|
193 rhinos killed in State since 2001: Govt |
|
The Assam Tribune , Saturday, August 09, 2014 |
GUWAHATI, Aug 8 – As many as 193 one-horned rhinos have fallen victim to poaching in the State since 2001.
In a written reply to the Legislative Assembly today, Environment and Forest Minister Rockyb ...More
|
|
Two cubs found dead in Bandhavgarh |
TNN |
The Times of India , Saturday, August 09, 2014 |
BHOPAL: A day after mysterious death of a tigress in Bandhavgarh National Reserve (BNP), two of its cubs were also found dead on Thursday evening. However, one of the cubs was found alive hiding behin ...More
|
|
Four held for poaching gaur, deer |
|
Deccan Chronicle , Friday, August 08, 2014 |
Krishnagiri: A wild gaur and a spotted deer were poached in the Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri reserved forest on Wednesday. The forest departmet arrested four poachers for hunting down the gaur and deer. ...More
|
|
Tibetan links to Bhandara tiger poachers emerge |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Times of India , Friday, August 08, 2014 |
NAGPUR: As Bhandara forest officials are try to hide facts about it, TOI has learnt that the tiger skin and body parts seizure case has turned murkier. It appears local poachers are having global link ...More
|
|
Kaziranga questions role of police |
SUMIR KARMAKAR |
The Telegraph , Wednesday, August 06, 2014 |
Guwahati, Aug. 5: The forest authorities of Kaziranga National Park today told Gauhati High Court that police were not giving enough priority to trans-national wildlife crime cases such as rhino poach ...More
|
|
Roads turn killer for big cats in Karnataka |
TNN |
The Times of India , Wednesday, August 06, 2014 |
BANGALORE: One fine morning a few years ago, a leopard emerged from Kaggalipura forest and strode onto the NICE Road stretch connecting Bannerghatta Road and Kanakapura Road. A leopard emerging from t ...More
|
|
5 tiger nails seized near Tumsar in Maharashtra |
Vijay Pinjarkar |
The Economic Times , Tuesday, August 05, 2014 |
NAGPUR: Even as the dust on tiger skin seizure in Bhandara is yet to settle, forest officials have confiscated five tiger nails from the house of one of the arrested accused at Davezari village in Tum ...More
|
|
Roads turn killer for big cats in Karnataka |
TNN |
The Times of India , Tuesday, August 05, 2014 |
BANGALORE: One fine morning a few years ago, a leopard emerged from Kaggalipura forest and strode onto the NICE Road stretch connecting Bannerghatta Road and Kanakapura Road. A leopard emerging from ...More
|
|
Only 3,200 tigers left in the wild: WWF report |
IANS |
The Hindu , Thursday, July 31, 2014 |
Of the 100,000 tigers that once roamed in the wild a century ago, only 3,200 are left behind, the World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature has revealed in a report.
WWF has also offered to assist with the ...More
|
|
Nepal close to doubling tiger population by 2022 |
Press Trust of India |
Business Standard , Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
Nepal’s tiger population has increased by 64 per cent in the last five years and the country plans to double their numbers by 2022, government said today.
Addressing a gathering here on the occa ...More
|
|
Two tigers on average are killed per week: WWF |
PTI |
The Times of India , Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Global conservation organization WWF today sounded an alarm over poaching of tigers and said that on average, two wild cats are killed per week due to high demand of their body parts in Asi ...More
|
|
‘Granite Quarry Causing Disturbance to Wildlife’ |
|
The New Indian Express , Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
MYSORE: BRT Wildlife Sanctuary director S Lingaraja said on Tuesday that granite quarries around the tiger reserve are causing disturbance to the wildlife.
Delivering a talk on ‘Challenges in Tiger ...More
|
|
1,000 kids attend 'save-tiger' event |
Aditya Vaibhav |
The Times of India , Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
PATNA: With a view to highlighting the need for a global system to protect the natural habitat of as tigers, Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park on Tuesday organized a series of events to mark the Internati ...More
|
|
Camera in Anamalai Reserve Clicks Big Cat’s Hunting skills |
S Senthil Kumar |
The New Indian Express , Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
COIMBATORE: A camera installed inside the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) captured the images of an adult tiger hunting a sambar deer recently.
Though the officials did not reveal the exact location wh ...More
|
|
Rare Sri Lankan leopards born in French zoo |
AFP |
Business Standard , Wednesday, July 30, 2014 |
Two rare Sri Lankan leopard cubs have been born in a zoo in northern France, a boost for a sub-species of which only about 700 remain in the wild, the head of the zoo said today.
"There are only ...More
|
|