In order to allow free passage for wildlife, the local advisory committee (LAC) of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) has proposed no go zones for resorts in 23 villages close to the tiger reserve.
We kick off our new section – Learn – with a basic guide about the different Birds of Prey and tips on how to identify them.
For 13 years, researchers have been searching for the Formosan clouded leopard, but now that countless in-the-field observation hours and thousands of infrared cameras have turned up no sign of the rare species, scientists have arrived to a somber conclusion: clouded leopards there are extinct, and have likely been for decades.
One year down the lane, the tiger captured from the Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture at Rehmankhera (near Lucknow) has set a new milestone in big cat conservation in the country. Despite having resided on the Institute’s campus — away from its natural habitat — the tiger has bounced back with its wild instincts.
In order to allow free passage for wildlife, the local advisory committee (LAC) of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) has proposed no go zones for resorts in 23 villages close to the tiger reserve.
We kick off our new section – Learn – with a basic guide about the different Birds of Prey and tips on how to identify them.
For 13 years, researchers have been searching for the Formosan clouded leopard, but now that countless in-the-field observation hours and thousands of infrared cameras have turned up no sign of the rare species, scientists have arrived to a somber conclusion: clouded leopards there are extinct, and have likely been for decades.
One year down the lane, the tiger captured from the Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture at Rehmankhera (near Lucknow) has set a new milestone in big cat conservation in the country. Despite having resided on the Institute’s campus — away from its natural habitat — the tiger has bounced back with its wild instincts.
In a bid to provide the national animal and its cubs a safer and quieter habitat, the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) management has declared several parts of the core area to be inviolate.
Trains may soon have to slow down in the areas having frequent movement of elephants in the State as a high-level committee of the Ministry of Railway is likely to recommend speed restriction.
A 5 month old leopard cub was killed, while one other was critically injured, as miscreants set the two ablaze alive near Nifandra village in Maharashtra. Forest officers initially tried to cover up the incident by claiming that it was a road accident.
An elderly woman who had entered the wildlife sanctuary to collect mahua flowers was killed by a tiger.
Shocking as it may sound, Satkosia Tiger Reserve seems headed the Sariska way. Dwindling tiger signs and absence of breeding since two years in the habitat have rung alarm bells for Odisha’s second tiger reserve.
This new reserve will connect two other protected areas creating the world’s largest contiguous tiger habitat.
Something is wrong in the Sunderbans. In the dense, mysterious mangroves where few dare to tread, something is sucking the life force out of the magnificent Sunderbans tiger. For the third time in three years, a young tigress has been found tottering on weak hind legs.
Despite signing up to global initiatives seeking to protect wild tigers and double their number by 2022, Government departments in China have quietly set about stimulating domestic markets for tiger skins and body parts.
23 villages around Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve to be no go zones for resortsMay 15, 2013
Learn: About the different Birds of Prey are and how to identify themMay 15, 2013Formosan clouded leopards declared extinctMay 11, 2013New milestone for big cat conservation in IndiaApril 29, 2013Parts of Similipal Tiger Reserve declared inviolateApril 29, 2013Railway to form speed norms for wildlife areasApril 29, 2013Villagers set leopard cubs on fire, one survivesApril 18, 2013Human-Wildlife conflict in Umred Karhandla Wildlife SanctuaryApril 18, 2013Is Satkosia going the Sariska way?April 1, 2013India declares a new tiger reserve in Tamil NaduMarch 27, 2013
