Tigress carcass recovered: Database being scoured to ascertain whether big cat belonged to KWS or Nepal
11 months, 1 week ago

Tigress carcass recovered: Database being scoured to ascertain whether big cat belonged to KWS or Nepal

Hindustan Times  

The forest department is scrutinising the tiger database to find out whether the tigress whose carcass was recovered on Sunday, belongs to Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary or to Nepal, said divisional forest officer B Shiv Shankar on Monday. For representation only The DFO said a panel of five members including veterinary experts have conducted a post-mortem examination of the tigress as per the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority on Monday. DFO KWS Shiv Shankar said the tigress was about 3 to 4 years old whose body was found floating in a stream of Chaudhri Charan Singh Barrage on Sunday evening. “We have been scrutinising the tiger database to ascertain whether the tigress belongs to the KWS or to Nepal,” Shiv Shankar said.

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Tigress from Odisha’s Similipal strays into West Bengal’s Purulia
1 day, 7 hours ago

Tigress from Odisha’s Similipal strays into West Bengal’s Purulia

The Hindu  

A three-year-old tigress has strayed into the Bandwan area of West Bengal’s Purulia district from the Similipal Reserve Forest in Odisha. A senior State government official said the West Bengal Forest Department was trying to drive the tigress back to Similipal by the same route. Efforts are also being made to capture the animal and release it into a wild …

Tigress RVT 03 gives birth to cub in Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan
1 week, 2 days ago

Tigress RVT 03 gives birth to cub in Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan

Hindustan Times  

Jaipur: Tigress RVT 03 gave birth to a healthy cub on Friday in the Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Bundi district, Rajasthan, raising hopes for the growth of the region’s tiger population, said an official on Saturday. Tigress gives birth to a cub in Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve “The tigress was spotted on camera with her newborn cub today,” added …

Cages, camera traps in place to trap ‘tiger’ in Rehmankheda
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1 week, 3 days ago

Cages, camera traps in place to trap ‘tiger’ in Rehmankheda

Hindustan Times  

Cages and camera traps were installed and teams were deployed to track a ‘tiger’ that was reportedly seen a day before by locals in Rehmankheda — where a tiger stayed put for 108 days in 2012—near Lucknow. A cage set up after locals reported the presence of a wild animal, suspectedly a tiger, in the Rehmankheda area near Lucknow. The …

Three Tigers Migrate From MP to Chhattisgarh Reserves
2 weeks ago

Three Tigers Migrate From MP to Chhattisgarh Reserves

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: A tiger from Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh has moved to Achanakmar wildlife sanctuary in Chhattisgarh by covering around 450 km. The big cat, spotted for the first time in the Achanakmar Tiger Reserve recently, has been identified as T-200 of Kanha National Park by the Wildlife Institute of India, field director, ATR, Manoj Pandey told this newspaper …

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 …

Maharashtra Tigress Zeenat released into Similipal Tiger Reserve
4 weeks ago

Maharashtra Tigress Zeenat released into Similipal Tiger Reserve

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Zeenat, a tigress relocated from Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, was released into the core area of Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve on Sunday evening. The tigress, under continuous 24-hour monitoring, has been observed roaming around five meters from her soft enclosure within the forest, according to Prakash Chandra Gogineni, Director of the Similipal Tiger Project. Zeenat arrived at Similipal on …

Odisha: Another tigress brought from Maharashtra, released in soft enclosure in Similipal
1 month, 1 week ago

Odisha: Another tigress brought from Maharashtra, released in soft enclosure in Similipal

Deccan Chronicle  

Baripada: Another tigress brought from Maharashtra was released in a 'soft enclosure' in the core area of the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha on Friday, officials said. The three-year-old tigress, named Zeenat, was brought to the STR on Thursday evening from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, they said. Another tigress was brought to Similipal on October 27 with the approval …

Tigress Jamuna Released in Odisha’s Similipal
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tigress Jamuna Released in Odisha’s Similipal

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Tigress Jamuna, recently relocated from the Tadoba-Andheri Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, was on Saturday released into the core of the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj. “Tigress Jamuna has been released into the core area of the tiger reserve, and a dedicated team is monitoring her movement,” confirmed Samrat Gowda, Deputy Director of Similipal Tiger Reserve. Sushant Nanda, Odisha’s Principal …

Tiger found dead in suspected poaching, third since 2022 in Chhattisgarh
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tiger found dead in suspected poaching, third since 2022 in Chhattisgarh

