Dec

15

Sadly more tiger deaths reported in the State of Madhya Pradesh

• Posted 15th December 2017

Since the first week of November the death of 3 tigers and a cub have been reported in the Umaria-Shahdol region on Madhya Pradesh. One of the tigers was a female who had two cubs; one of the cubs was found dead while a search is on for the second cub although there is very little hope for its survival. Madhya Pradesh is the home to about 20% of India's tiger population which amounted to 308 within its six protected areas including Bandhavg ...

Dec

06

Ranthambhore's isolation causes concern over inbreeding.

• Posted 6th December 2017

On a recent study by the Wildlife Institute of India concern was over the inbreeding of tigers at Ranthambhore and Sariska in Rajasthan. As this group of tigers are isolated from tigers in other parts of the Indian sub-continent the worry is that the gene pool is diluted and the risk of extinction of tigers in Rajasthan becomes a possibilty. However the study also point out that to date  '>Tigers in Rajasthan are unique and it is ...

Dec

06

Only 2 viable strongholds remain for the Sumatran tiger.

• Posted 6th December 2017

A stark warning on the future of the small remaining population of wild tigers on the island of Sumatra.  The tiger has already been lost on the Indonesian islands of Java and Bali and unless serious efforts are made by the authorities to halt the continued deforestation of the island; the Sumatran tiger in the wild will also disappear. There are now only 2 areas in Sumatra that contain a viable population of at least 25 breeding female ti ...

Nov

28

3 Himalayan Nations join forces to carry out a tiger census at high altitudes.

• Posted 28th November 2017

A long awaited and most interesting census is to take place at altitudes of 10,000 feet plus in northern India, Bhutan and Nepal.  >The process is likely to be carried under the umbrella of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. The main threat to the tiger in these upper reaches is habitat loss and poaching of their prey ba ...

Nov

27

Very encouraging news on the increase in tiger numbers in Nepal

• Posted 27th November 2017

Good news from Nepal as its tiger numbers are set to double by 2022 which was the target set for all 'Tiger States' at the St. Petersburg International Tiger summit in 2010.  During the last census in Nepal in 2013 tiger numbers recorded were 198. Much credit is due to the pro-active stance of the Nepalese government who have enlisted the help of its army and citizens plus WWF who have been encouraging local people to conserve its ...

Nov

26

Yet another tiger found dead in Madhya Pradesh

• Posted 26th November 2017

A young tiger has been found dead behind a school about 107Km from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve bringing the total death toll in 2017 so far to 23 tigers.   Experts say most of the tiger populations in well-established tiger reserves have reached carrying capacity, posing a fresh challenge of dispersals and conflicts. Tigers are either getting killed in territorial fights or moving more than 200km from their place of birth and meeting un ...

Nov

17

55 Tigers recognised on camera traps at Sathymangalam tiger reserve

• Posted 17th November 2017

In the Indian State of Tamil Nadu 55 tigers have been recognised using camera traps in the first ever excercise of this methodology. In addition 11 tiger cubs were also recorded. Besides tigers the park which spreads over about 1411.60sqkm is also home to elephants, leopards, wild boar, stripped hyenas and numerous species of deer. The camera ...

Nov

14

Electrocution the scouge of Indian wildlife

• Posted 14th November 2017

Yet another tiger is electrocuted by farmers in Vidarbha trying to stop herbivores from entering their fields and eating crops.  In some districts farmers erect high voltage electric fencing around their farms to protect crops, and sometimes tigers become its victims. Sadly two tigers have met the same death this month alone.  A Forest dept. official has stated that an effort will be made to educate farmers to use solar ...

Nov

08

Tigress returns to its forest home after straying into a tourist resort.

• Posted 8th November 2017

A tigress walked into the grounds of a tourist lodge in Karnatika last weekend probably in search food but has since returned to its forest home having been tracked by forest dept.staff on elephants. It appears that the tiger may have been attracted by a substantial number of wild boar that are present on the edge of the forest. Unfortunately waste from some lodges are not disposed of properly and just left on the ground which in turn attracts ...

Nov

06

Indian tiger reserve to double in size.

• Posted 6th November 2017

Mudumalai tiger reserve is about to double in size with 367.59 sqkm of buffer forest land to be incorporated into its core area.  This will therefore increase the total size of the reserve to about 690 sqkm, which will allow greater movement for  tigers, leopards, hyenas and wild dogs plus herbivores such as elephants, bison and deer.  More on this good news article for tigers and other indigenous wildlife can be seen by fol ...

Oct

30

Thriving tigress and her 4 cubs in Kagaznagar

• Posted 30th October 2017

An interesting report from the  Officer of Kagaznagar on the well being of a tigress known as  ...

Oct

24

The Pantanal, Brazil. October 2017

• Posted 24th October 2017

I arrived at my lodge overlooking the Cuiaba river on the 8 October. This was my third visit to The Pantanal, Brazil, a huge wetland area approximately the size of France.  The top predator here is the Jaguar, the third largest feline in the world. During my ten days here photographing wildlife, we saw ...

Oct

07

17 tigers lost in Madhya Pradesh in 2017

• Posted 7th October 2017

Statistics produced by India's National Tiger Consevation Authority (NTCA) show that at least 17 tigers have been lost this year in the once popularly known 'tiger state' of Madhya Pradesh. According  to NTCA figures over 71 tigers have been reported lost in India from the beginning of this year up until the 29 September. However in reality the figure is probably considerably higher with many tiger losses going unreported. Sadl ...

Oct

04

India and Nepal are co-operating on a joint tiger census

• Posted 4th October 2017

For the first time India and Nepal are shortly to carry out a joint tiger count in their respective tiger reserves and protected areas. Camera traps will be installed in tiger habitats and buffer zones which should avoid the duplication of tigers that stray between both countries.  The last tiger census in Nepal took place in 2013 when about 200 tigers were recorded.  More on this report can be found by following this link to

Sep

16

Another interesting article on the importance of tiger corridors.

• Posted 16th September 2017

Although in recent years we have seen a modest increase in tiger numbers within India the worry that many conservationists have put forward is the lack of connectivity beween the protected areas. A good example is Ranthambhore which arguably is the most recognised tiger reserve in India and contains an estimated population of 60 tigers.  However the lack of a contiguous forest area between the reserve and its near ...