Tiger Reserves

Park rangers in India are using a cuddly toy tigress to help three traumatised cubs spring back to their feet after the death of their mother. The cubs, who were orphaned last month, have been happily feeding from milk bottles fitted inside the toy, said the field director at Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in the central state of Madhya Pradesh. "We tried to give them goats' milk initially but they didn't like the human interaction. They just refused to take the bottle    Read More...

Noting a 6% rise in the tiger population in the country, experts on Tuesday suggested a need for greater flexibility to increase habitat for the feline for their protection. Speaking at the national workshop on monitoring systems for tigers intensive patrolling and ecological status, Y. V. Jhalla, principal scientist of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), said the 6% increase in the population of big cats was due to several measures taken to protect them. T    Read More...

SILIGURI: The authorities at West Bengal's famous North Bengal Wild Animals' Park near Siliguri were finally successful in getting, the magnificent Royal Bengal Tiger, named Snehasis, back to the cage. "After observing the tiger's movement for days, we came up with a novel idea of trapping it in the cage," a forest official said. "We got CCTVs installed and as a bait huge quantity of food was placed in the cage. As soon as tiger came for food, the door was locked     Read More...

Bhopal, Feb 6 (PTI) In a bid to improve the survival chances of the three 40-days-old orphaned tiger cubs, the Bandhavgarh tiger reserve authorities have placed a cuddly ‘dummy toy tigress’ as their substitute mother. The specially-designed toy tigress, which the cubs consider as their real mother, has been kept in an enclosure n the forest and is fitted with synthetic nipples and a milk bottle to feed the baby tigers. The mother of the three cubs was    Read More...

Born and spent whole life in captivity, the magnificent Royal Bengal Tiger, named Snehasis, was taken to North Bengal Wild Animals Park near West Bengal's Siliguri district for safari. Now, the big cat is in no mood to return back to the cage. Last month, a full grown male tiger Snehasis along with his partner Sheela were brought from Odisha Nandankanan Zoological Park to Kolkata Alipore Zoological Gardens for Bengal Safari. On January 23, Snehasis and Sheela were    Read More...