Jan

30

Wild tigers may become extinct in a decade

• Posted 30th January 2019

Born Free says the dramatic demise of tigers in the wild has seen 96 per cent of their population disappear in the last hundred years. Read this concerning article that recently appeared in the Daily Mail and containing a number of photographs that I have taken of wild tigers in India. https://dailym.ai/2DjhvGx                     ...

Jan

02

2 Tigers found dead in Maharashtra

• Posted 2nd January 2019

Two tigers have died of suspected poisoning at the end of 2018 on the periphery of Umred-Karhandla-Paoni Wildlife Sanctuary in Nagpur taking the number of tiger deaths to 21 in the State for last year.  Spread across and area of 189.30 sqkm of dense forest the sanctuary is home to between 11-15 tigers.  More on this tragic loss of precious tigers can be read by following the link below. https://bit.ly/2AqktqX ...

Jan

02

New underpasses needed to stop tigers being killed

• Posted 2nd January 2019

The Chandrapur Forest Dept. has requested new underpasses and the clearing of existing blocked ones to save wild animals from being killed by trains in the Brahmapuri-Chandrapur line section. Three tiger cubs were killed in on November 15th by the speeding Chanda Fort-Gondia passenger train together with 24 wild animals including tigers, sloth bears, leopards, hyenas, bison, wild boar, nilgai and deer during the last 8 years.  More on this ...

Dec

22

Sadly Malayan tigers are close to extinction

• Posted 22nd December 2018

Time is running out for the Malayan tigers in the wild.  Unless conservation efforts are stepped up these critically endangered striped predators might well go extinct in their habitats of Malaysia.  The Malayan tiger (Panthera tigris jackson) is about to go extinct in the wild.   ...

Dec

19

NTCA seeks seeks action over death of tiger in Odisha

• Posted 19th December 2018

See link below for more on this tragic report. https://bit.ly/2SVGPqU ...

Dec

19

95 recorded tiger deaths during 2018

• Posted 19th December 2018

According to the National Tiger Conservation Authority's  (NTCA) records to December 15, 2018, there have been 95 cases of tiger deaths in India.  Of this, 41 cases of tiger deaths outside tiger reserves have been reported. Of this number, 14 occurred in Maharashtra, which accounted for over 34% of all deaths outside tiger reserves in the country. A total of 19 tiger deaths were recorded in Maharashtra in 2018, so that tiger deaths outside of tiger reserves comprise more than 70% ...

Dec

15

The tiger that walked 510km to find a new home

• Posted 15th December 2018

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Nov

16

Mother and cubs waiting for the third sibling to arrive.

• Posted 16th November 2018

I enjoyed an excellent 2 weeks in India from the 24th October 2019 where my time was spent at Pench and Tadoba tiger reserves. There were a number of memorable tiger sightings at both reserves but for me perhaps the most interesting was at Tadoba where on 2 ocassions I was privilaged to see and photograph tigress Choti Tara with her 3 small cubs. My last day at the tiger reserve I was not to be disappointed as after waiting patiently for over 1 hour the tigress appeared through the beautiful l ...

Nov

09

Tragedy of Tigress T.1 finally shot dead

• Posted 9th November 2018

Tigress Avni, a six-year-old mother-of-two, was killed by an unauthorised hunter in a highly controversial operation in Maharashtra last week.  The autopsy of tigress Avni has yielded clear evidence of foul play, sources in the Maharashtra government have told ThePrint.   The autopsy report, which is yet to be released by the state forest department, shows that the tigress was shot in her shoulder, with the bullet then tracing a path through her ribs to come out through the other shoul ...

Oct

23

Deep concern over proposed elevated highway through tiger reserve

• Posted 23rd October 2018

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Oct

15

Fox lights can possibly help solve human/tiger confrontation

• Posted 15th October 2018

After more than 30 deaths due to tiger attacks in the areas adjoining the forests of Pilibhit and Lakhimpur Kheri districts over the past 2 years, the forest department has made a successful trial with fox lights that can keep tigers away from human habitation. To check the effect of fox lights on big cats such as tiger and leopard, the forest department installed 3 fox lights at a farm in the Sundarpur village of South Kheri for ...

Oct

14

Maharashtra prepares to kill tigress Avni

• Posted 14th October 2018

Activists are continuing their fight to save 6 year old tigress Avni who the State Government has ordered to 'shoot on sight'. Sadly a legal battle failed last month when the Supreme Court of India refused to stay the order issued by the the state forest department to ensure no more human-wildlife conflicts would take place in the Pandharkawada forest of Maharashtra.    Media reports indicate that the first killing took place in mid-2016. Since then, around 13 persons ha ...

Oct

10

Urgent steps are being taken to save tigers from lethal virus

• Posted 10th October 2018

Following the death of 23 lions in the Gir sanctuary in less than 1 month the National Tiger Conservation Authority has instructed all chief wildlife wardens in the tiger range states to take urgent action to save the animals from the canine distemper virus (CDV).  The chief wildlife wardens have been instructed to begin the immunization of both domestic and feral cats and dogs in their respective areas.  At Pilibhit tiger reserve off ...

Oct

07

11 tigers dead in there last 9 months in Karnataka

• Posted 7th October 2018

A very worrying trend of tiger deaths has been reported in the State of Kanataka over the past 9 months including the siezure last week of a tiger pelt at a town near Mysuru. Over the past 2 years snaring has accounted for the deaths of 4 tigers in the past 2 years.  Of the 11 tigers lost in the last 9 months various reasons including poisoning, snaring, electrocution and infighting over lack of forest territory. More on this report can be seen by following the link below.

Oct

05

Maharashtra officials may use perfume to lure tigress

• Posted 5th October 2018

Forest officials are considering using 'Calvin Klein' perfume to attract the elusive tigress T1 in the State of Maharashtra, notwithstanding a fresh search operation in Londi forest last Monday. This perfume has been used before in both India and the US in an effort to attract nocturnal animals  Telangana officials are also considering using the same perfume in the Mancherial district where tigress K4 is located with a wire snare attached to her body.  More can be read by f ...