Tiger Reserves

The Uttarakhand forest western circle accounts for 30 to 40 per cent of the total tigers in the state. This was revealed in the phase IV monitoring report on the status of tigers, habitats and corridors in the western circle. The monitoring revealed the presence of 119 adult tigers and 11 cubs in the western circle, a big presence by any standards. As many as 38 tigers and four cubs were recorded in the Ramnagar tiger division. Another 32 tigers were captured from     Read More...

Wild tigers are a rare species in the world. According to the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), 110 tigers died this year. Out of that, 68 tigers died due to natural causes and the remaining 42 due to poaching and seizures. It is thus an alarming situation that close to half of the total tigers in the wild have died due to poaching and seizures. Tiger is the national animal of India. It is with regret that the abysmal status of the national animal must be    Read More...

PUNE: As many as 76 tiger deaths have been reported in the country from January to October this year, with Madhya Pradesh at the top of the list, accounting for nearly a third of all mortalities. Karnataka, which boasts the highest tiger population among states, was in second spot with 13 deaths. The national mortality figure is the highest since 2010; 69 tiger deaths were reported in the whole of 2015. Conservationists have raised the alarm on poaching+ , given th    Read More...

KOLKATA: The number of big cats in the Indian Sunderbans is healthy and rising. A recent camera-trap exercise has spotted at least 9 more tigers over last year's figures in the entire mangroves, including the tiger reserve area and the South 24-Parganas forest division. The assessment exercise by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) and Wildlife Institute of India (WII) had in 2015 put the total tiger count in the Sunderbans at 76. This year, state forest    Read More...

The forest department will launch a fresh combing operation on foot in all forest areas of the Vidarbha region from September 26 to 28 for Jai, the tiger that went missing from Umred-Karhandla wildlife sanctuary near Nagpur on April 18. There has been no trace of missing tiger despite the hunt for the last four months. Its disappearance has fuelled speculations in certain quarters and has added to the forest department’s worries. The additional principal ch    Read More...