Rajasthan HC Approves Relocation Of Tigers To Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve
6 years, 3 months ago

Rajasthan HC Approves Relocation Of Tigers To Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court has approved the relocation of a tiger to the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve and has also paved way for the shifting of two tigresses from the Ranthambore National Park to MHTR.The decision was rendered by a bench comprising Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Goverdhan Bardhar.The court was hearing a petition filed by wildlife activist Ajay Shankar Dubey, seeking. The Rajasthan High Court has approved the relocation of a tiger to the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve and has also paved way for the shifting of two tigresses from the Ranthambore National Park to MHTR. The court was hearing a petition filed by wildlife activist Ajay Shankar Dubey, seeking a direction to the state authorities to shift the tiger T-91 back to Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary from MHTR. “Once the NTCA satisfied with the compliance submitted by the Chief Wildlife Warden and the State authorities, about various actionable points and recommendation, has restored the “in principle approval” and also granted “final approval” for re- introduction of two female tigers after one tiger has already been relocated in MHTR, taking another view of the matter by this Court would tantamount to substituting decision of the expert bodies in the field, which in the facts of the case, would be wholly uncalled for.”

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In a 1st, tiger wandered off from Palamu Tiger Reserve, to be brought back to mother territory
1 month, 1 week ago

In a 1st, tiger wandered off from Palamu Tiger Reserve, to be brought back to mother territory

New Indian Express  

RANCHI: For the first time in Jharkhand, the tiger which had vacated its haunt in the Palamu Tiger Reserve and wandered off into the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary in Jharkhand and West Bengal’s Purulia a few months back will be brought back to its native territory. Notably, after wandering off from PTR, the tiger has terrorising villagers in Jamshedpur and Purulia …

Tiger who travelled 500 km to be captured, shifted to Sahyadri reserve
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Tiger who travelled 500 km to be captured, shifted to Sahyadri reserve

Hindustan Times  

Pune: The forest head office in Nagpur on Friday issued an order to chief conservator of forests, Pune circle, to capture the male tiger spotted in Solapur district and shift him to Sahyadri Tiger Reserve after radio collaring the big cat. Forest head office in Nagpur on Friday issued order to chief conservator of forests, Pune circle, to capture the …

Address pilgrims’ concerns inside tiger habitats, SC tells Rajasthan govt
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Address pilgrims’ concerns inside tiger habitats, SC tells Rajasthan govt

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that the religious sentiments of people visiting temples in tiger habitats must be given “due consideration” while protecting the sanctuary. The Court extended the private vehicle ban deadline to March 2026, tasking the committee with finding a balanced solution to protect both the tiger reserve and devotees. The Court directed the Rajasthan …

Three Tigers Migrate From MP to Chhattisgarh Reserves
3 months, 3 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 …

Chhattisgarh: Tiger relocated successfully after 8-months operation
4 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Tiger relocated successfully after 8-months operation

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: After eight months of tracking it in a forest in east Chhattisgarh, forest officials rescued a tiger and relocated to a reserve a couple of days ago. “It took eight months to rescue and relocate the big cat to Guru Ghasidas-Tamor Pingla tiger reserve in north Chhattisgarh,” said Agrawal, whose Balodabazar division falls under Barnawapara wildlife sanctuary. According to …

Odisha to Get First Tiger from Maharashtra on Sunday Night
5 months ago

Odisha to Get First Tiger from Maharashtra on Sunday Night

New Indian Express  

Odisha is set to get its first tiger from Maharashtra on Sunday night in a major relocation project aimed at improving the genetic diversity of the striped predators in the Similipal landscape. The female tiger from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) will be transported in a special vehicle via road and is expected to be shifted to Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) …

Tribal association demands withdrawal of NTCA order seeking relocation of families in tiger reserves
6 months, 1 week ago

Tribal association demands withdrawal of NTCA order seeking relocation of families in tiger reserves

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Tribal People’s Association has called on the State government to reject an order from the National Tiger Conservation Authority, which urged States to expedite the relocation of families living in core tiger zones. In a letter sent to State governments in June, the NTCA noted that there were 54 tiger reserves across 19 States in the country, …

Project Tiger to displace 5.5 lakh tribals, says rights group report
8 months ago