New Indian Express  

RAIPUR: The death of a male tiger under mysterious circumstances at Baikunthpur forest adjoining the Guru Ghasidas National Park, about 350 km north of Raipur, has bewildered the Chhattisgarh State Forest Department. This is the third tiger death in the state since 2022 and the second suspected poaching reported this year after a tiger was killed in January in the …

Odisha Translocates Tigress from Maharashtra to Similipal Tiger Reserve
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Odisha Translocates Tigress from Maharashtra to Similipal Tiger Reserve

Hindustan Times  

Odisha government successfully translocated a tigress from Maharashtra into Similipal Tiger Reserve. The tigress, two and a half years old, was flown 900 km from Maharashtra to Similipal. The translocation is part of an effort to improve the genetic diversity of Similipal tigers. The tigress will be radio-collared to monitor its movement and a six-member team will be trained to …

Tigress Makes 400km Journey to Find New Territory in Chhattisgarh
2 months ago

Tigress Makes 400km Journey to Find New Territory in Chhattisgarh

Deccan Chronicle  

A tigress from Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh covered around 400 km to find its new territory in Achanakmar Tiger Reserve (ATR) in Chhattisgarh. The six-year-old tigress was first spotted in Lormi forest range in ATR in December 2023 and later in May-June this year, ATR field director Manoj Pandey told this newspaper on Sunday.

Assam government urges Orang National Park authorities to trace, transfer killer tiger to zoo
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Assam government urges Orang National Park authorities to trace, transfer killer tiger to zoo

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Assam government has instructed the authorities of a national park to catch the tiger that killed an armed home guard on August 28 and transfer it to the zoo. “We have issued an order to trace and transfer the tiger to a zoo, if necessary,” Assam’s Forest and Environment Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said after Asom Gana Parishad …

Assam: Elephant carcass found in Kaziranga; officials suspect tiger attack
4 months ago

Assam: Elephant carcass found in Kaziranga; officials suspect tiger attack

Hindustan Times  

Silchar: The forest guards in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on Thursday said they found the carcass of an adult elephant, suspecting it was killed by tigers. Officials said that after recovering the carcass, they buried it in the forest, and some locals joined in to perform the religious rituals. A large part of our forests was encroached …

Tamil Nadu: Two-year re-wilding bid fails, tiger taken to Vandalur zoo
5 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Two-year re-wilding bid fails, tiger taken to Vandalur zoo

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Two weeks after the principal chief conservator of forests and chief wildlife warden Srinivas R Reddy informed the Madras High Court that a tiger could not be released into the wild, a team of forest department staff, with the help of veterinarians, shifted the big cat to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Chennai in a special ambulance from …

Forest Department aborts rewilding of rescued tiger, shifts animal to Vandalur zoo
5 months ago

Forest Department aborts rewilding of rescued tiger, shifts animal to Vandalur zoo

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department aborted its first ever attempt to rewild a rescued tiger and shifted the big cat to the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur in Chennai. The PCCF-cum-CWW had also informed the court that the re-wilding of the rescued tiger was halted after a high powered committee chaired by PCCF Rakesh Kumar Dogra studied the animal …

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 …

A male tiger was captured, treated, and released inside Anamalai tiger reserve
6 months, 1 week ago

A male tiger was captured, treated, and released inside Anamalai tiger reserve

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Veterinarians, officials, and staff of the Tirupur forest division of the Anamalai tiger reserve have successfully captured a male tiger and released it in the home range after treating its injury which was caused by a snare. The animal, aged between eight and nine years, fell into one of the three cages after being attracted to a goat inside …

Tiger injured by snare in TN's Anamalai Tiger Reserve to be tranquilised for treatment
6 months, 1 week ago

Tiger injured by snare in TN's Anamalai Tiger Reserve to be tranquilised for treatment

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: Chief Wildlife Warden Srinivas R Reddy has issued an order to tranquilise and treat a tiger that was injured by a snare in the Tiruppur division of Anamalai Tiger Reserve. Officials believe the animal is in the Amaravathy forest range, which is spread over 25 sq km, and occupies a big territory like other big cats. Forest department sources …

Forest officials capture leopard that strayed into Aliganj village from Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Forest officials capture leopard that strayed into Aliganj village from Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

Forest officials on April 29 captured a leopard which had strayed into Aliganj village from the nearby Pilibhit Tiger Reserve in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh. According to Forest officials, the leopard which had taken shelter in a cowshed was captured with the help of a veterinary doctor. Forest officials capture leopard in Aliganj village, Pilibhit Tiger Reserve MANISH SINGH, …

Elephant found dead, with tusks missing, in T.N.’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Elephant found dead, with tusks missing, in T.N.’s Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

