According to the release, 62 tigers were sighted during this census. Of the 62 tigers, 35 were spotted in the core zone, and the remaining 27 in the buffer zone. The census commenced on the morning of May 10 at about 10:30 AM and concluded the next day around the same time. A forest department staffer accompanies volunteers on each ‘machan’ for identifying variety of wild animals and their gender for tabulating the sightings accurately in a chart. Please follow link below to ...
Officials say large-scale migration of animals from nearby Bandipur and Mudumali wildlife parks to the Wayanad sanctuary in search of water amid a debilitating drought have probably brought things to a head. See link below to read the report in the Hindustan Times. http://bit.ly/2q4Jrru ...
laid by a farmer to keep out herbivores from his field. The debate began with panellists talking about this illegal practice. ...
"The technical committee of the NTCA has given its approval for the augmentation of the tiger population in Buxa", state Chief Wildlife Warden Pradeep Vyas told news agency PTI. Asked about the timeframe for their relocation, he said, "It may be done within this year". See link below to NDTV for details http://bit.ly/2qle49x ...
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In the heart of Panna Tiger Reserve, Girwar Singh, a young forest guard with the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, has been up the whole night. “The tigress was teaching her young cubs to hunt a chital and they were running around everywhere.” Singh is one of an army of foot soldiers following Panna’s most precious residents—11 radio-collared tigers—night and day through deep valleys and gorges. Singh is in charge of two tigers called T1 and P141. The periodic tic-t ...
A letter from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has asked for references from the field directors of all the 50 tiger reserves, looking ahead to abolish rights of the tribals and forest dwellers as ensured by the Wildlife Protection Act. “In the absence of guidelines for notification of Critical Wildlife Habitats, no rights shall be conferred in Critical Tiger Habitats which is duly notified under Section 38 V(4)(i) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 under the Ac ...
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Giving a new hope for rejuvenation of Tiger population in the Tiger Reserve forest of Nagarkurnool district, the forest officials while conducting a monitoring survey have sighted two tiger cubs roaming near Vatavarlapally village under Amrabad reserve forest area on Friday. According to M.C. Pargaien, Field Director of Amarabad Tiger Reserve, this is the first time that they have ever spotted tiger cubs roaming in the forest after a gap of 15 years. “As part of fourth phase of mon ...
Wildlife advocates are on a mission — to double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022. Though progress is being made, there are concerns that the scale and pace of infrastructure development plans in Asia could destroy all recent gains. “It’s not hopeless,” said Jon Miceler, senior director of Asia Programs for the