Project Tiger to displace 5.5 lakh tribals, says rights group report

The Hindu  

Project Tiger will displace at least 5.5 lakh Scheduled Tribes and other forest dwellers, a report released by a New Delhi-based rights group on the International Tiger Day on Monday said. Visual story: Waking to the call of the wild According to the report by the Rights and Risks Analysis Group, some 1,60,000 people out of about 2,90,000 people to …

Forest Department aborts rewilding of rescued tiger, shifts animal to Vandalur zoo
8 months, 1 week 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 …

Orphaned tigers to be released into wild in Rajasthan: Officials
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Orphaned tigers to be released into wild in Rajasthan: Officials

Hindustan Times  

Jaipur: Rajasthan forest department is likely to release two orphaned tiger cubs from captivity into the forest next month, following approval from the National Tiger Conservation Authority, officials aware of the matter said on Saturday. Following the passing of their mother, tigress T-114, in February last year, the cubs were relocated from Ranthambore National Park to Abheda Biological Park in …

Uttarakhand to translocate four tigers to Rajasthan, says official
1 year ago

Uttarakhand to translocate four tigers to Rajasthan, says official

The Hindu  

The Uttarakhand government has agreed to translocate four tigers to Rajasthan following a request from the authorities of the western state. The process of selecting the tigers for relocation to Rajasthan has already begun, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest Sameer Sinha told PTI on Saturday. The requests from the Rajasthan and the Odisha governments for the translocation of tigers were …

‘Shocking’: SC on absence of tiger conservation plan for Rajaji tiger reserve
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Shocking’: SC on absence of tiger conservation plan for Rajaji tiger reserve

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Uttarakhand government for not having in place tiger conservation and national park management plans for two of the crucial tiger reserves at Rajaji and Corbett national parks and directed the state’s top forest officials to be present in court on Thursday to explain the situation. Environment activist and lawyer Gaurav Kumar Bansal …

NTCA approves expansion of three tiger reserves in Rajasthan: Official
1 year, 6 months ago

NTCA approves expansion of three tiger reserves in Rajasthan: Official

Hindustan Times  

The National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved the state’s proposal for expansion of three tiger reserves in Rajasthan by around 1,900 sq km. A senior forest official familiar with the development said the department had submitted a proposal of expansion of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve by around 35 sq km, Sariska Tiger Reserve by 600 sq km and Mukundra Hills Tiger …

Tiger which migrated from Rajaji reserve found in Himachal Pradesh
1 year, 7 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 …

Final Notification U/S 26A Wildlife Protection Act Not Necessary For Declaring Mhadei Sanctuary As 'Tiger Reserve': Bombay High Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Final Notification U/S 26A Wildlife Protection Act Not Necessary For Declaring Mhadei Sanctuary As 'Tiger Reserve': Bombay High Court

Live Law  

The Bombay High Court last week held that there is no legal impediment on the Goa government to declare the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary as a tiger reserve even if the final notification under the Wildlife Act, 1972 has not been issued declaring some areas within Mhadei as sanctuary. A division bench of Justice MS Sonak and Justice Bharat Deshpande while …

Bihar: Valmiki Tiger Reserve on alert to stop poaching amid influx of nomads
1 year, 8 months ago

Bihar: Valmiki Tiger Reserve on alert to stop poaching amid influx of nomads

Hindustan Times  

The Valmiki Tiger Reserve, the only tiger reserve of Bihar in West Champaran district, has been asked to tighten security and ensure safety of tigers, leopards and other wildlife species at the reserved forest over concerns of poaching. During the monsoon month of ‘Shrawan’, thousands of devotees from Nepal and from across the state visit Lord Shiva temples, such as …

Tigress spotted with cubs in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve: Official
1 year, 9 months ago

Tigress spotted with cubs in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve: Official

Hindustan Times  

Tigress T-124 was spotted with her cubs on Wednesday morning in a camera trap in the Rajbag forest area under zone 3 of Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan, said a senior forest official. Another Ranthambore tigress, T-117 delivered three cubs on April 15 in the Sarmathura forest area in the Dholpur district, which adjoins RTR, said the official, adding that …