A wild elephant, aged between 18 and 20 years, was found dead with its tusks missing at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Talavadi Hills, Erode district, on April 22. During a routine patrol, a Forest Department team found the fully decomposed carcass in a forest near Gumtapuram village in the Talavadi Forest Range of Hasanur Division, and alerted senior officials. …

Leopard found dead near Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Leopard found dead near Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

The Hindu  

A male leopard, aged five to six years, was found dead near the Talavadi Forest Range in the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in Erode district, on Sunday, March 31, 2024. Forest Department staff said they received information that a carcass was found on a vacant plot of patta land located outside Gumatapuram village, about 500 metres away from the Biligiri Ranganathaswamy …

Tiger found dead in Valmiki Reserve in Bihar’s West Champaran district
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Tiger found dead in Valmiki Reserve in Bihar’s West Champaran district

Hindustan Times  

The forest officials in Bihar’s West Champaran found a tiger lying dead in the forest of Valmiki Tiger Reserve on Sunday evening in yet another incident of territorial fight rampant in the forest. The carcass of the big cat was recovered from compartment number 55 of Maguraha forest range of Valmiki Tiger Reserve, located in West Champaran district, officials said. …

Tigress spotted with three cubs in Rajasthan’s Sariska Tiger Reserve
9 months, 1 week ago

Tigress spotted with three cubs in Rajasthan’s Sariska Tiger Reserve

Hindustan Times  

Alwar: Tigress ST-12 has been spotted with her three cubs, taking the big cat tally in Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Alwar to 33, officials said, adding this is the third litter of the tigress, earlier also she gave birth to six cubs. Tigress ST-12 has been spotted with her three cubs STR field director Mahendra Sharma said the 10-year-old …

Strayed Tiger Returning Home Habitat at Papikonda National Park
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Strayed Tiger Returning Home Habitat at Papikonda National Park

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: An adult tiger, whose pug marks were found a few days ago in the farm fields at Yerrayagudem village of Buttayagudem mandal in Eluru district, is found to be returning home at the VR Puram-Chintur-Papikonda National Park. Additional principal chief conservator of forests Shantipriya Pande said the tiger’s natural habitat is VR Puram-Chintur-Papikonda National Park and it strayed into …

Tiger found dead in M.P.’s Bandhavgarh reserve, second big cat death in a week
11 months ago

Tiger found dead in M.P.’s Bandhavgarh reserve, second big cat death in a week

The Hindu  

A young tiger was found dead in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh's Umaria district, with officials suspecting it was killed by an adult tiger. The carcass of the sub-adult tiger, aged between 12 months and 18 months, was spotted in a trench in Dhamokhar range of the BTR on Tuesday, forest ranger Vijay Shankar Shrivastava said on Wednesday. …

Tiger Found Dead in MP's Bandhavgarh Reserve, Second Big Cat Death in a Week
11 months ago

Tiger Found Dead in MP's Bandhavgarh Reserve, Second Big Cat Death in a Week

News 18  

A young tiger was found dead in the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh’s Umaria district, with officials suspecting it was killed by an adult tiger. The carcass of the sub-adult tiger, aged between 12 months and 18 months, was spotted in a trench in Dhamokhar range of the BTR on Tuesday, forest ranger Vijay Shankar Shrivastava said on Wednesday. …

Asifabad Tiger Deaths, 2 Forest Officials Suspended
11 months, 1 week ago

Asifabad Tiger Deaths, 2 Forest Officials Suspended

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Two forest department officials have been suspended for ‘negligence’ in connection with the death of two tigers in the KB Asifabad district earlier this month. Asked if the suspensions were because the two officials were found in some way responsible for two incidents, senior department officials said the trigger was the death of the two tigers and the issue …

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 …

NTCA Tells Telangana to Hold Meeting with Maha, Chhattisgarh on Tigers
11 months, 1 week ago

NTCA Tells Telangana to Hold Meeting with Maha, Chhattisgarh on Tigers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The National Tiger Conservation Authority has called for an inter-state coordination committee meeting between Telangana, Maharashtra, and Chhattisgarh, challenging the standard explanations provided by the Telangana forest department for the disappearance of tigers from forest corridor areas in KB Asifabad district, especially the Kagaznagar forest area. Earlier, in November 2020, when three tigers went missing following fatal attacks on …

Uttar Pradesh: Tigress resting atop Gurudwara wall in Pilibhit rescued by forest officials
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh: Tigress resting atop Gurudwara wall in Pilibhit rescued by forest officials

