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 ...
Tragic to read of so many unexplained tiger deaths in India so far in 2016. Please follow the link below to read the report in the Mail in India Today. http://bit.ly/2hzkFvi ...
in Kathmandu, Nepal pledged to double its population of wild tigers by 2022. But that target now looks unattainable — not because of poaching but because of habitat destruction in the Tarai. and the expansion of protected areas. But the tiger’s range in the Tarai is seeing an explosion of the human population, urban expansion, the spread of highways, and transmission lines and irrigation canals criss-crossing the plains have fragmented the tiger habitat. &nbs ...
Dec
12
In the Maghdi range of Bandhavgarh last November I was amazed to watch a young male tiger collect a pickaxe and then an orange coloured bowl from the forest and take them both into the adjoining meadow. When I arrived he was resting on the sandy track with his 3 male siblings and they seemed almost as surprised as myself when they saw him carrying the tools from the forest to the meadow. Please follow the link below to read the story in The Sun. http://bit.ly/ ...
Dec
08
I arrived at the Mukki area of Kanha on 27 November staying for a week. Again I had excellent sightings but in particular I spent time watching a very large, bold five year old male tiger known as Link 7 or Chota Munna. He seemed very keen to 'hug' both fallen and standing trees! On one occasion he walked within close range of the jeep, stopped to sniff and lick the base of a tree and opened his mouth in typical 'flehmen' behaviour. A small number of p ...
Dec
07
Leaving Delhi on the 20 November, I arrived at Bandhavgarh for a stay of seven days. During this time I enjoyed many wildlife sightings, however, perhaps the most unusual encounter for me was with three sub-adult male tigers of the Rajbahera tigress in the Maghdi range area of the park. One of the siblings walked across the sandy track a short distance into the forest and then reappeared carrying a pickaxe in his jaw which he proceeded to carry past his brothers into the adjoining meadow. A fe ...