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Not Just Poaching, Territorial Fights May Be Behind Fall In Tiger Number
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) top brass have sought details from four tiger-range states, including Maharashtra, about the causes of death of 68 tigers, which have not been ascertained since 2012. The officials, meanwhile, admitted that tigers in India – caught between the rising numbers and a restricted habitat – might be facing a Malthusian crisis of sorts. They said one of the main reasons for tiger mortality in India was not p Read More...
Surgery To Put Sunderbans Tiger Back On Its Feet
KOLKATA: The Sunderbans tiger, that was brought to Alipore zoo with an ailment in its right elbow three weeks back, underwent a surgery on Tuesday. This was the first major surgery in the zoo in the last five years. The tiger in its prime had hygroma — accumulation of fluid in joints — in a region close to the elbow of its right front leg. "The surgery is successful and the tiger has been released in cage," said Asish Samanta, the zoo director. TOI wa Read More...
Country Gets Its First Tiger Repository
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) here will now house the country’s first repository on tigers, under its new Tiger Cell. “We have worked with the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on tiger conservation and population estimation, and in the process we have generated a huge database,†WII Director V. B. Mathur told The Hindu. The Dehradun-based WII has about 23,000 images of tigers. “This has to be maintained and the Tige Read More...
India's First Tiger Cell To Be Set Up In Dehradun
DEHRADUN: The country's first tiger cell will soon take shape at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) campus in Dehradun. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding the setting up of the cell will be signed between the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and WII on Saturday. The cell will house a database of tigers as well as DNA and stripes samples of the big cats from over 50 tiger reserves, and will aid conservation efforts by keeping an update on ti Read More...
Tiger Spotted At 12,000 Feet In Uttarakhand For The First Time: Report
International Tiger Day has been making headlines all over the world. Amidst this, the Times of India (TOI) reported that for the first time, a tiger has been spotted at 12,000 feet in Uttarakhand, leaving experts exhilarated. The tiger cropped up in camera trap images at Askot in the upper reaches of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh. The altitude is usually thought to be the habitat of snow leopards. Talking to TOI, Bilal Habib, scientist at the Wildlife Institute Read More...