Tiger Reserves

Over 20 tigers die every year in captivity in zoos across India, according to the Association of Indian Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians (AIZWV), which analysed raw data available with the Central Zoo Authority. In 2015-16, there were 245 tigers and 99 white tigers in captivity in the country. In the same year, 16 white tigers and 28 ordinary tigers died in zoos, according to AIZWV. Ordinary tigers are housed in 60 zoos, including large, medium and small-sized zoos,     Read More...

The victim, Mangaldas Chaudhary, is said to have been attacked barely 20 meters from where he was staying in the Tadoba Tiger Reserve. A tiger dragged away an employee of Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra (FDCM) and killed the 45-year-old man around 6 am in Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur District today. The victim, Mangaldas Chaudhary, was with two other colleagues when they stepped out of the forest camp to answer natures call. Chaudhary himself i    Read More...

NAGPUR: Defying the general perception that a tigress rears its cubs for around two years before delivering another litter, six-year-old Katrina (B3) tigress in Bor Tiger Reserve has delivered her third litter in 2.5 years, with a gap of just 14 months between each litter. On Sunday, tourists were thrilled to sight three 3-month-old cubs of Katrina at a waterhole. Katrina is the dominant female of the little known and smallest tiger reserve Bor (138.12 sq km), 60km    Read More...

Orang, the tiger reserve in Assam with the smallest core among 50 nationally protected areas, has presented wildlife scientists doing a census with a surprise: a high density of 28 big cats. The count was revealed during phase IV of the all-India tiger estimation programme of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). Smallest core Spread over Darrang and Sonitpur districts and notified in February 2016, Orang Tiger Reserve is the 49th in the country    Read More...

For many tiger lovers wandering across India's 50-odd national parks to get a glimpse of the majestic big cats without success, there is good news. Next opening of the park gates may bring to you a louder roar of the felines. If the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the apex body formulating policies for the conservation of big cats, is to be believed, then the next tiger census due in 2018 is set to show a "significant rise". The last census done in 20    Read More...