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 …
Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday finally confirmed what was first reported by The Indian Express that there are no tigers left in the Panna tiger reserve and that they have been poached. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Ramesh said tigers in India were facing various threats, …
From 2001 April to March 2009 different Field Directors have given priority to different things forgetting the basics of management of tiger reserve that security was the most important item as Panna Tiger Reserve is surrounded by large number of villages indulging in poaching. Monitoring of movement of Pardhis and …
Starting this year, an evaluation of tiger reserves by independent wildlife experts like Belinda Wright, Valmik Thapar and Ullas Karanth besides a host of others could become an annual feature. The Environment and Forests Ministry is expected to take a final decision on the issue along with the dates for …
New Delhi: A Day after The Indian Express reported that all tigers in Panna have been poached as found by a Central Special Investigative Team (SIT) probe, Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said
New Delhi: Desperate to hold on to its monopoly as the last wild habitat of the Asiatic Lion, Gujarat has come up with new reasons to stall sharing its
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 …
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was in Panna Tiger Reserve for probing the causes behind the mysterious disappearance of tigers, has claimed that the big cat community has been wiped out from Panna from January onwards this year. This statement has opposed the consistent claims of the State Forest …
Madhya Pradesh Panna National Park is facing breeding crisis with the disappearance of the lone tiger at the Tiger Reserve. The big cat has not been sighted for the last two months even after two tigresses were released in the park last month from the state's Bandhavgarh and Kana Tiger …
Neha Lalchandani | TNN New Delhi: We may finally get to know whether Panna tiger reserve has any of its own tigers left at all. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is sending a high-level multi-agency team on a fact-finding mission to Panna to determine if there are any tigers …
The State forest department is planning a separate inquiry into the mysterious disappearance of tigers from Panna National Park. The union Government has already ordered a probe into the much-hyped issue, which has hogged the limelight for the last few months or so. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has …
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