Tiger at Rajasthan park dies day after relocation
1 year, 10 months ago

Tiger at Rajasthan park dies day after relocation

Hindustan Times  

A six-year-old male tiger was found dead in the Sajjangarh Biological Park in Rajasthan’s Udaipur on Wednesday, a day after it was relocated from state’s Ranthambore tiger reserve, people familiar with the matter said. The tiger, which was declared “man-eater” and threat to human life after it killed three people in 2019, was kept in an enclosure at the Beed …

Rajasthan: Tiger T-104 dies at Sajjangarh biological park a day after relocation
1 year, 10 months ago

Rajasthan: Tiger T-104 dies at Sajjangarh biological park a day after relocation

Hindustan Times  

Tiger T-104 nicknamed Chikku, who was relocated from Ranthambore tiger reserve to Sajjangarh Biological Park in Rajasthan on Tuesday, died a day later on Wednesday, officials said. District Forest Officer Ajay Chittora said that the tiger T-104 was brought to the biological park on Tuesday, where he was kept under observation. The tiger was recently declared a man-eater and after …

Rajasthan: NCTA approves relocation of tigresses from Ranthambore
1 year, 10 months ago

Rajasthan: NCTA approves relocation of tigresses from Ranthambore

Hindustan Times  

The National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved shifting three tigresses from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to two other state reserves, forest officials said on Saturday. Confirming the development, RTR field director Sedu Ram Yadav said the technical committee of the NTCA has approved the state’s request for shifting three tigresses. However, after five tigers, including three cubs, died and one male …

Tiger from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore reserve spotted in MP’s Kuno National Park
1 year, 10 months ago

Tiger from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore reserve spotted in MP’s Kuno National Park

Hindustan Times  

A tiger from Ranthambore tiger reserve in Rajasthan, who has been roaming around in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur forest for the past two months, has entered Kuno National Park, a forest official said on Monday. Around half a dozen tigers from Ranthambore have entered Kuno in the past eight years The male tiger named T-136 has been trying to make its …

Tiger movement spotted in Chilla-Motichur corridor of RTR after 2 decades
2 years, 4 months ago

Tiger movement spotted in Chilla-Motichur corridor of RTR after 2 decades

Hindustan Times  

The Uttarakhand forest department spotted the movement of a tiger in the Chilla-Motichur corridor of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve after two decades in a major development for wildlife conservation, said a senior official. A tiger was seen moving from the eastern fringe of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve to the forests on its western fringe through the corridor A tiger was …

Two Tigers from Ranthambore Reserve to Be Shifted to Mukundra, Sariska
2 years, 5 months ago

Two Tigers from Ranthambore Reserve to Be Shifted to Mukundra, Sariska

News 18  

Translocation of two tigers from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to the Mukundra and the Sariska reserves has been cleared by the technical committee of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, an official said here. “NTCA’s technical committee has cleared a proposal of the state forest department to translocate one tiger to Sariska and another to Mukundra,” Seduram Yadav, Field Director of …

Illegal infra in Corbett: Vigilance department gets nod to book officer, others
2 years, 7 months ago

Illegal infra in Corbett: Vigilance department gets nod to book officer, others

Hindustan Times  

Officials and contractors can now be prosecuted for felling trees and constructing illegal structures in Corbett Tiger Reserve as the state vigilance department has secured the government’s permission to do so, an official said. The department has got the government’s approval to register a first information report against Indian Forest Service officer Kishan Chand and others on Saturday and may …

NTCA to call technical committee meet on Rathambore’s rising tiger population
2 years, 8 months ago

NTCA to call technical committee meet on Rathambore’s rising tiger population

Hindustan Times  

The National Tiger Conservation Authority on Tuesday questioned the relocation of Ranthambore tigress T-102 to the newly sanctioned Ramgarh Visdhari Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Bundi a week ago, officials said. The Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan has seen a growth of 45% in big cat population in the last eight years. Calling the relocation legit, the state forest department has …

Rajasthan's Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve
2 years, 10 months ago

