Not only tigers but leopards need considerable protection from poachers and other dangers. See link below to read the story in Daily News Analysis http://bit.ly/2mbQ9WQ ...
In China, around 6,000 captive tigers are raised on “farms,” often under inhumane conditions, and their pelts sold for hefty sums in a poorly regulated market upheld through legal loopholes by the Chinese government. Breeding tigers on these farms is legal, but sale of their parts is not — something that may be about to change. Long used in Chinese medicine, tiger products are now a status purchase for China’s wealthiest and most powerful. Collectors stockpile tige ...
He said seven Forest divisions of the state have now 40 Royal Bengal Tigers, including 13 male, 24 female and three cubs. While Similipal division has the highest number of 26 Royal Bengal tigers including 9 male, 14 female and three cubs and the Sundergarh Forest Division has only one female tiger. See link below to read the report in Web India 123. http://bit.ly/2mrPDZk ...
(NBWL), the top decision making body on projects falling in and around protected areas (PAs), has cleared diversion of 160.94 hectare forest area of Wan sanctuary inside Melghat Tiger ReserveEarlier, PK Srivastava, the then GM of SCR, h ...
Poacher fined $155,000 for illegal hunting of 6 endangered tigers, and 46 bears. Police had discovered extraordinary evidence of the Nakhodka man's illegal hunting, including the tiger skins, body parts of no less than 34 Himalayan - or black - bears, and a ...
According to sources, CWLW gave a green signal late evening after a committee headed by Tadoba field director and six other local members including officials concerned, NGOs and a sarpanch sought formal permission to shoot the tigress. The committee was set up as per
were recorded in Karnataka last year, the second highest in the country after Madhya Pradesh (30), according to data of the state forest department. ...
Cruel and uncaring treatment of a magnificent tiger in China so that money can be made out of spectators placing their children on the back of the tethered animal. Please follow the link below to read the report and see the video in the Mirror. http://bit.ly/2jgIPJW ...
on Wednesday said India had potential to hold population of at least 10,000 tigers in the wild if tiger-prey relationship was properly understood. As per the tiger census 2014, there were 2,226 tigers in the country. ...
. According to wildlife enthusiasts, the natural and artificial ponds in STR have gone dry. Please follow the link below to read the story in The Times of India. http://bit.ly/2i7VDQk ...
From crop depredation by herbivores in Vidarbha to the rampaging herds of wild elephants in Konkan to the rising leopard presence in parts of Pune and Ahmednagar, the conflict between urbanisation and natural habitats of animals is coming to a head. A sad but inevitable story of human/wildlife conflict. Please follow the link below to read the story in Daily News and Analysis. http://bit.ly/2hoY8AU ...