Hindustan Times  

A tigress managed to escape the Tiger Reserve forest in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit and ventured into Atkona village at around 2 am. The forest officials have rescued the tigress, and it is under the observation of veterinary doctors in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. “Uttar Pradesh: The tigress, which came out of the Tiger Reserve forest in Pilibhit district and reached …

Uttar Pradesh: Tigress resting atop Gurudwara wall in Pilibhit rescued by forest officials
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh: Tigress resting atop Gurudwara wall in Pilibhit rescued by forest officials

Hindustan Times  

A tigress managed to escape the Tiger Reserve forest in Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit and ventured into Atkona village at around 2 am. The forest officials have rescued the tigress, and it is under the observation of veterinary doctors in the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve. “Uttar Pradesh: The tigress, which came out of the Tiger Reserve forest in Pilibhit district and reached …

Tiger spotted at 7k-ft height in Uttarakhand’s Almora
1 year ago

Tiger spotted at 7k-ft height in Uttarakhand’s Almora

Hindustan Times  

After Jageshwar, a tiger has been spotted at 7000-ft height in Binsar wildlife sanctuary of Uttarakhand’s Almora district, officials familiar with the matter said. It was a full-sized big cat and might have reached from Corbett Tiger Reserve or Ramnagar forest division,” said Dhrub Singh Martolia, DFO, Civil Soyam Forest Division in Almora. The tiger might have been on its …

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 cub dies after being hit by train in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur
1 year ago

Tiger cub dies after being hit by train in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur

Hindustan Times  

A four-month-old female tiger cub was killed after being hit by a SE-Central Railway train at Kitali Mendha in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Monday, officials said. Since January this year, Maharashtra has recorded nearly 35 tiger deaths The incident reportedly took place early morning as the train was en route from Chandrapur to Gondia. Earlier, in a similar incident, a …

Elusive tiger kills 42-year-old man in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagara district
1 year, 1 month ago

Elusive tiger kills 42-year-old man in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagara district

Hindustan Times  

42-year-old farmer has been killed by a tiger while working in his fields in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve area of Chamarajanagara district, forest officials familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, adding that they have intensified the search operation for the tiger who earlier attacked another villager. According to forest officials, the incident occurred at the Moleyur range forest area …

Tigress that killed 3 villagers trapped in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district
1 year, 1 month ago

Tigress that killed 3 villagers trapped in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district

Hindustan Times  

NAGPUR: A tigress that killed three villagers over the past two weeks in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district was on Monday captured by a joint team of forest and wildlife officials in Bramhapuri, 200km from Nagpur, people familiar with the matter said. The following day, the tigress killed a farmer near Khadsangi and on Nov 1, 2023 60-year-old Savitribai Kamble in the …

A treasure trove: field notes from the forests of Arunachal Pradesh
1 year, 2 months ago

A treasure trove: field notes from the forests of Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu  

More Than Just Footnotes: Field Assistants in Wildlife Research and Conservation; Editors Ambika Aiyadurai, Mamata Pandya; Bookwell Publication Field assistants, a central part of any field research project, provide unique insights into local context, culture and community. To address this lacuna, Ambika Aiyadurai, an anthropologist who teaches at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, and Mamata Pandya, an independent writer …

Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris tigers died due to natural causes, says NTCA report
1 year, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris tigers died due to natural causes, says NTCA report

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: There was nothing alarming about the recent death of tigers – 10 of them had died between August 16 and September 19 – in the Nilgiris if one were to take into account the current population growth and the dispersal dynamics in the landscape, the National Tiger Conservation Authority said in its report. The report released on Friday said …

Tiger deaths in the Nilgiris ‘not alarming’, says NTCA report
1 year, 2 months ago

Tiger deaths in the Nilgiris ‘not alarming’, says NTCA report

The Hindu  

The increase in the number of tigers in the Western Ghats and the spillover of their population from Mudumalai and Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserves into the Nilgiris forest division are exposing them to higher chances of natural and unnatural causes of mortality, a recent investigation by the National Tiger Conservation Authority into the deaths of 10 tigers has said. It has …

Team from National Tiger Conservation Authority visits the Nilgiris to investigate tiger deaths
1 year, 2 months ago

Team from National Tiger Conservation Authority visits the Nilgiris to investigate tiger deaths

The Hindu  

A team of officials from the National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau along with State Forest Department officials visited two of the sites in the Nilgiris where tigers, both adults and cubs, were found dead since August 16. Murali, Inspector General of Forests, NTCA, Bangalore, Kirupa Shankar, Deputy Director of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Chennai, and …

