Dec

05

First tiger to be relocated from Corbett to Rajaji

• Posted 5th December 2020

First tiger to be shifted to Rajaji from Corbett Tiger Reserve this week.  The project for translocation of tigers to the western part of Rajaji was approved by the Central government in 2016.  S Suhag, chief wildlife warden of Uttarakhand forest department, said, “All preparations have been done for the translocation process in both Corbett and Rajaji. A team will leave for Corbett on Thursday, and we are hopeful that by the end of this week, the first tiger will be tranquilis ...

Dec

02

Tiger State Madhya Pradesh lost 290 tigers in 19 years

• Posted 2nd December 2020

MADHYA Pradesh has lost 290 tigers over the last 19 years but the Central Indian State still has more than 675 tigers, including 125 cubs, in the designated reserves and in the wild, a top Forest Department official said on Monday. Claiming that the population of tigers has actually “gone up”, he said Madhya Pradesh will continue to remain the “tiger State of India”. The official said only five per cent of the deaths of big cats had occurred due to poaching or in man-an ...

Nov

23

Two small male tiger cubs were rescued at Mudumalai tiger Reserve

• Posted 23rd November 2020

K.K. Kaushal, Field Director of MTR, said the carcass of the tigress was found on Friday evening by Forest Department staff. As it was nearing dusk, a decision was taken to conduct a post-mortem on the carcass on Saturday. “When we reached the spot on Saturday, we heard the cries of two tiger cubs near the carcass,” said Mr. Kaushal. Following this development, the focus quickly shifted to ensuring the survival of the two cubs, who were males.  The forest department hopes to r ...

Oct

29

Maharashtra male tiger now captured

• Posted 29th October 2020

The Maharashtra forest department on Tuesday captured an elusive male tiger, aged about five to six years, near Sindhi village in Rajura forest at Central Chanda, Chandrapur. The tiger, RT1, is suspected to have killed eight people and injured three others since January 2019.  RT1 had evaded all the capture efforts since February this year, when the chief wildlife warden had issued orders to capture the wild cat.  Activists, however, had written to the state government on Monday requ ...

Oct

26

Coal highway in Sumatra destroying valuable wildlife habitat

• Posted 26th October 2020

Coal highway through Sumatran forest threatens wildlife and people.  Sun >bears, black with bright yellow patches on their chests, are among hundreds of vulnerable species threatened by the plans of Indonesian mining companies to build a highway through the forest in Jambi and South Sumatra provinces. >Other species threatened by the road include elephants and Sumatran tigers, both of which the IUCN has listed as critically endangered. Only around 400 Sumatran tigers are t ...

Oct

23

Maharashtra male tiger still avoiding capture

• Posted 23rd October 2020

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) authorities have issued an advisory to Maharashtra chief wildlife warden (CWLW) to ensure the forest department’s employees’ safety following allegations by activists that the staff was being used as bait to trap an elusive male tiger (RT1).  HT had reported on October 18 that forest staff members have been stationed inside two camouflaged cages that are located 40 metres away from the main trapping area with a calf as bait sinc ...

Oct

09

Another problem tiger in Maharashtra faces capture.

• Posted 9th October 2020

The “problem” tiger of Rajura in Chandrapur district seems to have claimed its eighth victim on Monday, raising urgency over the need to catch it. Forest officials said the tiger, named RT1, killed a senior citizen from Khambada village in Rajura tehsil.  This tiger has attacked 11 people so far, leading to eight deaths and three injuries. This is the highest number of human casualties caused by any tiger in Maharashtra.  The previous record was of five deaths c ...

Oct

09

Tigers and other wildlife using busy road underpasses

• Posted 9th October 2020

Scientists from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Dehradun who conducted a two-year study have found that 18 wildlife species are using special underpasses on National Highway-44 which passes through the Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra.  As part of a study on, “Ecological Impact Assessment of Existing and Proposed Road Infrastructure on Important Wildlife Corridors in India for Strategic Planning of Smart Green Infrastructure,” three sites were studied in India. These inclu ...

Oct

09

Study group to be set up due to solve human/tiger problems at Chandrapur

• Posted 9th October 2020

Taking cognisance of the rising human-tiger conflict in Chandrapur, the Maharashtra government has set up an 11-member committee to look into options for conservation, relocation of tigers, and suggest measures to reduce conflict.  “Since Chandrapur has the highest number of tigers in the state, the number of conflict cases has increased. As directed by chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, this committee will assess different aspects associated with this conflict such as suspected probl ...

Oct

08

Sunderbans male tiger released after trapping operation.

• Posted 8th October 2020

Sunderbans released  taken Jharkhali checking of parameters forest same division on Wednesday afternoon, said chief VK Yadav. Follow the link below for more on this interesting report. https://bit.ly/33E6yMU ...

Oct

03

Uttarakhand forest dept. to radio collar animals for study

• Posted 3rd October 2020

Forest department authorities have initiated the process to put radio collars on five tigers, 10 elephants and 15 leopards in the hill state in a bid to study the animals’ movements and behaviorial pattern and also prevent the growing man-animal conflict. More on this interesting project by following the link below. https://bit.ly/3ndrNN7 ...

Sep

26

Tigress to be captured in Maharashtra

• Posted 26th September 2020

The Maharashtra principal chief conservator of forest (PCCF-wildlife) issued orders on Monday evening to capture a tigress involved in man-animal conflict in Yavatmal district.  The decision comes two days after a woman (60) was mauled to death by the tigress at an agricultural field near Andharwadi and Pattanbori villages, which are located adjacent to Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary.   State forest department officials said the tigress was being routinely spotted through camera trap i ...

Sep

11

Search for wild tiger in Thailand

• Posted 11th September 2020

A drone has been deployed in the hunt for a wild tiger believed to have wandered outside its natural habitat at the Huey Kha Kheng wildlife sanctuary. The sanctuary, in the northern province of Uthai Thani, has brought in forest rangers in an attempt to track down the tiger, whose footprints were spotted in a nearby maize plantation.  See link below to read more. https://bit.ly/35Aqt0J ...

Aug

19

Karnataka elephants being sent to Chandrapur

• Posted 19th August 2020

Three trained elephants from Karnataka will be brought to Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) buffer area. These elephants will join the three other elephants at the reserve area to curb conflicts across wildlife habitats interspersed with villages. The decision was presented before the State Board of Wildlife (SBWL) during its August 7 meeting.  Nitin Kakodkar, principal chief conservator of forest (wildlife), said, “All formalities to bring the three tuskers from Mathidogu and Dub ...

Aug

19

Beekeeping-a step in the right direction.

• Posted 19th August 2020

The government of the Indian state of West Bengal has started a new initiative, offering locals an alternative livelihood based on beekeepingmangrove forest, the largest on the planet, in a bid to  and .  Please see the link below to read more on this innovative step forward. https://bit.ly/3iR1r0w ...