'Very Excited With This Discovery': New Tigers Spotted in Thailand After 4 Years, Raising Conservation Hopes
4 years, 4 months ago

'Very Excited With This Discovery': New Tigers Spotted in Thailand After 4 Years, Raising Conservation Hopes

News 18  

Camera traps in a forest in western Thailand have captured footage of tigers in an area for the first time in four years, a conservationist said, raising hopes over efforts to preserve the species in the Southeast Asian country. “We are excited about this discovery,” Kritsana Kaewplang, country director for conservation group Panthera in Thailand, said of the footage which was released on Global Tiger Day. Kritsana, who has been working with Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation and other organisations, said the sightings mean Thailand is on the right track trying to preserve tigers and their prey. “The next important step for us is that we have to try and make the connecting routes of each forest area accommodating for them, in order for the tigers to roam safely,” said Kritsana.

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Thailand: Nearly 1,000 endangered animals repatriated to Madagascar in anti-trafficking landmark
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Thailand: Nearly 1,000 endangered animals repatriated to Madagascar in anti-trafficking landmark

CNN  

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Tiger remains elusive even after 10 days of combing near Nanjangud
1 year ago

Tiger remains elusive even after 10 days of combing near Nanjangud

The Hindu  

The tiger, that the Forest Department in Nanjangud launched an operation to trap 10 days ago, has proved to be elusive and is engaged in a hide-and-seek game with the department. In view of the tiger’s tendency to approach the bait, the department personnel have also restricted movement in the vicinity so as to lure it so that it can …

Tiger numbers, and fears of surge in man-animal conflict, up outside Corbett
1 year, 4 months ago

Tiger numbers, and fears of surge in man-animal conflict, up outside Corbett

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand forest department is preparing a comprehensive plan to protect tigers and check human-animal conflict after 229 tigers were found outside the Corbett Tiger Reserve in Kumaon, endangering the lives of both the animal as well as of villagers living outside the reserve area. According to the tiger census report released on July 29, there are 260 tigers inside …

‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth, leading tiger expert - Frontline
1 year, 7 months ago

‘We can easily reach 10,000 tigers’: Dr K. Ullas Karanth, leading tiger expert - Frontline

The Hindu  

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Why 3,167 Tigers in a Land of 141 Crore Indians is a Huge Achievement - News18
1 year, 8 months ago

Why 3,167 Tigers in a Land of 141 Crore Indians is a Huge Achievement - News18

News 18  

It’s a great feeling to know that the number of tigers in the wild in India has gone up from 1,827 in 1973 when Project Tiger was launched to the more scientifically ascertained 1,411 in 2006 to 3,167 today. We were left with a colonial legacy that saw wild animals as “game” — to be killed at will for clearing …

Carcass of tiger found in Gubbi of Tumakuru
1 year, 10 months ago

Carcass of tiger found in Gubbi of Tumakuru

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Mystery shrouds the death of a tiger aged about 7 years after its carcass was discovered under a bridge at Chikka Edagehalli village road in Gubbi taluk of Tumakuru district on Tuesday leading to suspicion that the big cat might have been poisoned to death. However, forest officials are yet to ascertain its cause of death and an autopsy …

Thai wildlife group says tiger missing a leg needs help
2 years, 10 months ago

Thai wildlife group says tiger missing a leg needs help

Associated Press  

BANGKOK — Forest rangers in western Thailand are searching a remote jungle on the Myanmar border hoping to rescue a wild tiger with a missing leg from an area where poachers have recently been operating. Staff from the wildlife protection organization Freeland spotted the animal earlier this week on video recorded by a remotely operated camera trap in Kanchanaburi province’s …

Can the big cats survive the human assault?
2 years, 11 months ago

Can the big cats survive the human assault?

China Daily  

Editor's note: With the Year of the Tiger a week away, two experts and a senior editor with China Daily share their views on the cultural significance of the big cat and the urgent need to protect the wild tiger and its habitats: SHI YU/CHINA DAILY It is admired, respected, feared and hated in equal measure depending on where you …

Close Encounter in the Wild: Hair-raising Video of a Rhino Chasing Away Tiger in Kaziranga
3 years, 6 months ago

Close Encounter in the Wild: Hair-raising Video of a Rhino Chasing Away Tiger in Kaziranga

News 18  

For this particular video, Bishwajit Chetry had to patiently wait for half an hour. A female rhino chasing a Royal Bengal Tiger: rare sight in the Kaziranga National Park though the lens of young Biswajit Chetri. pic.twitter.com/67MkWizb8F— Niloy June 2, 2021 The tiger population in Kaziranga National Park has increased to 111, according to the 2017 census. According to the …

WATCH: Footage of Endangered Tigers Captured First Time in Four Years in Thailand
4 years, 4 months ago

WATCH: Footage of Endangered Tigers Captured First Time in Four Years in Thailand

News 18  

Conservationists have captured footage of endangered tigers in a region of western Thailand for the first time in four years. Released to coincide with Global Tiger Day, the images were captured as part of a joint monitoring program between Thailand's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, global wild cat conservation organization Panthera and the Zoological Society of London. …

Exploitation of big cats goes far beyond Tiger King, animal advocates say
4 years, 4 months ago

Exploitation of big cats goes far beyond Tiger King, animal advocates say

ABC  

Exploiting tigers for human entertainment goes far beyond the world of Joe Exotic, animal welfare groups say. Key points: There are more tigers living in captivity than in the wild Abusive practices are behind tiger entertainment venues The big cats are hunted for products like tiger bone wine Today marks World Tiger Day, and World Animal Protection is calling for …

India accounts for 70% of world's tigers, says Prakash Javadekar, releases new status report on wild cats
4 years, 4 months ago

India accounts for 70% of world's tigers, says Prakash Javadekar, releases new status report on wild cats

Firstpost  

The report compares information gathered during tiger surveys of 2006, 2010 and 2014 with data from the 2018-19 review to estimate population trends, patch colonisation and extinction rate India now accounts 70 percent of the world’s total population of tigers, the environment ministry said on Tuesday while releasing its fourth detailed national tiger estimation report. “Despite India’s constraint of 2.5 …

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