Madhya Pradesh: Another tiger dies in Bandhavgarh reserve, second death in a week
1 year, 3 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Another tiger dies in Bandhavgarh reserve, second death in a week

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh: The carcass of a male tiger was found in Tala beat of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve by a patrolling team on Wednesday. Lakhan Lal Uike, chief conservator of forest and in-charge field director of the reserve informed today that the carcass of the tiger, aged around 5-7 years, had teeth marks on the body. Cause of death Prima facie …

Tiger cub rescued in Ballarpur forest range this week dies during treatment: Official
1 year, 3 months ago

Tiger cub rescued in Ballarpur forest range this week dies during treatment: Official

Hindustan Times  

NAGPUR: A female tiger cub being treated at Chandrapur’s Wildlife Transit Treatment Centre after being rescued from the Ballarpur forest range of Chandrapur died on Saturday morning. A Sumatran tiger cub cleans one of its parents during the annual weigh-in to document the health and condition of animals The cub hadn’t been eating and was intravenously administered saline, said Jitendra …

Two tigresses found dead in the Nilgiris
1 year, 3 months ago

Two tigresses found dead in the Nilgiris

The Hindu  

Two tigresses were found dead in close proximity to each other in a water body in Nehru Nagar at Emerald in Kundha on Saturday. “Our investigations into the deaths of the two tigresses have already begun, though the postmortem would only be conducted on Sunday,” said Mr. Gowtham. The District Forest Officer said the cause of death could be established …

Tiger skin, bones seized from truck in Uttarakhand’s Bazpur: Police
1 year, 3 months ago

Tiger skin, bones seized from truck in Uttarakhand’s Bazpur: Police

Hindustan Times  

HALDWANI/DEHRADUN: A joint team of wildlife, forest and police officers in Uttarakhand on Wednesday seized two tiger skin and 35kg of tiger bones from a truck in Udam Singh Nagar district’s Bazpur area and arrested three persons in this connection, police said on Thursday. Police said the three men were carriers and it still needs to be established who killed …

Two breeding tigresses from Maharashtra to be relocated to core area of KTR
1 year, 3 months ago

Two breeding tigresses from Maharashtra to be relocated to core area of KTR

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The Kawal Tiger Reserve would translocate two breeding tigresses into the core area of the Tiger Reserve from bordering Maharashtra. KTR field director Vinod Kumar told Deccan Chronicle, “We are preparing a project report aiming to translocate two breeding tigresses into the core area of the tiger reserve from bordering Maharashtra. We have developed grasslands in the core area …

Tiger which migrated from Rajaji reserve found in Himachal Pradesh
1 year, 3 months ago

Tiger which migrated from Rajaji reserve found in Himachal Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

A tiger that migrated from the Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand has been tracked in the Renuka forests of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Friday. The tiger has been spotted in the Renuka forests of where it arrived in the middle of August, the official said. It was a long-distance migration that saw the tiger cover hundreds of kilometres …

Tigress T-84 spotted with three cubs in Ranthambore: Forest official
1 year, 4 months ago

Tigress T-84 spotted with three cubs in Ranthambore: Forest official

Hindustan Times  

A tigress along with her three cubs was spotted in Ranthambore by the field staff in the Sawai Madhopur range, said a senior forest official. “The tigress T-84 was seen to be roaming around with her three cubs. It is the second time she gave birth to three cubs after delivering a litter of another three cubs nine years ago,” …

Uttarakhand: Smugglers held with ‘11 feet long’ tiger skin, bones in Khatima
1 year, 5 months ago

Uttarakhand: Smugglers held with ‘11 feet long’ tiger skin, bones in Khatima

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand police special task force, along with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and Tarai East Forest Division, have arrested four wildlife smugglers and recovered an 11 feet long tiger skin ‘the largest ever in the state’ and 15kg bones from them, officials said on Sunday. Tiger skin recovered from the arrested wildlife smugglers Police have identified the accused as Krishan …

Rajasthan: Tigress spotted with three cubs in Ramgarh Visdhari Reserve
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajasthan: Tigress spotted with three cubs in Ramgarh Visdhari Reserve

Hindustan Times  

Tigress RVT-2 was spotted with her three cubs in the camera trap in Rajasthan’s Ramgarh Visdhari Tiger Reserve, officials said. Ramgarh Vishadhari Sanctuary in Rajasthan’s Bundi was approved as the fourth tiger reserve in the state by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change in July 2022. On World Tiger Day 29 July 2019, the pleasant result of the …

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