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3 Tiger Cubs Rescued, Scared And Famished
Bhopal: A team comprising around 200 officials of the Madhya Pradesh forest officials located three orphaned cubs of tigress that was electrocuted by poachers in Shehdol district, after 48 hours of intensive search on Sunday. Rescue officials said these cubs were 'very weak and extremely exhausted'. "The cubs would be shifted to chain-link fencing after a few days. One of them is too week," said Mradul Pathak, field director of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve who was par Read More...
Van Vihar Gears Up To Receive Jamuna
Bhopal: Van Vihar National Park is preparing to welcome tigress Jamuna who had jumped out of her cage in Indore zoo last year, sending zoo officials in a tizzy. Besides Jamna, it will also receive another tiger from Indore zoo. The duo will be in the national park within next two weeks, confirmed Indore zoo in-charge Uttam Yadav. While national park officials are trying to rein in tigress Matakali, a man-eater, they will have to double up the vigil now with the arr Read More...
Nagpur: 3-member Team To Probe Missing Tiger Case
A THREE-MEMBER team, headed by Inspector General of National Tiger Conservation Authority P S Somasekhar, is in Nagpur to probe the case of missing tiger Jai. The team will stay in Nagpur for at least three days and will interact with forest officials, and Bhandara-Gondia MP Nana Patole, who had written a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office claiming that the tiger had been poached. Speaking to The Indian Express, Somasekhar said, “We are here to foll Read More...
First Tiger Photographed In Darjeelings Neora Valley
KOLKATA: After dropping his customers at Pedong near the Sikkim border, driver Anmol Chhetri was returning to Lava in Darjeeling district of West Bengal. While negotiating a curve at around 7 am on Wednesday, he saw something unusual behind a rock in the mountain slope – a beast with yellow and black stripes. Before realising what it was, Anmol found himself pressing the brakes of his car, taking out his mobile phone, zooming in and clicking pictures of th Read More...
India Can Hold 10,000 Wild Tigers: Dr Ullas Karanth
Country's top wildlife scientist Dr K Ullas Karanth on Wednesday said India had potential to hold population of at least 10,000 tigers in the wild if tiger-prey relationship was properly understood. As per the tiger census 2014, there were 2,226 tigers in the country. "Poaching is not the main reason for dwindling tiger population but declining prey base. You have vast stretches of forests in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Arunachal Pradesh with virtually no tigers, b Read More...