger reserve, increasing the number of beats and incorporating Global Positioning System into the patrolling are being taken to further strengthen wildlife security in Uttarakhand. Addressing the media here on Wednesday, the State Forest Minister Dinesh Aggarwal …
Nearly 100 cameras will soon track the movement of tigers in the forest range adjoining the UP-Uttarakhand border. The state government has recently initiated the project near the Corbett Tiger Reserve to bring down human-animal conflict as well as make an attempt to trace the elusive man-eating tigress of Bijnor. …
Poaching of tigers in 2013 has been the highest in the past seven years, data compiled by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) shows. The seizure of two more tiger skins from Bijrani area of Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand on Monday has taken this year's figure to 39 …
Three tigers die in a week under mysterious circumstances; total 32 deaths in two-and-a-half years; all in the forests of Corbett, a showpiece of tiger conservation. Who is targeting the tiger?
Seven tigers have been reported dead in Uttarakhand this year, three of them in the renowned Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) and its adjoining areas just in the last one week. Highly placed sources said the three CTR animals may have been poisoned or become victims of "revenge killing" as preliminary …
New Delhi: Delhi is not close to any of the tiger belts of the country, yet it figures among the five hotspots in India connected to big cat poaching, says a report by a global wildlife trade monitoring network and WWF. Tiger part seizures in the capital are predominantly of …
