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UP's 4th tiger reserve proposed in Chitrakoot
LUCKNOW: The forest department has sent a proposal to the state government to develop Ranipur wildlife sanctuary as the fourth tiger reserve in UP. The reserve may become a habitat for tigers crossing
LUCKNOW: The forest department has sent a proposal to the state government to develop Ranipur wildlife sanctuary as the fourth tiger reserve in UP. The reserve may become a habitat for tigers crossing
The translocation of two more tigresses from Kanha Tiger Reserve to Panna was today deferred for a few days after injury to one of the felines.
The last moment decision by a team of forest officials and veterinary experts on Sunday to temporarily abandon the operation to relocate two tigers from Kanha Tiger Reserve to Panna Tiger Reserve puts a question mark on the state forest department
To revive the big cat population in Panna Tiger Reserve, two more tigresses will be translocated in the park on December 6, a top forest department official said.
Bhopal: To revive the big cat population in the Panna Tiger Reserve, two more tigresses will be translocated in the park on December 6, a top forest department official said.
A large section of wildlife experts in Madhya Pradesh are of the strong view that tigers should be relocated in the Panna Tiger Reserve with extreme caution and there should be tough action on ground to protect the existing buffer zone surrounding this Protected Area. The Panna landscape is going through reckless fragmentation, mainly due to the pressure of rapidly expanding mining activity.
Environmentalists and conservationists are raising serious objections about the Madhya Pradesh government giving full support to global diamond giant Rio Tinto
A Buffer zone for the famous Panna Tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh has hit a roadblock with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan saying he is not in favour of it, observing one cannot "destroy" Panna and just let the tigers "survive." "Humans are more valuable than tigers. One cannot destroy Panna and let just tigers survive. What will we do after creating such a buffer zone?
Bhopal: Two hand-reared tigresses from Madhya Pradesh's Kanha Tiger Reserve would soon be shifted to adjacent Panna sanctuary to give company to three translocated big cats there, the first such experiment in the country.
Two hand-reared tigress from Madhya Pradesh's Kanha tiger reserve would soon be shifted to adjacent Panna sanctuary to give company to three translocated big cats there, the first such experiment in the country. "The two orphaned siblings have been hand-raised since 2005 when their mother was mauled to death by a male tiger and are likely to be translocated this month-end," sanctuary's field di
The Panna tiger reserve, which is in the midst of an ambitious tiger revival plan, has decided to use the camera trap method, for monitoring the movements of big cats. The park administration till now has been having a torrid time in keeping a close watch on the three adult big cats and four cubs.