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 […]
Photos: The World’s Largest Tiger Photography Exhibition
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.
Resurrecting Paper Tigers
Read another story from Sonali Prasad’s long term multimedia project ‘Ranger Ranger’…this time from the forests of Sariska Tiger Reserve….
Sariska Tigress Caught on Camera with 3 New Cubs
Camera trap pictures of Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan showed tigress ST12 with 3 cubs. This is the first time the tiger cubs were seen and it raises the number of tigers in the National Park to 17. 12 years ago, Sariska lost all its tigers to poaching. In 2008, the conservation plan of shifting […]
My Rendezvous with the King of the Jungle
This is a guest post by Ahaan Sikka, a 12 year old reminiscing his first rendezvous with wild tigers. Ahaan Sikka is a true fauji brat. He has been attracted to adventure and nature since his childhood. Being a fauji kid he has had the privilege to travel and see nature at it’s best.From icy […]
A Year Back Into Nature
“The extinction of wildlife would likely be caused not just by the greed of poachers, but equally by the rapacity of developers,” writes Prerna Singh Bindra in her book The Vanishing: India’s Wildlife Crisis. The year 2017 has given ample proof of both – the remorseless operations of the merchants of wildlife who will sell […]
Poacher Guilty of Killing 125 Tigers and 1025 Leopards Convicted
Five poachers were sentenced for four years by a Madhya Pradesh court for poaching tigers, leopards, pangolins and jackals. One of the convicted men is Mohammed Shamim, a close aide of the late infamous poacher Sansarchand who was responsible for wiping out all tigers from Sariska. This is one of the fastest convictions of poaching […]
Tiger Numbers Rise Significantly In Assam’s Orang National Park
India’s 49th National Park – Orang Tiger Reserve may not be big in size, but it has proven to be a big habitat for wild cats with a total of 28 big cats found here as per the latest census. The count was revealed during phase IV of the all-India tiger estimation programme of the […]
Maharashtra Lost 159 Big Cats In 7 Years, Mostly Due To Poaching
A study by the Wildlife Protection Survey of India (WPSI), has revealed that Maharashtra lost 159 big cats including leopards and tigers due to poaching between 2010 and 2017. The state now has 291 leopards and 84 tigers less than the recorded population from 7 years ago. Six sloth bears were also killed during the […]
10 Amazing Wildlife Moments Caught On Camera Traps
Camera traps are changing the way we see wildlife. These remotely operated cameras that work based on motion sensor or infrared sensor, trigger the camera to click a photo as soon as any animal passes in front of them. Take a look at some of the amazing moments caught on camera trap that take us […]
Eco Travel: Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary, Chhatisgarh
One of the last haunts of the nearly-extinct Asiatic Wild Buffalo(Bubalus arnee), this little-known sanctuary lies in Raipur district in Chhattisgarh. SPECIES TO WATCH Asiatic Wild Buffalo Bubalus arnee (Endangered) Tiger Panthera tigris (Endangered) Gaur Bos gaurus (Vulnerable) Sloth Bear Melursus ursinus (Vulnerable) FIND ON THE MAP The park is located between 20.45-20.79ºN latitudes […]