Tiger News

India’s wild tiger population has increased by more than 30% in four years, raising hopes for the survival of the endangered species.   A census found there were 2,967 tigers, up from 2,226 four years ago.  Conservationists said the rise in the tiger population was promising but the figures should be treated with some caution. The rise may indicate better counting.Neha Sinha, a wildlife conse ...

> Weeks later a news report cabled in that three tigers and two leopards had been poached in Bhandara district in the northeast of the country. And we must keep in mind that these are only the reported cases, the carcasses that were found before poachers smuggled them through Nepal and into Tibet for the Chinese market, and ...

Due to severe flooding at Kaziranga National Park in Assam an adult tiger has been forced to seek refuge in a shop as can be seen from the attached news sheet.  Images of a fully grown tiger "relaxing" on a bed inside a shop in Assam's flooded Kaziranga National Park has created a buzz on social media and thrown a spotlight on the plight of animals as the state battles the deluge.   The tigers are known to fiercely protect their territory, but the magnificent beast was ...

A tigress and her two cubs of about 1 year of age were found dead in the forest within the Chimur range of the Chandrapur district earlier this week. The three bodies were found at different places near a nullah that flowed close to a village.  Sources claimed that a carcass of a chital deer was found not far from the tiger bodies with only the legs remaining. The cause of the tigers death would be established after the post mortem. More on this sad story can be read by following the link ...

Why have incidents of man-animal conflict seen a steady increase in the past few months? What is the reason behind the substantial increase in tiger population? To answer such questions, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) will conduct a research in several wildlife reserves across the state.  Due to a rapid increase in the population of tigers, the Tadoba Tiger Reserve will be the centre point of the study. There are approximately 85 tigers and 22 cubs in the forest. However, as their numb ...

The tiger, known as T-75 in Ranthambore, was named ST-16 after the seven-year-old was brought to Alwar in April this year to correct the skewed sex ratio at Sariska, which had three males for eight females. ST-16 died on June 8 after doctors tranquilised it for treatment of tumour in its right elbow.  The tiger, known as T-75 in Ranthambore, was named ST-16 after the seven-year-old was brought to Alwar in April this year to correct the skewed sex ratio at Sariska, which had three males fo ...

For nearly five years, Ammann, 70, a Swiss counter-trafficking conservationist, had tracked the tiger butcher, a man named Nikhom Keovised. He had placed hidden cameras inside what had once been the largest tiger farm in >southeast Asia, an illegal operation where tigers had been raised to one end – slaughter – and where the man doing the slaughtering had been Nikhom. And he had listened to Nikhom describe it all in his own ...

With 14 tiger deaths so far this year it is a pleasant refief to learn that as many as 11 tiger cubs have been sighted in the forests of Madhya Pradesh during the past week. Five cubs seen at Panna Tiger reserve, and three each in Nauradehi and Ratapani sanctuaries. In Panna two tigresses have have produced five cubs.  Panna's field director advises that the reserve now has a total of 52 tigers. More on this news can be read by following the link below.

Two prime accused in the unnatural death of a tiger in a buffer forest of the Sunderbans on April 8th were arrested on Wednesday. The accused had been avoiding the police net for a month. Foresters claimed that it was a breakthrough in the investigation. A senior forester and four of his colleagues had been severely beaten up by some villagers during the probe.  The adult tiger was killed after being trapped in a wire snare, made of galvanised iron, in the forests of Ajmalmari I. Source ...