Rajasthan's Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve

Hindustan Times  

The Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary in Rajasthan was notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve on Monday, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said. Rajasthan's Ramgarh Vishdhari Sanctuary notified as India's 52nd tiger reserve This is Rajasthan's fourth tiger reserve after Ranthambore, Sariska and Mukundra. The National Tiger Conservation Authority had given in-principle approval to make Ramgarh Vishdhari Wildlife Sanctuary and adjoining areas …

NTCA approves Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve request for tiger transfer
3 years, 1 month ago

NTCA approves Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve request for tiger transfer

Hindustan Times  

The National Tiger Conservation Authority’s technical committee has approved Rajasthan’s proposal to shift two tigers to Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve. Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve field director Sedu Ram Yadav said they had proposed shifting of male and female tigers; and releasing the reserve’s lone tigress, MT-4 from the enclosure. The reserve’s field director, Sedu Ram Yadav said the authority’s technical …

Uttarakhand High Court Finds Prima Facie Illegalities In Corbett Tiger Reserve, Asks State To Take Action Against Unauthorized Constructions
3 years, 2 months ago

Uttarakhand High Court Finds Prima Facie Illegalities In Corbett Tiger Reserve, Asks State To Take Action Against Unauthorized Constructions

Live Law  

In a suo motu public interest litigation against illegal constructions and felling of trees in the Corbett Tiger Reserve, the Uttarakhand High Court has observed that there are prima facie violations of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, the Forest Conservation Act, 1980 and the Indian Forest Act, 1927. Earlier, the High Court had expressed surprise over construction of a single …

Uttarakhand HC tells Centre, state to inspect Corbett tiger reserve, file report
3 years, 5 months ago

Uttarakhand HC tells Centre, state to inspect Corbett tiger reserve, file report

Hindustan Times  

DEHRADUN: The Uttarakhand high court on Wednesday ordered the union ministry of environment, forest and climate change and the state’s top officials for forest and wildlife to inspect the Corbett Tiger Reserve and submit its action-taken report by November 9 on complaints about illegal constructions and felling of trees in the tiger reserve, and in context of a previous report …

Rajasthan may get another tiger reserve in the Kumbhalgarh area of Udaipur division
3 years, 5 months ago

Rajasthan may get another tiger reserve in the Kumbhalgarh area of Udaipur division

Hindustan Times  

The four-member committee constituted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority has found Kumbhalgarh Sanctuary in Rajasthan as a potential tiger reserve, officials said. Representative Picture After conducting a survey of the area in the last two months, the committee has found sanctuary potential as the fifth tiger reserve but also raised certain concerns. A senior official of the forest department …

NTCA seeks status report on opening part of Rajaji Tiger Reserve for tourists
3 years, 6 months ago

NTCA seeks status report on opening part of Rajaji Tiger Reserve for tourists

Hindustan Times  

National Tiger Conservation Authority has written to the Uttarakhand forest department seeking a factual status report on opening a part of the Rajaji Tiger Reserve for tourists. NTCA sought the report after Gaurav Kumar Bansal, a wildlife activist and advocate in Supreme Court, sent a legal notice to the NTCA member secretary on September 6, alleging that “allowing tourism in …

3 tiger cubs added to Ranthambore reserve, officials wary of rising numbers
3 years, 6 months ago

3 tiger cubs added to Ranthambore reserve, officials wary of rising numbers

Hindustan Times  

Three tiger cubs, spotted for the first time at Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, have taken the big cat population to 74 at the sanctuary located at Sawai Madhopur. Tigress T-105 was spotted with her three new born cubs at the Ranthambore tiger reserve in Rajasthan. The tigress T-105 was sighted with 3 cubs on Wednesday evening in Tapkan-Sultanpur area in …

Why Rajasthan has created a fourth tiger sanctuary
3 years, 8 months ago

Why Rajasthan has created a fourth tiger sanctuary

India Today  

On July 5, the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change approved India’s 52nd tiger sanctuary. km Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Bundi district will be Rajasthan’s fourth tiger reserve and can house 35 tigers. Its creation was recommended by the National Tiger Conservation Authority last month and the new sanctuary, 220 km from state capital Jaipur, will offer …

Supreme Court Stays Jim Corbett National Park Director's Order Allowing Private Buses In Core Area Of Tiger Reserve
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court Stays Jim Corbett National Park Director's Order Allowing Private Buses In Core Area Of Tiger Reserve

