Apr
11
Forest Department teams removed a piece of a nylon rope around a tiger’s neck, 113 days after the animal was spotted with it in the Kishanpur sanctuary area at Dudhwa. The tiger was carrying the nylon rope around his neck since December, according to officials. that the tiger was finally spotted and tranquilised on Thursday night, after which the piece of the nylon rope was removed. More on this report with a happy ending by following the link below.
Mar
28
Wildlife in Banke and Bardiya national parks have been hugely affected due to the drying up of water sources in the protected areas. The scarcity of water has led to more animals entering human settlements in search of water and causing human-wildlife conflict. “There are a few streams that pass through the park forests but water level there sharply decreases during the dry season,” said Shyam Shah, the chief conservation officer at the Banke National Park. “Wild ...
Mar
18
A tiger family of 4 have gone missing from Ranthambhore India's well known National Park. The 2 adult tigers and 2 cubs are missing from the non tourist section of the reserve and have not been seen for about 1 year. Experts have not ruled out the possibilty that they may have been poisoned by villagers who allow widespread grazing of their stock in the park. Forest department officials have so far failed to comment on the loss. See link below for more on this worrying report.
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Mar
08
The experiment here in the Royal Belum State Park of Malaysia suggests one solution: The most effective way to protect forests and wildlife is to enlist the help of the communities who already live there and possess a unique body of knowledge of the landscape they live in. Found only in Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand, the Malayan tiger is its own subspecies and is found nowhere else in the world. In the 1950s, it was estimated that 3,000 roamed our rainforests. Those figures h ...
Mar
04
Razor wire put up by poachers to catch deer, nilgai and wild boar ensnared a full grown tiger last Sunday which led to its painful and agonising death. Over the past 2 years in the same region over 5 other big cats have seen similar killings. Sources claim that the area has become a hotbed of big cat killings by poachers and in March 2019 a tiger was killed less than 12 km from the spot where the adult male tiger's body was discovered last Monday. More on this tragic event can be read by f ...
Feb
26
The study published in journal of Molecular Biology and Evolution published on February 16 suggests that these four tiger subspecies are genetically distinct but there is inbreeding among Indian tigers, which is a result of isolated populations due to habitat loss. “What the paper points out is that although Indian tigers as a whole (all Indian tigers looked at in this study) have the highest amount of variation compared to any other subspecies, some Indian tigers do show signs of possib ...
Feb
21
The latest tiger census report, released in 2018, put the number of big cats in the country at 235, nearly double the recorded 121 in 2009. The achievement made Nepal the first country on track to meet the international commitment of the 13 tiger range countries to double their tiger populations from the base of 2010, estimated to be between 3,200 and 3,500 worldwide, by 2022. The impressive ...
Feb
14
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has reported 19 tiger deaths in the last three years of which nine are under scrutiny including the infamous poisoning deaths at Pollachi in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) last year. In all, India has lost a staggering 303 tigers since 2018, of which 109 are deemed natural, seven unnatural but not attributed to poaching (includes tigers which died due to accidents, were eliminated in conflict events etc), 55 from poaching, 27 from seizures and 105 deaths are still u ...
Feb
08
Tamil Nadu to get its fifth tiger reserve between Meghamalai and SrivilliputConservationists believe that by declaring the Meghamalai-Srivilliputhur Tiger reserve, there are great chances for the Vaigai River rejuvenation. India presently has 50 tiger reserves and the latest addition in Tamil Nadu will become the country’s 51st reserve. Kalakkad Mundanthurai was Tamil Nadu’s first Tiger reserve, created between 1988 and 1989. Then came Anamalai and Mudumalai formed between 2008 and ...