Floods Threaten Tigers in Telangana-Maharashtra Corridor
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Floods Threaten Tigers in Telangana-Maharashtra Corridor

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The flood situation in the state with most of its rivers and rivulets overflowing has jeopardised the safety and security of adult tigers and their cubs in the Tiger corridor between Telangana and Maharashtra. The forest department is considering Kagaznagar forest division as a corridor between Tadoba Andhari and Kawal Tiger Reserve. Forest officials say adult tigers can swim in the floods and reach hilly areas for their safety and floods will not affect them. Forest officials did not confirm whether the migrated tiger crossed the river Penganga to return to its original habitat Thippeshwar Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. Most of the time, tigers from the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve migrate into the borders of Telangana and some of them settle in Kagaznagar forest division while some others return to their original habitat.

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Railway Tracks Deadly Threat for Tigers in Kagaznagar Forest
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Railway Tracks Deadly Threat for Tigers in Kagaznagar Forest

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Tigers in the Kagaznagar Forest Division and those moving back and forth between Maharashtra and Telangana are facing threats to their lives from trains when crossing the railway tracks, especially in Sirpur and Kagaznagar mandals. The Balharshah railway station is the next stop for express trains departing from Kagaznagar railway station while only passenger trains stop at Sirpur railway …

Maharashtra tigers moving to Telangana in search of new territory
3 weeks ago

Maharashtra tigers moving to Telangana in search of new territory

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Telangana Forest department officials believe that apart from mating purposes, the two tigers, believed to have migrated from Maharashtra, are in search of new territories in the traditionally tiger corridor of adjoining areas of Telangana and Maharashtra. Speaking to TNIE over phone, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Elusing Meru, who camped in Mancherial for two days, stated that the …

Tiger Tracking Intensified in Komaram Bheem Asifabad District
3 weeks ago

Tiger Tracking Intensified in Komaram Bheem Asifabad District

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest staff intensified the tracking of the tiger, suspected of killing a woman and injuring a man in two successive days last week, through 40 camera traps, two drones and nearly 100 field staff along Telangana’s border with Maharashtra in the Kagaznagar forest division in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district on Sunday. Speaking to media personnel, Asifabad district forest …

Telangana awaits Centre’s nod for conservation reserve
1 month ago

Telangana awaits Centre’s nod for conservation reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The forest department plans to develop the existing corridor between the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve and the Kawal Tiger Reserve into a conservation reserve. Under Section 36A of WLPA, 1972, the state government may, after consulting local communities, declare any government-owned area, particularly those adjacent to national parks and sanctuaries or linking protected areas, as a conservation reserve. The …

Three villages set to relocate from Kawal Reserve in Telangana
1 month ago

Three villages set to relocate from Kawal Reserve in Telangana

New Indian Express  

ADILABAD: Villagers from Alinagar, Dongapalli and Mallial have expressed their readiness to relocate from the core area of Kawal Tiger Reserve in erstwhile Adilabad district. Mancherial District Forest Officer Shiv Aasheesh Singh, along with revenue officials, visited Mallial village in Jannaram mandal and organised a meeting with the tribals, who agreed to relocate. Big cats migrate from Tadoba Reserve to …

Forest department tracks Maharashtra tiger in Telangana's Kumurambheem Asifabad
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Forest department tracks Maharashtra tiger in Telangana's Kumurambheem Asifabad

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Forest department is currently tracking a male tiger that made its way into the Kumurambheem Asifabad district from Maharashtra. Elusing Meru, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and in-charge Chief Wildlife Warden told TNIE that the tiger is moving along the corridor and is yet to enter the core area of the Kawal Tiger Reserve. Jogu Yellam, field biologist …

Assam flood: 61 forest camps in Kaziranga National Park, Tiger Reserve affected
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Assam flood: 61 forest camps in Kaziranga National Park, Tiger Reserve affected