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed an order passed by the Director of the Jim Corbett National Park allowing buses of private operators to ply within the core area of the Tiger reserve in Uttarakhand.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian issued notice to the Centre, Uttarakhand, National Tiger Conservation Authority, National Board …

SC stays construction of road through Rajaji tiger reserve
5 years, 9 months ago

SC stays construction of road through Rajaji tiger reserve

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court Friday stayed the construction of a road passing through corridor between Rajaji and Corbett Tiger Reserves in Uttarakhand, noting that there were “numerous” violations of the forest conservation act. The order was passed after perusing a report, filed by apex court appointed Central Empowered Committee, which said that the road traverses a corridor between Rajaji and Corbett …

Rajasthan's Sariska may become tiger-less again, fear experts, as male relocated to reserve dies; forest department sends SOS to NTCA
5 years, 9 months ago

Rajasthan's Sariska may become tiger-less again, fear experts, as male relocated to reserve dies; forest department sends SOS to NTCA

Firstpost  

The Rajasthan Forest Department has requested the National Tiger Conservation Authority in New Delhi to review the entire translocation done so far and suggest a viable option. “We have written to the NTCA because in comparison to the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, the tigers’ relocation in Sariska did not work out effectively,” said Arindam Tomar, the Chief Wildlife …

Rajasthan HC Approves Relocation Of Tigers To Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve
6 years, 3 months ago

Rajasthan HC Approves Relocation Of Tigers To Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve

Live Law  

The Rajasthan High Court has approved the relocation of a tiger to the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve and has also paved way for the shifting of two tigresses from the Ranthambore National Park to MHTR.The decision was rendered by a bench comprising Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Goverdhan Bardhar.The court was hearing a petition filed by wildlife activist Ajay Shankar …

Death of Royal Bengal tiger Mahavir in Odisha reserve deals a blow to translocation of big cats; govt orders probe
6 years, 4 months ago

Death of Royal Bengal tiger Mahavir in Odisha reserve deals a blow to translocation of big cats; govt orders probe

Firstpost  

After the death of Royal Bengal tiger Mahavir, the NTCA advised the Odisha government to temporarily halt the inter-state tiger translocation programme, till an investigation is completed. Bhubaneswar: A male Royal Bengal tiger that was translocated from Madhya Pradesh to Odisha, was found dead in the core area of the state’s Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary, dealing a blow to the country’s …

Translocated Royal Bengal Tiger found dead in Odisha forest, may have got injured while trying to get out of snare
6 years, 4 months ago

Translocated Royal Bengal Tiger found dead in Odisha forest, may have got injured while trying to get out of snare

Hindustan Times  

The three-year-old male tiger, which was relocated from Madhya Pradesh to Satkosia reserve in Odisha’s Angul district, most likely died because of a wound on its neck, wildlife officials said on Thursday. Officials said while speaking to the Hindustan Times the tiger’s carcass was found 500 metres from Raigoda area of the reserve at 1 pm. Satkosia tiger reserve’s divisional …

Uttarakhand High Court orders CBI to probe death of tigers at Corbett
6 years, 6 months ago

Uttarakhand High Court orders CBI to probe death of tigers at Corbett

India TV News  

A CBI probe has been ordered by the Uttarakhand High Court into the deaths of tigers at the Corbett Tiger Reserve over the past five years. A division bench of the high court comprising Acting Chief Justice Rajiv Sharma and Justice Lokpal Singh on Tuesday ordered the inquiry into the death of tigers in the park. The CBI shall investigate …

Shrinking space, fear of territorial fights prompts Rajasthan to relocate tigers to Mukundra from Ranthambore reserve
6 years, 8 months ago

Shrinking space, fear of territorial fights prompts Rajasthan to relocate tigers to Mukundra from Ranthambore reserve

Firstpost  

The Rajasthan forest department has identified two tigresses, T-99 and T-102 from Ranthambore tiger reserve to be shifted to Mukundra, yet another tiger reserve in the state. With the number of tigers rising in Rajasthan the Ranthambore tiger reserve is witnessing a severe space crunch. Mohan Singh, a forest guard at the Ranthambore tiger reserve, told Firstpost that the other …

