laid by a farmer to keep out herbivores from his field. The debate began with panellists talking about this illegal practice. ...
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How to drown a tiger!
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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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Tiger cubs seen at Amrabad
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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
to make joint efforts towards protecting and conserving their population in the area.
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The worst-ever drought for the third consecutive year has proved to be a big challenge for the Prakasam district administration to ensure sufficient safe water to the teeming millions of people but also to the hapless wild animals inhabiting the Nallamala forests. See link below to the report in The Hindu.
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- the tigress fondly called by visitors to Pench Tiger Reserve
This tigress has so far given birth to total 26 tiger cubs. The latest bunch of cubs were spotted by patrolling squad a few weeks ago. ...
The endangered Bengal tigers, who have all previously been kept in gardens and caged conditions around the UK, now have a large enclosure to run around in, as well as a relaxation zone and a play room. See link below to read the story.
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Tadoba Andhari-March 2017
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I returned to this interesting tiger reserve on the 17 March where I remained for eight days. I enjoyed some wonderful wildlife sightings and managed to see nine different tigers . Perhaps the highlight for me was time spent in the buffer zone. In May of last year I had seen and photographed the tigress Madhuri and her four three month old cubs. Ten months on, I was ho ...
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Pench-March 2017
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After leaving Tadoba, I moved to Pench for my remaining five days in India. Sadly the tiger sightings at this reserve were not so numerous. Nevertheless I managed to photograph some of the park's beautiful indigenous wildlife. A photographic opportunity presented itself! A young leopard, about 12 months old, was sitting on a rocky outcrop together with her sibling and mother nearby. Above is an image of the leopard as she looked down at me from her vantage poi ...