Hindustan Times  

Rising water levels have impacted more than 26 per cent of the 233 forest camps at Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam, an official report said on Monday. A total of 61 forest camps across Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve including 22 in Agoratoli range, 10 in Kaziranga, eight in Bagori, five in Burhapahar range, six in …

Telangana Tiger deaths: Foresters relieved as search finds tigress, cub pug marks
11 months, 1 week ago

Telangana Tiger deaths: Foresters relieved as search finds tigress, cub pug marks

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The second day of searching for a tigress and three of her cubs in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district forests yielded some fresh hope with pug marks of an adult tiger and a cub. Elsewhere, forest department officials took into custody six persons, including two minors, from two villages and a hamlet surrounding the Dairgaon forest beat on suspicion …

Maharashtra’s tiger zones under threat over plan to cut over 2.5 lakh trees
1 year, 1 month ago

Maharashtra’s tiger zones under threat over plan to cut over 2.5 lakh trees

Hindustan Times  

On Tuesday afternoon, Bajrang, a majestic tiger and the chief attraction for tourists in Maharashtra’s famous Tadoba Andhari tiger reserve, died in a fierce territorial battle with another tiger at Wahangaon village under the Chimur forest range. Maharashtra’s tiger zones under threat as state proposes to cut over 2.5 lakh trees for projects Bajrang’s is the 42nd tiger death in …

Tiger corridor planned to facilitate movement from Maha to Kawal reserve
1 year, 1 month ago

Tiger corridor planned to facilitate movement from Maha to Kawal reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Forest authorities of Maharashtra and Telangana, in a bid to track tiger movement and curb timber smuggling along the Penganga River, have decided to develop a tiger corridor from the Tipeshwar tiger reserve to Kawal. Following the decision, the officials of both states will submit a project report to develop the corridor via Bheempur mandal, under the Tiger Conservation …

How tigers in Uttarakhand’s Thano range are under threat from an airport project
1 year, 4 months ago

How tigers in Uttarakhand’s Thano range are under threat from an airport project

The Hindu  

Published : Aug 24, 2023 11:00 IST - 6 MINS READ Historically, tigers existed in the Doon Valley in an area larger than what is now considered the Dehradun forest, restricted to around 450 sq km. Researchers from WWF, in collaboration with the Uttarakhand Forest Department, have gathered photographic evidence of resident male and female tigers from this reserve forest …

National Tiger Body Claims Decrease in Telangana's Numbers, Officials Dispute Claim
1 year, 4 months ago

National Tiger Body Claims Decrease in Telangana's Numbers, Officials Dispute Claim

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The number of big cats in Telangana’s protected areas of Kawal and Amrabad tiger reserves decreased from a total of 26 in 2018 to 21 in 2022, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority. Telangana has a transient tiger population that is not reflected in the numbers released and these are tigers outside of the two reserves,” a senior …

India’s tiger population rises, Madhya Pradesh has most big cats
1 year, 4 months ago

India’s tiger population rises, Madhya Pradesh has most big cats

The Hindu  

July 29, 2023 09:56 pm | Updated July 30, 2023 08:08 am IST - NEW DELHI India’s tiger population increased to 3,682 in 2022, up from 2,967 in 2018, according to an estimate released on Saturday. India’s tigers are largely concentrated in 53 dedicated tiger reserves spread across 75,796 square km, spanning about 2.3% of India’s total land area. Enhanced …

Monsoon Floods Disrupt Kaziranga’s Wildlife Again, Many Animals Escapes Park
1 year, 5 months ago

Monsoon Floods Disrupt Kaziranga’s Wildlife Again, Many Animals Escapes Park

News 18  

In the recent spate of monsoon floods, over 90% of the forest area in the Aghratoli range of Assam’s Kaziranga National Park has been deluged. The flood waters have inundated about 68 vital forest camps in this UNESCO World Heritage National park, out of which 15 are in the Kohora range, nine in Bagori and six in Burapahar range of …

