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Filmmaker Subbiah Nallamuthu on tigers, wildlife documentaries, and conservation
14 hours, 2 minutes ago

Filmmaker Subbiah Nallamuthu on tigers, wildlife documentaries, and conservation

The Hindu  

Few filmmakers might have ever forged a bond with their subject as profoundly as Subbiah Nallamuthu did with Machli, the legendary tigress of Ranthambore. “Audiences connect emotionally when they can follow one character’s journey.” Capturing Machli’s final chapter Following Machli for nearly a decade presented its own set of challenges. “People would urge me to cover other events, but I …

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Elephant chased to death by tiger at Jim Corbett: Unprecedented or rare incident?
1 week, 3 days ago

Elephant chased to death by tiger at Jim Corbett: Unprecedented or rare incident?

India Today  

A gripping incident from famed Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand caught social media attention last week, as a tiger relentlessly chased down an elephant for three consecutive days, ultimately leading to the jumbo's death. Bilal Habib, a senior scientist at the Wildlife Institute of India, suggested the elephant, who died in the December 22 incident, may have been weakened …

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Five more tigers to give Jamuna company in Similipal
2 months, 1 week ago

Five more tigers to give Jamuna company in Similipal

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR/BARIPADA: As tigress Jamuna is being conditioned in a special enclosure for smooth release and integration in the Similipal Tiger Reserve, the state Forest department has begun working on bringing in five more big cats to the wildlife habitat. Determination of sex ratio and landscape for relocation of these tigers depends on the success of the ongoing translocation project,” said …

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Maharashtra records 33 tiger deaths this year
1 year, 3 months ago

Maharashtra records 33 tiger deaths this year

Hindustan Times  

Maharashtra has recorded 33 tiger deaths since January this year, which is the highest number in the recent past, according to the data provided by the state wildlife headquarters in Nagpur. All the tiger deaths in Maharashtra in the last three years were reported from the Vidarbha region, which has five of the state’s six tiger reserves. All the tiger …

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Aditya ‘Dicky’ Singh: The wildlife chronicler behind iconic images
1 year, 4 months ago

Aditya ‘Dicky’ Singh: The wildlife chronicler behind iconic images

Hindustan Times  

Machali and Noor were his muse. Dicky documented several tiger families in the last two and a half decades, a rich source of information to wildlife officials and conservators. His deep knowledge of the many denizens of Ranthambhore National Park made him the go-to person for anyone visiting the reserve, from wildlife photographers to filmmakers. Dicky was extraordinary generous, both …

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Dearth of facilities to keep captured tigers puts wildlife managers in Wayanad in a fix
1 year, 4 months ago

Dearth of facilities to keep captured tigers puts wildlife managers in Wayanad in a fix

The Hindu  

With big cats on the prowl in human habitats, Forest officials are frequently called upon to capture the animals. But the dearth of facilities to keep the captured big cats often puts wildlife managers in Wayanad in a fix. In 2022, the Forest department had set up an animal hospice and a palliative care unit for big cats in the …

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‘I do not buy the claims that Project Tiger has been a spectacular success in recent times’
1 year, 4 months ago

‘I do not buy the claims that Project Tiger has been a spectacular success in recent times’

The Hindu  

“We should have clear-cut goals and aim for that and have measurements to show if we are heading towards the goal or not,” believes leading tiger expert Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, who was part of the recent Nature inFocus Festival, a three-day event in Bengaluru, celebrating nature, wildlife and conservation. You have discussed how our ambition for the tiger project …

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Tiger from Rajasthan’s Ranthambore reserve spotted in MP’s Kuno National Park
1 year, 8 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 …

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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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Hyderabad photographer captures native tigers
2 years, 5 months ago

Hyderabad photographer captures native tigers

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Commemorating the international tiger day, city-based photographer Anjani Singamaneni put on display for the first time wildlife photographs exclusively from the Nagarjuna Srisailam tiger reserve here on Friday. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle, the award-winning photographer said, “Previously any event conducted in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on the international tiger day displayed tigers from other forests of the country, except …

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As mercury dips, Assam zoo installs heaters for tigers and lions, Kaziranga gives blankets to baby elephants
3 years ago

As mercury dips, Assam zoo installs heaters for tigers and lions, Kaziranga gives blankets to baby elephants

India Today  

As northeast India faces a cold wave and the mercury dips, the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati and the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation at Kaziranga National Park in Assam have taken steps to help the animals survive the harsh winter. Rajani Kanta Deka, chief animal keeper, said, “We have used heaters to warm the rooms for tigers, lions …

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50% of disappearances in illegal mining zones
3 years, 1 month ago

50% of disappearances in illegal mining zones

Hindustan Times  

The Kundera and Talada ranges in Rajasthan’s Ranthambore Tiger Reserve accounted for half the 12 tigers gone missing since last year, wildlife watchers and forest department officials said on Thursday. Officials said six of the 12 tigers went missing between January 2020 and March 2021 from the Kundera and Talada ranges, spread across 125 sq km. Although forest department officials …

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‘Evidence’ of tiger’s presence found near PTR after 15 months
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Evidence’ of tiger’s presence found near PTR after 15 months

Hindustan Times  

Strap: Forest officials came across pug mark of a tigress in Lohardaga district, close to Palamau Tiger Reserve HT Image Evidence of a big cat’s presence was recently found in Lohardaga district, adjacent to Palamau Tiger Reserve, for the first time in over 15 months after a tigress was found dead in the reserve in February last year, forest officials …

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Maharashtra’s green signal for the environment
4 years, 4 months ago

Maharashtra’s green signal for the environment

The Hindu  

The Maharashtra State Board for Wildlife met via videoconferencing on August 7, after almost two years. For wildlife enthusiasts, the “green thinking” of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and Minister of Environment and Tourism Aaditya Thackeray comes as a great relief because environmental issues have always been seen as impediments to progress by politicians. At this 18th meeting of the SBWL, …

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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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Highest tiger density makes Corbett too cramped for the big cat
5 years, 5 months ago

Highest tiger density makes Corbett too cramped for the big cat

Hindustan Times  

Corbett, which has the highest density of tigers in the country-- over 250 tigers according to wildlife officials -- may have reached saturation point, experts and conservationists said, adding that the focus now needs to be on using the surrounding areas to accommodate the rising number of big cats. Jai Raj, principal Chief Conservator of Forests Uttarakhand forest department said: …

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Visakhapatnam: Tiger poaching on the rise
5 years, 5 months ago

Visakhapatnam: Tiger poaching on the rise

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Though there is rapid growth in the tiger population in the country since 2006, poaching activities are also increasing. Of the seven tiger deaths in Andhra Pradesh, two were natural, two killed by poachers and two were captured and one case is under scrutiny. The forest department should expand the informer network and should focus on constant vigilance.” Sniffer …

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