Tiger News

A tigress walked into the grounds of a tourist lodge in Karnatika last weekend probably in search food but has since returned to its forest home having been tracked by forest dept.staff on elephants. It appears that the tiger may have been attracted by a substantial number of wild boar that are present on the edge of the forest. Unfortunately waste from some lodges are not disposed of properly and just left on the ground which in turn attracts ...

Mudumalai tiger reserve is about to double in size with 367.59 sqkm of buffer forest land to be incorporated into its core area.  This will therefore increase the total size of the reserve to about 690 sqkm, which will allow greater movement for  tigers, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs plus herbivores such as elephants, bison and deer.  More on this good news article for tigers and other indigenous wildlife can be seen by fol ...

An interesting report from the  Officer of Kagaznagar on the well being of a tigress known as  ...

An increase in tiger numbers on the Indonesian island of Sumatra gives hope to saving this small number of island tigers from extinction. Numbers of tigers have signifigently increased over the past decade to 2015 due mainly to increased protection with regular patrolling helping to slow down illegal habitat encroachment and poaching. >Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park woul ...

Statistics produced by India's National Tiger Consevation Authority (NTCA) show that at least 17 tigers have been lost this year in the once popularly known 'tiger state' of Madhya Pradesh. According  to NTCA figures over 71 tigers have been reported lost in India from the beginning of this year up until the 29 September. However in reality the figure is probably considerably higher with many tiger losses going unreported. Sadl ...

For the first time India and Nepal are shortly to carry out a joint tiger count in their respective tiger reserves and protected areas. Camera traps will be installed in tiger habitats and buffer zones which should avoid the duplication of tigers that stray between both countries.  The last tiger census in Nepal took place in 2013 when about 200 tigers were recorded.  More on this report can be found by following this link to

It has been reported in The Guardian that Kazakhstan is to make ready a former tiger habitat where tigers are to be reintroduced after the last tiger was lost some 70 years ago.  Tigers will be introduced into an arra known as Ili-Balkhash which forms part of the tigers former historical range.  Much work needs to be carried out before the first tigers arrive ...

Manganese Ore India has sought diversion of 24.37 hectares of an important protected tiger reserve forest corridor at Pench-Nagzira tiger reserve for the purpose of manganese mining.  Initially the Ore company are seeking permission to drill 39 bore holes in 2.18 hectares of forest land and if the presence of ore is found then the land diversion will be sought.  The forest area conc ...

It has been reported in the Hindustan Times that Mukundara Hills tiger reserve which is about 300 km south of Jaipur is to have 3 tigers that are to be relocated from Ranthambhore tiger reserve. The go ahead has been given to the State authority b ...