Foresters to strengthen tiger corridor linking NSTR to Seshachalam
1 year, 5 months ago

Foresters to strengthen tiger corridor linking NSTR to Seshachalam

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The AP foresters would strengthen the notified tiger corridor connecting the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve to Seshachalam by providing the requisite amenities like water holes, vegetation and availability of herbivores. They have identified potential tiger habitats in Proddatur, Kadapa and Tirupati areas, these having connectivity to the tiger corridor, and also found NSTR with Lankamalleswara and other protected areas like …

It's raining tiger cubs in Amrabad Tiger Reserve
1 year, 6 months ago

It's raining tiger cubs in Amrabad Tiger Reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: At Telangana’s Amrabad tiger reserve, this year is turning out to be one where the staff will be busy with baby showers — of tiger cubs. With 10 confirmed tiger cubs, and maybe two more that their mothers may have hidden from the prying eyes of camera traps, 2023 could just turn into a watershed year for India’s second …

Maharashtra: 2 tigresses captured in Chandrapur to be relocated to Nawegaon-Nagzira
1 year, 7 months ago

Maharashtra: 2 tigresses captured in Chandrapur to be relocated to Nawegaon-Nagzira

Hindustan Times  

The state wildlife wing on Tuesday captured two female tigers from two different landscapes, including one from the sensitive zone known for man-animal conflicts in Brahmapuri division and a tiger from Gadchiroli forest in Maharashtra. Jitendra Ramgaonkar, field director at Tadoba Tiger Reserves, said the captured tigers will be relocated to Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve after they are examined by the …

Tiger spotting leaves villages in curfew-like limbo
1 year, 7 months ago

Tiger spotting leaves villages in curfew-like limbo

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The sighting of three tigers, suspected to be moving among the fringe villages of the Palnadu district over the past week, has rendered residents fearful of venturing out alone. Forest authorities said that the Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is home to 73 tigers, each of which needs a territory of 25-50 sq. The onset of summer has also compounded the …

Amrabad may emerge as tiger crown jewel of TS
1 year, 8 months ago

Amrabad may emerge as tiger crown jewel of TS

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The last four years have been good for tigers in Telangana. Despite the setback of some going missing in the former united Adilabad district and some of them found killed by poachers, the overall numbers of tigers in the state are reported to be up from 2018, when the last All-India Tiger Census figures were released by Prime Minister …

Andhra Pradesh: Locals find four tiger cubs in Nandyal district, inform forest officials- WATCH
1 year, 9 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Locals find four tiger cubs in Nandyal district, inform forest officials- WATCH

India TV News  

Residents of Pedda Gummadapuram village in the Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh on Monday found four tiger cubs and shifted them to a safe place. Arrangements for protection of wildlife In a crucial development in the direction of protecting wildlife habitats, a Supreme Court-constituted panel on February 7 asked the Union Environment Ministry to amend or withdraw the guidelines related to …

How many tigers can India’s forests sustain?
1 year, 11 months ago

How many tigers can India’s forests sustain?

Hindustan Times  

Two newsworthy events will occur this year. Second, India’s most successful wildlife conservation venture, Project Tiger, will turn 50 this April, a milestone to be celebrated with another record estimate of tiger numbers. Tigers also don’t understand human-drawn boundaries or maps — national parks, wildlife sanctuaries or tiger reserves. A decade ago, Valmiki Tiger Reserve had fallen off the tiger …

Villages bordering TS, Maharashtra in fear over tiger attacks
2 years ago

Villages bordering TS, Maharashtra in fear over tiger attacks

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: People in the bordering villages of Telangana and Maharashtra are gripped by fear of tiger attacks after a second incident took place at Anandguda in Lakkadkot gram panchayat -- in Rajura taluk of Maharashtra. Two separate incidents of tiger killing -- of two adivasi farmers -- took place on the state’s borders in the last 19 days. Forest guard …

