Even as there appears to be no end for reports on dwindling numbers of tigers in different parts of the country, the Science and Technology Minister, Kapil Sibal told presspersons that an initiative
India's new tiger task force, set up to review the country's dwindling big cat population, called for tougher measures to control poaching of the national animal. There has been an uproar in India
India's new tiger task force, set up to review the country's dwindling big cat population, called for tougher measures to control poaching of the national animal. There has been an uproar in India
The Chief Minister, Babulal Gaur reviewed the activities under Project Tiger in Madhya Pradesh at a high level meeting. The meeting was informed that out of nien National Parks and 25 Sanctuaries,
The Tiger Task Force appointed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the wake of the horrendous Sariska crisis has a historic opportunity. It can either go the conventional way, asking for a vastly
Under fire for vanishing tigers, the Centre has apportioned part of the blame on the indifference of the State Governments. In its affidavit filed before the Supreme Court, the Environment Ministry
The Prime Minister appointed tiger task force is meeting over two days in the Capital consulting activists, scientists even CBI officials. On 18th May the members sat from 9am to 8 pm, hearing out
The Union environment and forests ministry has stated in an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court that the Centre at present is not inclined to initiate a CBI probe into the rapidly vanishing tiger
Poachers have killed at least 114 tigers in India between 1999 and 2003, the country's environment ministry said, as debate raged over how to protect the endangered big cats. The ministry's figures
Echoing the concern expressed by PM Manmohan Singh and the Supreme Court on missing tigers, the Centre's affidavit before the SC said poaching was rampant particularly in Uttar Pradesh and
As customs and law enforcement officials continue to nap in India, Nepal and China, poachers are upping their ante across South Asia, decimating tigers from the planet's densest and most famous big
Coimbatore: The Forest Development Agency of the Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary in Kerala abutting the Anaimalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu has introduced an innovative online wildlife quiz from this August.
Anguished over reports of dwindling tiger population, an international wildlife trade watchbody has in a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed doubts whether the country's wildlife law
The Government of India has decided to carry out census of Tigers in Madhya Pradesh through a five member committee that will include foreign wild life experts. The census would start by mid June and
Funds were not received over the last two years, according to official The night safari project, proposed inside the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre near the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, has been deferred by the State Government. A communication to this effect was sent to the zoo authorities during the last week of July.
Prime minister Manmohan Singh has directed the constitution of a Task Force to review the management of tiger reserves in the country. The team will be headed by Sunita Narain, director, Centre for
The Annual Tiger census at Ranthambhore is underway and for the first time three agencies working independently, shall enumerate the big cats. Besides the forest department, there is a Delhi-based
Two Bengal tiger cubs breast fed for weeks by a Yangon housewife have died of heat and dehydration, a Myanmar newspaper reported. The black-striped, orange-brown cubs drew worldwide attention when
Amid controversy of disappearance of tigers in Rajasthan sanctuaries, forest authorities have launched a census of the big cats in the famous Ranthambhore National Park. "It is for the first time
Under fire from conservationists for its dwindling tiger population, is having more luck in protecting the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, a wildlife official said. The rhino population in two
