BHOPAL: After its first successful inter-state translocation of a tiger, Madhya Pradesh forest department on Wednesday captured and shifted a tigress to Satkosia tiger reserve in Odisha. This time, a
BHOPAL: In a successful operation, a tiger was captured and translocated from Kanha national park in Madhya Pradesh to the Satkosia tiger reserve in Odisha on Wednesday. Officials claim this is the first
Odisha has at least 40 Royal Bengal Tigers (RBT) and 318 leopards in different tiger reserves and forests. This was informed by Forest and Environment Minister Bikram Keshari Arukha in a written reply
Worried over the declining number of Royal Bengal tigers in Odisha forests, former Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Monday urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to take steps to
A sign survey, in which pugmarks, scraps and other marks are recorded to ascertain the density of herbivores and number of carnivores, will be carried at Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) on May 11. The information
A two-member team of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), headed by its chief Rajesh Gopal, arrived here on Monday to finalise the Tiger Conservation Plans (TCPs) of State’s two tiger reserves
Concern over government’s move to denotify 159 sq km of forests Wild Orissa, a voluntary organisation that works on conservation of wildlife, has expressed concern over the government’s move to denotify 159 sq km of forests from the Satkosia Gorge Wildlife Sanctuary and Satkosia Tiger Reserve.
The Odisha Government on Tuesday gave its official stamp of approval to de-notify 159 sq km from Satkosia Gorge Sanctuary which forms a large part of the Satkosia Tiger Reserve. The move to reduce the
The forest department on Monday said it would not make any suggestions regarding relocation of the stray wild male tiger (now at Nandankanan zoo) to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) team may find it difficult to ascertain the natal habitat of the wild tiger since trap cameras were only recently installed in Satkosia wildlife sanctuary.