Tiger numbers increase, but many missing
2 years, 3 months ago

Tiger numbers increase, but many missing

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The movement of tigers is noticed in the forests on the outskirts of Kagaznagar town. The staff however failed to track the movement of the four tigers that were moving in the Kagaznagar forest division some time ago and the missing tigers including A2 and A6. The forest staff could not notice the movement of the A2 for the …

Tigers are ‘silent’ along state borders; doubts raised about their presence
2 years, 8 months ago

Tigers are ‘silent’ along state borders; doubts raised about their presence

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Tigers are ‘silent’ for now as nobody has experienced their roarings and movements in the Kagaznagar forest division in recent months. Komaram Bheem Asifabad district forest officials used to report the movement of eight tigers in the Kagaznagar forest division. It is suspected that the tiger that was killed in Aheri forests bordering Maharashtra was the one that was …

Tigers get relief and security as human movement reduced in Covid times
3 years, 7 months ago

Tigers get relief and security as human movement reduced in Covid times

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The second wave of Covid pandemic has brought relief and security to tigers in Telangana state as the human movement has largely reduced. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has advised officials of tiger reserves and the wildlife sanctuary and reserve forests to keep tourists off tiger reserves in view of the threat of Covid19 spread to animals, especially tigers. …

In Telangana, shrinking habitats lead to desperate cats and more human-animal conflicts
3 years, 10 months ago

In Telangana, shrinking habitats lead to desperate cats and more human-animal conflicts

The Hindu  

Pedda Vagu, the sinuous stream which originates in the Kerameri Hills of the Kumram Bheem Asifabad district in north Telangana, was a silent spectator of a ghastly incident over three months ago. Following the ghastly deaths, the Telangana Forest Department has issued advisories to the villagers to be followed while moving outside their homes; supplied them with masks to be …

NH-363, railway track act as impediments for passage of tigers into Kawal Reserve
3 years, 11 months ago

NH-363, railway track act as impediments for passage of tigers into Kawal Reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The forest department has identified National Highway 363 and the railway tracks in the area as impediments to free passage of tigers into the core area of the Kawal Tiger Reserve from Thadoba Andhari and Thippeshwar Tiger reserves bordering Maharashtra. The forest department has proposed three underpasses or bridges at identified places for smooth passage of tigers on NH-363 …

Over a Third of India’s Big Cats Reside Outside Tiger Reserves in Forest Divisions, Sanctuaries: Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Over a Third of India’s Big Cats Reside Outside Tiger Reserves in Forest Divisions, Sanctuaries: Report

News 18  

Over a third of India’s wild tiger population resides outside the 50 tiger reserves, the latest All-India Tiger Population Estimation Report has revealed. As many as 1,923 tigers or 65% the total tiger population was found inside tiger reserves and the rest were estimated to have a range that was largely found in neighbouring forest blocks, the government’s report on …

Tiger Corridors Need Urgent Attention to Sustain Conservation of Wild Cat, Govt Report Warns
4 years, 4 months ago

Tiger Corridors Need Urgent Attention to Sustain Conservation of Wild Cat, Govt Report Warns

News 18  

After a long delay, the Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar released the detailed 656–page report on the All India Tiger Population Estimation, 2018, on the eve of Global Tigers Day. Though the tiger population has increased over the year, the government’s detailed report has flagged several issues which need immediate attention, as these issues have the potential to sour the …

Chased Out of Kaziranga National Park by Floods, Tiger Spends Night in Dairy Farmer's Goat Shed
4 years, 5 months ago

Chased Out of Kaziranga National Park by Floods, Tiger Spends Night in Dairy Farmer's Goat Shed

News 18  

“Everyone in our family has seen a tiger, but today my mother could touch one. She patted on its back,” said Kamal Sharma who hosted a Royal Bengal tiger at his house in Kandhulimari village of Assam’s Golaghat district on Monday. A sub-adult tiger swam into the peripheral village, just 200 metres from the flooded Agoratoli range of Kaziranga National …

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