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‘Why keep Zeenat in zoo’: NTCA tells Bengal to send tigress to Similipal reserve
1 week, 4 days ago

‘Why keep Zeenat in zoo’: NTCA tells Bengal to send tigress to Similipal reserve

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: The National Tiger Conservation Authority on Monday asked the West Bengal forest department why tigress Zeenat was shifted to the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata after being tranquilised and not transferred back to Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha. The apex body tasked with tiger conservation in India has also told the Bengal forest department to immediately shift the tigress to …

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Madhya Pradesh Gets 9th Tiger Reserve, Makes Bhopal Tiger Capital
1 month, 1 week ago

Madhya Pradesh Gets 9th Tiger Reserve, Makes Bhopal Tiger Capital

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh on Monday got its ninth tiger reserve with the Centre designating Ratapani wildlife sanctuary located close to Bhopal as a tiger reserve. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has given its in-principle approval to Ratapani wildlife sanctuary as a tiger reserve, a spokesman of the forest department here said. Madhya Pradesh got its eighth tiger reserve with the …

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Odisha to establish a melanistic tiger safari – a first of its kind in the world
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha to establish a melanistic tiger safari – a first of its kind in the world

The Hindu  

The Odisha Government on January 24 announced to establish a melanistic tiger safari — a first of its kind in the world. “Glad to announce that Odisha is setting up an exclusive melanistic tiger safari near Similipal Tiger Reserve in Mayurbhanj. According to Susanta Nanda, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, the site is about 15 km from the Similipal Tiger …

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Tamil Nadu: Nilgiris tigers died due to natural causes, says NTCA report
1 year, 3 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 …

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India should go for younger cheetahs habituated to human presence: experts
1 year, 5 months ago

India should go for younger cheetahs habituated to human presence: experts

The Hindu  

Younger cheetahs that are habituated to management vehicles and human presence are preferred candidates for relocation to India, international experts involved in Project Cheetah have told the government based on the lessons learnt from the initial experience in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. OPINION | Snap judgement: On India’s Project Cheetah They emphasised that young adult cheetahs are more adaptable …

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How the return of poaching threatens India’s tiger success story
1 year, 6 months ago

How the return of poaching threatens India’s tiger success story

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But poaching is also a major factor, one which …

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Inadequate space for cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park: former Wildlife Institute of India official
1 year, 8 months ago

Inadequate space for cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park: former Wildlife Institute of India official

The Hindu  

Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park, which has seen the death of two cheetahs in less than a month, has "inadequate space" for these felines brought from Africa, a former official of the Wildlife Institute of India has claimed. The National Tiger Conservation Authority, which is overseeing the ambitious cheetah reintroduction project in the country, has called a meeting in New …

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Climate change pitting humans and wildlife against each other, say Indian conservationists
1 year, 8 months ago

Climate change pitting humans and wildlife against each other, say Indian conservationists

The Hindu  

Climate change is increasing the intensity of wildfires, reducing vegetation and making poor people more reliant on forests, resulting in an increase in conflict between wildlife and humans over habitat and resources, conservationists said on Friday. It said climate change threatens the survival of tigers in the Sunderbans and is one of the major challenges facing the wildlife in the …

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Project Tiger Turns 50: PM Modi to Launch Mega Event; Here's How India Saved The Big Cat From The Brink
1 year, 9 months ago

Project Tiger Turns 50: PM Modi to Launch Mega Event; Here's How India Saved The Big Cat From The Brink

News 18  

Commemorating the completion of the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the latest tiger census data and release the government’s vision for tiger conservation during ‘Amrit Kaal’ at a mega event in Karnataka’s Mysuru on April 9. India for Tigers, a Rally on Wheels, had a significant impact as it traveled through 51 tiger reserves …

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Supreme Court Asks Why Should It Supervise Cheetah Introduction Program When Expert Bodies Are There
1 year, 9 months ago

Supreme Court Asks Why Should It Supervise Cheetah Introduction Program When Expert Bodies Are There

Live Law  

“We have become like micro-administrators,” the green bench of the Supreme Court said on Monday while hearing an application moved by an expert committee constituted to “guide and direct” the National Tiger Conservation Authority with respect to India’s ambitious cheetah reintroduction programme. Justice Gavai said: “Yes, the National Tiger Conservation Authority is an expert body that is concerned with the …

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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 …

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Big cats\' count on the rise in Amrabad
2 years, 3 months ago

Big cats\' count on the rise in Amrabad

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Amrabad tiger reserve, the second largest protected area for the country’s flagship predator species, is witnessing a tiger population boom of sorts, if the preliminary numbers of the big cats counted during the recently concluded tiger estimation exercise are anything to go by. This year, with 21 individual tigers identified through camera trap images in the reserve, and …

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Big cat politics: A look at the legal battle for cheetah relocation in India
2 years, 3 months ago

