The roads cutting into a tiger’s land could be endangering its chances of survival. New research by scientists from the University of Michigan finds that more than 24,000 km of roads built and planned for the future could deepen the big cat’s extinction risk. This includes roads and highways being planned in India and the […]
As the number of leopard deaths due to the human-leopard conflict continue to rise in India, experts are trying to understand the leopard’s behaviour and think of out-of-the-box ideas to avoid conflict. “Sing off tune, never mind. Just sing and loud,” advises Puneet Nayyar, Deputy conservator of forest, Surat, Gujarat where leopard-human conflict is on […]
On International Tiger Day this year, India announced the increase in number of tigers in the country to 2,967. This does not mean however that the threats to tiger population which existed earlier do not persist – loss of habitat, poaching and a decline in prey; continue to pose problems. In addition to these, a […]
On International Tiger Day today Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 revealing that India now has 2967 tigers in the wild. This is 33 percent growth in the tiger population from the last census conducted in 2014. The Prime Minister said that India had achieved its target of doubling the […]
National parks and reserves are usually closed for the tourists during the monsoon season in India, but one tiger reserve in Maharashtra is opening its doors for the people this monsoon and hoping that they can help catch some poachers while they are there! The Sahyadri Tiger Reserve located in the Western Ghat regions of […]
Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh is in the spotlight for the right reasons. For the first time, five tigers have been spotted in the sanctuary that were photographed by a night camera trap. These include 1 male, 2 females and two eighteen month old tiger cubs. The Kheoni sanctuary was established […]
The Supreme Court of India last Friday stayed the construction work of an 11.5 km stretch road that is supposed to be build between Laldhang-Chillarkhal in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand. For the promised road, Uttarakhand government had conveniently bypassed statutory clearances and begun the work. The court has issued a notice to Chief […]
6 days ago there were reasons to believe that there is a wild tiger roaming in Gujarat after a school teacher spotted one in Mahisagar district and captured a photo with his phone. The forest officials placed camera traps and began scouting for the tiger based on the claim. And now, a camera trap […]
One would assume that the recent floods of Kerala would be a good learning lesson for the nation to think twice before playing with nature. But yet again, the news of the state government of Uttar Pradesh planning to axe prime forest trees to build a road on the Indo-Nepal border, seems to show otherwise. […]
The Royal Bengal Tiger has been sighted in 3 new forest regions of Odisha. This was announced by the State Forest and Environment Ministry, Bijayashree Routray. Mr. Routray said that movement of tigers captured by closed-circuit television cameras installed at the Hemgiri forest in Sundargarh and Debrigarh sanctuaries in Sambalpur districts was direct evidence of […]
If you are in London, do visit the Royal Albert Hall till October 14th to see some of the most stunning photographs taken of tigers around the world. Here’s a small glimpse, All images are courtesy The Guardian. Images may be subjected to copyright and used here for reporting purposes.
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