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Affidavit filed by the Chief Wildlife Warden, Assam on feral horses in Dibru-Saikhowa National Park (DSNP), 08/05/2025

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 …

Madhya Pradesh: a decade full of tiger deaths and just two convictions?

Madhya Pradesh, once famous as the “Tiger State,” lost 453 animals over the last decade. And how many culprits did the government bring to book? Just two. Recently accessed documents reveal only two cases of poaching reached their logical conclusion of conviction during this period, as of March 2012. Sample …

Conservationists against tourism ban in tiger reserves

Bhopal : Ahead of the hearing on the public interest litigation (PIL) seeking banning of tourism in Madhya Pradesh’s tiger habitats by the apex court, wildlife experts Monday slammed the idea, terming it an “anti-community step”. “The PIL proposes that the tiger reserves should be free from all human interference. …

HC issues notices on Pench-Kanha corridor

Following a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by three Seoni-based volunteers, the Jabalpur High Court on Wednesday served notices to several parties, including the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest and the State Government, involved in the formation of the Pench-Kanha corridor. Apart from the Union Ministry and the State …

Save Our Tiger telethon lands in trouble

Having generated over Rs 5 crore in donations to help conserve the endangered tigers in the country, a 12-hour live telethon based on the

8 tiger cubs born in MP

Two tigresses have given birth to eight cubs in Madhya Pradesh

Pench to go for scientific wildlife census

Pench National Park is ushering scientific and standardised way of wildlife census in the State by working on the process with the help of special software that analyses census data accurately. The international acceptance of this software makes the process significant. The Pench administration, which has been working on this …

Two more tiger reserves in Maha

Nagpur: Saving the tiger has received a fillip as two more wildlife sanctuaries in Vidarbha are to get tiger reserve status. Maharashtra already has four reserves at Pench, Tadoba-Andhari and Melghat in Vidarbha as well as Sahyadri in western Maharashtra. Now, Nagzira-Navegaon and Bor forests will get the same status,taking …

Tiger paws chopped off for tantric puja

Tiger conservation took a major hit when senior forest officials found the president of the local Eco (logical) Samiti carrying four tiger paws to the house of a local tantric in order to conduct a special puja in the Chindwara district of Madhya Pradesh. The tiger paws had been hacked …

PM urged to get Maheshwar hydel power project sanctioned at the earliest

Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan met Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh here today and urged him to get Maheshwar hydel power project and other projects sanctioned by Ministry of Environment and Forest at the earliest. Along with Chief Minister Chouhan, Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj and MPs from Madhya …

Chhattisgarh UMPP bids may run into environment ministry hurdles

Coal Blocks For Project Unlikely To Get Ministry Approval BIDDERS for the ultra mega power project at Chhattisgarh, that are set to put in their pre-qualification bids by May 3, could be in for a major jolt as coal blocks linked to the 4000 mw project is unlikely to get …

112 tiger cubs spotted in parks

Amidst reports of tiger deaths, there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel with wildlife officials spotting over 112 big cat cubs in national parks across the country.

MP minister goes off mark on relocated tiger spotlight

LALIT SHASTRI The Madhya Pradesh forest minister Sartaj Singh was off the mark when he said in a written reply to a question in the state Assembly on Monday that a tiger recently relocated from the Pench Tiger Reserve to Panna Tiger Reserve had been radio-collared and was being monitored …

Eleven tigers dead in 2 months

At least 11 tigers have died across the country in the last two months due to various reasons, including poaching and poisoning, the government said on Monday. In reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said while two tigers died due to infighting inside Corbett …

New highway will slice through tiger reserve

RASHME SEHGAL Is the fate of one more tiger reserve in jeopardy? The National Highways Authority of India's (NHAI) decision to slice the Pench tiger reserve in two by building a fourlane highway (N.H. 7) through it could well mean the death knell for the 30 tigers living in this …

Tiger found dead at Pench National Park

A seven-year-old tiger was found dead at the Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Thursday. "The tiger was found dead in a lake located in the Karmajhiri Range of the park on Wednesday. Prima facie, it appears to be a case of poisoning," Additional Principal Chief Conservator …

2 tiger cubs die of cold in Pench

Two tiger cubs have died of cold in the Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh, an official said on Thursday. "Severe cold conditions leading to lung congestion proved fatal for both the cubs, aged around one-andhalf months", the park's deputy director, A.P. Tiwari, said. The park is located in southern …

Maharashtra okays NH widening near Pench National Park

The Maharashtra Forest Department has given its nod for the widening of the National Highway 7 stretch that passes within the eco-sensitive zone of Pench National Park. The approval for expansion of the 37-km stretch between the 652 km milestone on Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border and the 689 km milestone near …

In MP, tigers set new Pench-mark

Amid reports of declining tiger population nationwide, there is still hope for wildlife lovers and forest officials in Madhya Pradesh as the number of tiger cubs is increasing. Madhya Pradesh is known as Tiger State, but the average number of tigers came down to 300 in the last census. The …

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