Big cat politics: A look at the legal battle for cheetah relocation in India

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday released eight cheetahs brought from Namibia into Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park. The then amicus, senior advocate PS Narasimha pointed out that the decision of the Ministry of environment, forest and climate change to “introduce the African cheetahs from Namibia into the same proposed habitat chosen for the reintroduction of lions from Gir has …

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50 Cheetahs to be introduced in India in next 5 years: Environment Minister
3 years ago

50 Cheetahs to be introduced in India in next 5 years: Environment Minister

The Hindu  

After becoming extinct in 1952, cheetah is all set to return to India as the central government on Wednesday launched an action plan under which 50 of these big cats will be introduced in the next five years. Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the action plan at the 19th meeting of the National Tiger Conservation Authority saying, “The Cheetah …

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126 tiger deaths recorded in India in 2021: NTCA
3 years ago

126 tiger deaths recorded in India in 2021: NTCA

Hindustan Times  

As many as 126 tigers died in India in 2021, the National Tiger Conservation Authority said on Thursday, asserting that it is looking into the cause of the recent death of a big cat in Madhya Pradesh. An official from the NTCA said the number of tiger deaths has increased in 2021, and investigations are ongoing. The official also rejected …

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Capture Tiger T23 alive, Madras HC orders Tamil Nadu forest department
3 years, 3 months ago

Capture Tiger T23 alive, Madras HC orders Tamil Nadu forest department

Firstpost  

The fourth human death had prompted chief conservator Shekar Kumar Niraj to release an order to hunt down the tiger on 1 October A tiger, coded T23, has been responsible for the death of four humans and around 20 cattle in the Gudalur-Mudumalai Forest Range in Nilgiris. The fourth human death had prompted chief conservator Shekar Kumar Niraj to release …

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Special units for tigers, wildlife crime face axe in MoEF revamp
4 years, 8 months ago

Special units for tigers, wildlife crime face axe in MoEF revamp

The Hindu  

A proposal from “various VIPs” in Himachal Pradesh last year to change the jurisdiction of the Dehradun regional office of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to Chandigarh has triggered a massive restructuring plan. The reorganisation plan entails merging the 10 regional offices of the MoEF&CC and 19 centres of the Forest Survey of India, National Tiger Conservation …

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SC Forms Committee Of Experts To Conduct Survey For The Best Location To Introduce African Cheetahs In India
4 years, 11 months ago

SC Forms Committee Of Experts To Conduct Survey For The Best Location To Introduce African Cheetahs In India

Live Law  

A Bench of the Supreme Court comprising of Chief Justice of India, S.A. Bobde, and Justices B.R. Gavai and Surya Kant have issued directions for the formation of a Committee of Expert to supervise and survey Centre's plan to introduce African Cheetahs in the territory of India The National Tiger Conservatory Authority had filed an application for permission to introduce …

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Supreme Court allows Centre to ship African cheetah to India
4 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court allows Centre to ship African cheetah to India

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave its go-ahead to the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s project for the re-introduction of the African cheetah in MP’s Kuno wildlife sanctuary, which was earlier identified for translocation of Asiatic lions from Gujarat’s Gir forests. Gavai and Justice Surya Kant constituted a three-member committee comprising Ranjit Singh, wildlife expert, Dhananjai Mohan, director, Wildlife …

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Tigers no longer roar at state’s lone tiger habitat, officials in a tizzy
5 years, 5 months ago

Tigers no longer roar at state’s lone tiger habitat, officials in a tizzy

Hindustan Times  

Tigers no longer roar at Jharkhand’s lone and one of India’s first tiger habitats, Palamau Tiger Reserve, according to All India Tiger Estimation -2018 report, released by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 29, the International Tiger Day. Police-Maoist encounters, dwindling prey base, unrestrained development works, improper forest management, mushrooming human habitation and rising domestic cattle are some of the …

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Ban development in tiger habitats, advises conservation body
5 years, 5 months ago

Ban development in tiger habitats, advises conservation body

Hindustan Times  

With the number of tigers in India doubling between 2006 and 2018 to 2,967, the National Tiger Conservation Authority has asked that core and critical tiger habitats be declared inviolate spaces where no infrastructure development or mining can be allowed, and that tiger corridors be carefully interlinked. The National Tiger Conservation Authority has asked that core and critical tiger habitats …

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Digging for uranium in tiger country: Nuclear drive tests India’s commitment to protecting endangered species
5 years, 5 months ago

Digging for uranium in tiger country: Nuclear drive tests India’s commitment to protecting endangered species

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Local activists and forestry officials …

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Tiger deaths in 2018 lower than previous years, but habitat loss, poaching still pose threat
6 years ago

Tiger deaths in 2018 lower than previous years, but habitat loss, poaching still pose threat

Firstpost  

Nearly half of the total tiger deaths in 2018 – 49 to be precise – were outside tiger reserves By Mayank Aggarwal In 2018, for the third year in a row, India has recorded at least 100 tiger deaths. India is home to about 70 percent of the global tiger population, but the population of the endangered animal is threatened …

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