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
Panna NP
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Russian forest officers to study tiger management at Panna
The team arrived in Panna yesterday as part of the 'Tiger Watch Programme' of Global Tiger Forum A six-member team of Russian forest officers is on a visit to Panna district in Madhya Pradesh to study all aspects of tiger management at the Tiger Reserve there.
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Tigress shifted to Panna Tiger Reserve from Pench
SEONI (MP): A tigress has been shifted from Pench Tiger Reserve to the Panna Tiger Reserve here where the number of the female big cats has been dwindling. "After a lot of efforts, a three-and-half year old tigress was caught from Kurai range by the trained wildlife experts and shifted last evening to the Panna Tiger Reserve," the reserve's director Alok Kumar told reporters here on Wednesday.
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In 2013, country lost 48 tigers to poachers
The country lost 63 tigers in 2013 with Karnataka alone losing 16 big cats. The data released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority states that poachers accounted for the death of 48 tigers in different
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Good news from Panna in new year: tiger count up from zero to 23
From zero tigers in early 2009, the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh now faces a problem of plenty. The number of tigers at the reserve was 23 at last count, including the five that were initially
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India lost 63 wild tigers in 2013
Poaching was the cause of most deaths, says National Tiger Conservation Authority The country lost 63 of its wild tigers in 2013. The first tiger death of the year was reported from the South Brahmapuri forest range of Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, on January 6, 2013 caused by suspected poaching. The last wild tiger death of the year was reported from the Heggadadevana Kote range of the Mysore forest division in Karnataka on December 28, 2013 and the cause is under investigation.
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Cabinet set to OK river-linking today
Connecting Ken-Betwa To Be First Of 30 Projects Costing 5,60,000cr New Delhi: After almost a decade of political objections and green opposition, the Cabinet is likely to clear on Thursday the ambitious project to inter-link rivers, beginning with the process of connecting the Ken and Betwa rivers in Madhya Pradesh.
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NTCA says no to reintroduction of white tigers in Madhya Pradesh
The National Tiger Conservation Authority has refused to give its nod for reintroduction of white tigers in Madhya Pradesh saying they have no "conservation value", a decision that may come as a setback
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Relocated tigers can’t adjust
The whole issue of translocation of tigers being bred in captivity and then released into the wild has been questioned by the forest officials of the tiger rich state of Madhya Pradesh. An RTI has revealed that the principal chief conservator of forests(Wildlife) Narender Kumar has written to the National Tiger conservation Authority (NTCA) that he does not want hand-bred tigresses to be relocated to the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) as his staff had faced enormous hurdles in trying to get them to readjust in the wild.
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State, MP compete to increase tiger count
Bangalore: Can Karnataka retain its coveted tag of Tiger State after the census which gets under way after a gap of four years? The main reasons for the apprehension are the number of deaths in recent
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58 tigers die in Madhya Pradesh in past five years
As many as 58 tigers have died in the past five years due to poaching, territorial fights and old age in various big cat habitats in Madhya Pradesh. Of the total deaths reported, nine were due to poaching