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Tiger Cub Found Dead In Maharashtra's Tadoba Reserve
CHANDRAPUR: A tiger cub was found dead in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra today, a third death of the big cat in the area in a month. A forest guard came across the carcass which was in a highly decomposed state this afternoon. A team of forest officials including Field Director (TATR) and the Chief Conservator of Forests GP Garad and other rushed to the spot. The animal, over 2 years old, might be one of the f Read More...
Young tiger hit by speeding truck, found dead near Rajaji
DEHRADUN: A five-year-old male tiger was killed in a road accident on Haridwar-Najibabad highway, close to Rajaji Tiger Reserve, after being hit by a speeding truck. While many wild animals have been killed in accidents on the busy road, this is the first instance where a tiger death has been recorded. The carcass found on Saturday has shocked forest department officials as the animal is believed to have ventured into the road from nearby Rajaji reserve, which has o Read More...
MP proposes to make a tiger safari in Mowgli-land, awaits NTCA permission
Madhya Pradesh forest department is considering a proposal to fell over 550 trees to make way for a tiger safari in its Pench national park, known as home to 'Mowgli', a fictional character and protagonist in English writer Rudyard Kipling's 'The Jungle Book'. The forest department has started working on a project to create tiger safari in the park straddling Seoni and Chhindwara districts of the state. It has been proposed to erect a boundary wall which would requ Read More...
Tigress found dead in Nagarahole reserve; third since Jan
Mysuru: A tigress was found dead at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve on Tuesday. The field staff, who were on a regular beat, found the decomposed carcass of the animal, aged around 6. The wild cat is believed to have died two weeks ago. Carcass spotted: Sources said when the staff spotted the carcass at Hole Halla in Nagarahole range of Virajpet taluk in Kodagu district at 11am, the body parts were intact and there were no wounds. Vet Dr Umashankar conducted a p Read More...
More Tigers Have Been Poached In India This Year Than All Of Last Year
In the year 1900, there may have been as many or more than 100,000 tigers roaming this planet's forests. And every year since then until now, that number has decreased. But a combination of better and broader monitoring techniques and, governments say, increased vigilance against poachers has led to the first increase in tiger numbers in over a century - to 3,890 this year. Some of the biggest increases were in India, which, in its latest tiger census, claimed a 30 Read More...