Tiger Reserves

A full grown tiger was found dead at Chikhaldara in Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Sunday. This is the sixth tiger death in the region, with the last one dying in Doni outside Kolsa range of Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) on May 5. With a height of 125cm and length of 285cm, the tiger named T14 was the dominant male of Chikhaldara range for the last six years. According to sources, T14 had till now produced 30 cubs and the tiger was recorded in camera traps s    Read More...

GUWAHATI: The 344 sq km Nameri Tiger Reserve (NTR) in Assam's Sonitpur district has an estimated five to eight tigers, according to the latest assessment of predators and prey status report. The assessment, carried out between 2012 and 2014, has confirmed NTR, located on the northern banks of Brahmaputra, is a low density tiger reserve with tiger density varying from 1.3 to 1.5 tigers per 100 square km. National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)'s assistant insp    Read More...

Alwar: Sighting of a tiger cub at Sariska Tiger Reserve has brought wide smiles on the faces of the forest authorities and wildlife enthusiasts. Tigress ST-9 and her cub were caught on a camera trap, pictures of which were released by the forest officers. With the arrival on more cub, the total number of tigers in Sariska rises to 14, of which seven were shifted here from Ranthambore National Park while the same number were born here. "A new cub has been caught on     Read More...

The Madhya Pradesh forest department has failed to take "prior approval" from the Central Zoo Authority before construction of tiger safari in Pench and Bandhavgarh, it said. The move assumes significance as many wildlife activists have been objecting to the creation of tiger safari in Pench and in Bandhavgarh national parks claiming it harmful for the big cats. The state government's plan to cut over 550 trees in Pench to make way for the tiger safari was also crit    Read More...

A year after National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) pegged the total number of tigers in Odisha forests at 28, the state government has officially rejected the numbers and said the state's tiger population was 40. In January last year, the NTCA, in its tiger population statistics, said Odisha has seen a fall in the number of tigers from 45 in 2006 to 28 in 2015, while the country's tiger population has increased by 30.5 per cent. In response, Odisha carried ou    Read More...