Survival of tigers is dependent on conservation and management efforts. To gauge the success of conservation efforts as well as to guide management inputs, it is important to assess the effectiveness of management of Tiger Reserves. This publication aims at compiling management issues and key recommendations evolved from different cycles …
Efforts of Corbett National Park officials and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) have helped save lives of at least three tigers of the Corbett National Park. According to officials of ministry of environment and forest, the park authorities received some information about dubious movements of a person from Bawariya …
A tigress killed a man in the Mohraina forest range of Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh, official sources said here today. Ramesh (30) had gone to the forest to collect firewood on Friday. When he did not return, members of his family tried to trace him. They spotted a …
The Royal Bengal Tiger, the pride of Bengal is fast heading towards extinction owing to po-aching and encroachment on its habitats. In a show of solidarity to the campaign to save the tiger, WWF India and Center For Ecological Movement, are organising a walk tomorrow in the city. The rally …
The Sonai-Rupai sanctuary is facing serious threat as the forest department of Arunachal Pradesh government has encroached upon a large area in Kamengbari of Assam-Arunachal border area. Likewise, the sanctuary that covers a total area of 220 sq.km have been encroached upon by people coming from various districts of Assam …
In a good news for tiger lovers alarmed at the sharp decline in the big cat population, six new cubs were sighted at the national wildlife sanctuary in Ranthambore this year, taking their total number to 38. The number of tigresses in the sanctuary is at present around 12 while …
A century ago, the feudal species made a fetish of tiger shooting. Those aspiring for special accolades from the raj would organize tiger hunts and invite its local representatives
The decline in tiger population is alarming ('Feline worries', March 9). Poachers will not rest till the last of the big cats is killed and its parts are sold in the market. Such is their greed. Once tigers become extinct, the value of their parts will go up further. The …
Special attention is being given to feeding, safety and treatment of wild animals at Van Vihar National Park. The carnivores kept in Van Vihar National Park including lions, tigers and leopards have crossed their average age. In view of this, constant watch on their health is being kept. One of …
We now accept that the tiger faces a serious crisis. There are three major facets to this "tiger crisis'. First, on the positive side, tigers would be long gone but for the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and Forest Conservation Act, 1980
Undoubtedly tiger is an endangered specie, but it means not that we contemplate upon tiger only. There is need to think away from tiger too. If not, other species in danger of extinction too will disappear from this world without coming into our knowledge. In fact, at this juncture, story …
The Budget 2008-09 looks a bit archaic when Finance Minster Mr Chidambaram chanted the social sector mantra leaving aside the reform mantra. In the process the budget has overlooked some very important emerging sectors in world economy. For example the estimated market value of organic food products across the world …
A few weeks ago this newspaper was kind enough to publish an article I wrote on the sorry fate of the tiger. The article may have just worked. While I am not claiming all the credit for it (I am sure several honourable IAS officers advised him), the finance minister …
Thanks to the importance given to forests and wildlife, a congenial atmosphere has been generated in the state for forest conservation. Several historic decisions have been taken during the last four years in this regard. Special attention has been given to control over crime, safety and security of wildlife. Forest …
a conference organized by the Union environment ministry on February 12 in the national capital came out with the Tiger Census 2008 and the State of India’s Forests Report 2005. Both came out with dismal figures: a little more than 1,400 tigers are left in the county; and over 725 …
A parliamentary panel has asked the Environment and Forests Ministry to sensitise villagers to man-animal co-existence and also involve them in wildlife conservation. In many cases villagers are protecting poachers, says the committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests, in its report submitted in both Houses on Tuesday. Relocation …
It is the third time in the last decade that forest staff have acknowledged the presence of tigers in the Devarayandurga State Reserve Forest Area, near Tumkur. Though the news makes the people of Tumkur proud, tiger conservationists remain skeptical over the claims. According to the Karnataka Wildlife Warden, T.V.N. …
Besides poaching, loss of habitat, toxins cause deaths It is not just India's national animal tiger which is in danger at the hands of poachers in the country. Officials figures suggest that the future of other animals in the wild - elephants, rhinos and critically-endangered gharials - is also not …