Royal Bengal tiger relocated to Odisha from Kanha reserve is healthy, being monitored closely, says forest minister Bijayshree Routray
6 years, 9 months ago

Royal Bengal tiger relocated to Odisha from Kanha reserve is healthy, being monitored closely, says forest minister Bijayshree Routray

Firstpost  

The tiger in Odisha is being monitored round-the-clock, and the Wildlife Institute of India and Kanha Tiger Reserve officials will take a call about when the tiger will be released into the wild. Bhubaneswar: A male Royal Bengal tiger, which was translocated from Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh to Odisha’s Satkosia in Angul district, was doing well, the Odisha …

State, NTCA lock horns over tiger shifting to Mukundra
6 years, 10 months ago

State, NTCA lock horns over tiger shifting to Mukundra

Hindustan Times  

The shifting of a tiger from the Ramgarh Vishdhari sanctuary in Bundi to the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve has snowballed into a confrontation of sorts between the Rajasthan government and the National Tiger Conservation Authority. “MHTR was declared a national park in 2013, but NTCA did not extend any technical or financial support to the state government for introduction of …

After objections, Rajasthan forest dept explains tiger shifting preparations to NTCA
7 years ago

After objections, Rajasthan forest dept explains tiger shifting preparations to NTCA

Hindustan Times  

The Rajasthan forest department has replied to objections which had been raised by the National Tiger Conservation Authority and has asked the NTCA to restore the in-principal approval to shift tiger to Mukundra Tiger Hills Reserve. A few days ago, NTCA had raised objections on issues such as change of the tiger release location from Seljar to Darrah area of …

Ranthambore reserve full, two tigers to be relocated to Mukundra
7 years, 3 months ago

Ranthambore reserve full, two tigers to be relocated to Mukundra

Hindustan Times  

The roars of Lightning and Cowboy will soon be heard in the Mukundra Hills tiger reserve, where they are being shifted from Ranthambore in what will be India’s first relocation of big cats to decongest a wildlife habitat. In the last few years, the forest department has recorded at least eight incidents of territorial ‘cat fights’ in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore, which …

Mukundra villagers want compensation quadrupled, put question on tiger plan
7 years, 3 months ago

Mukundra villagers want compensation quadrupled, put question on tiger plan

Hindustan Times  

The wait to introduce tigers into the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve is likely to get longer with villagers living inside the protected forest area refusing to be rehabilitated. Of the 14 villages located inside MHTR, which was notified as third tiger reserve in Rajasthan in 2013, only two have been rehabilitated so far. Meghwal said the government should expeditiously approve …

After a four-year wait, Mukundara Hills to get three tigers
7 years, 6 months ago

After a four-year wait, Mukundara Hills to get three tigers

Hindustan Times  

The National Tiger Conservation Authority on Friday gave the green signal for relocation of one tiger and two tigresses from Ranthambhore National Park to Mukundara Hills tiger reserve, about 300 km south of Jaipur. Established in 2013, the Mukundara Hills tiger reserve in Rajasthan will get three tigers by the end of the year. Mukundara Hills tiger reserve, located in …

National Tiger Conservation report shows Rajasthan forest dept violated all standard operating procedures
8 years, 11 months ago

National Tiger Conservation report shows Rajasthan forest dept violated all standard operating procedures

The Hindu  

At the centre of a heated debate now is T-24, popularly known as Ustad, with the Supreme Court ruling that the tiger must be in captivity for being a ‘man-eater’. After the death of a forest guard, Rampal Saini, in 2015 in the Ranthambore tiger reserve, the ambush, capture and removal of Ustad was amazingly swift. Also, supporters of the …

Uttarakhand CM Rawat gives green signal for Special Tiger Protection Force in Corbett – Firstpost
9 years ago

Uttarakhand CM Rawat gives green signal for Special Tiger Protection Force in Corbett – Firstpost

Firstpost  

Against the backdrop of five tiger pelts being seized recently, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has given his nod for setting up a 112-member Special Tiger Protection Force at the Corbett Tiger Reserve and deployment of 100 additional personnel for forest patrolling. Dehradun: Against the backdrop of five tiger pelts being seized recently, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has given …

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