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Tiger burning bright in Uttarakhand |
Gautam Dheer in Chandigarh |
Deccan Herald , Sunday, February 20, 2011 |
Ever wondered what Indian skipper Mahinder Singh Dhoni’s wedding last July did to animal lovers in the country? It brought cheers, for it helped the cause of tiger conservation. Here’s how. Two months ...More
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Athirappilly project threatens hornbills |
Mini Muringatheri |
The Hindu , Saturday, February 19, 2011 |
‘They are endemic to low elevation forests in limited locations of South India and Sri Lanka'
If you trek deep into the Athirappilly-Vazhachal forests in the Southern Western Ghats, chances are that ...More
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Big cat success story behind man-animal clash |
Chetan Chauhan |
The Hindustan Times , Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
Devika Devi, who was killed in Sunderkhal village near the Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve, became the 25th victim of a fatal tiger attack in India in the last 13 months.
Wildlife experts suggest the in ...More
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Three more elephant deaths in Similipal reserve |
Debabrata Mohanty |
The Indian Express , Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
Eight months after Similipal Tiger Reserve shot to infamy over burning of elephant carcasses by its field staff to erase evidence of poaching, three more elephants were found dead inside the reserve — ...More
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Poisoning suspected in Simlipal elephant deaths |
Staff reporter |
The Hindu , Wednesday, February 16, 2011 |
BHUBANESWAR: Orissa forest authorities suspect that poisoning is the cause of death of three juvenile elephants in the Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR), whose carcasses were traced within a 150-metre ...More
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Tiger, leopard found dead in Mudumalai Tiger Reserve |
D. Radhakrishnan |
The Hindu , Monday, February 14, 2011 |
A tiger and a leopard were found dead in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) near here on Sunday.
Field Director, MTR, Rajiv K. Srivastava, told TheHindu that anti-poaching watchers had come across th ...More
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Bird sanctuaries cry out for better upkeep |
Neha Lalchandani |
The Times of India , Thursday, February 03, 2011 |
New Delhi: The Okhla Bird Sanctuary might have benefited a great deal from international cooperation had the government made efforts to have it classified as a Ramsar site. This tag for wetlands is ...More
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The Indiana Jones of wildlife protection |
Dharmendra Khandal |
The Financial Chronicle , Thursday, February 03, 2011 |
The legacy of a legend is the memory of a great example. This is what could describe Dr Alan Rabinowitz and his amazing efforts, which went in creating Hukawng Valley Tiger Res¬erve, Myanmar — the la¬ ...More
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Needed: Rapid rescue teams for leopards |
Amit Bhattacharya, TNN |
Times of India , Monday, January 31, 2011 |
NEW DELHI: Wildlife experts want rapid response teams set up in sensitive areas across the country to deal with human-leopard conflicts. After three leopards were killed last week, experts said the en ...More
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Needed: Rapid rescue teams for leopards |
Amit Bhattacharya |
The Times of India , Monday, January 31, 2011 |
NEW DELHI: Wildlife experts want rapid response teams set up in sensitive areas across the country to deal with human-leopard conflicts. After three leopards were killed last week, experts said the en ...More
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Leopard trapped in snare dies of asphyxiation |
Pioneer news service | Dehradun |
The Pioneers , Monday, January 31, 2011 |
The body of a leopard that suffocated to death after finding itself trapped in a snare has been found in Rajaji National Park over the weekend.
National park director SS Rasaily said one more s ...More
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Tigers could triple in Asia |
IANS |
Times of India , Thursday, January 27, 2011 |
WASHINGTON: Asian tiger reserves could support more than 10,000 wild tigers, or three times the current number, if core breeding sites are protected, say the world's leading conservationists.
Th ...More
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Carcasses recovered in Kathua |
Tribune News Service |
The Tribune , Sunday, January 23, 2011 |
The Wildlife Protection Department recovered carcasses of some animals killed by poachers along with equipment during a routine anti-poaching patrolling at Chhalla in the Ramkote forest range of B ...More
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To save the tiger, save jungle |
Chandan Mitra |
The Pioneer , Sunday, January 16, 2011 |
Without a holistic approach nothing can protect India's wildlife from human greed and bestiality. If we don’t act now, the tiger, leopard, elephant, deer and even marine and avian species will fac ...More
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India's other big cat |
Sanjeev Sanyal |
Business Standard , Wednesday, January 12, 2011 |
The sharp decline in India’s tiger population has been, quite rightly, the focus of much media attention in the last few years. It is now estimated that barely 1,400 of them survive in the wild compar ...More
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‘Tiger’ deployed to save Betla woods |
PNS | DALTONGANJ |
The Pioneer , Wednesday, January 12, 2011 |
National Park Betla has one sniffer dog. According to the ranger of the park Ajit K Singh, the dog is nicknamed ‘Tiger’. This sniffer dog has had its training in Bhopal, said the ranger.
The Na ...More
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Avian guests arrive at Harike wetland-cum-sanctuary |
PNS | Chandigarh |
The Pioneer , Monday, January 10, 2011 |
It is time and the winged visitors from distant lands have arrived at India's second largest bird sanctuary-Harike wetland-cum-sanctuary. Considered as the bird watchers paradise, Harike wetland i ...More
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Bird conservation workshop held in Angul |
PNS | TALCHER |
The Pioneer , Monday, January 10, 2011 |
On the occasion of National Bird Day, a bird photography exhibition and workshop on Conservation of Important Bird Area (IBA) of Satkosia-Panchadhara were organised at Athamallik by an Angul-based ...More
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Elephant herd strays into human habitation |
Special Correspondent |
The Hindu , Sunday, January 09, 2011 |
Coimbatore: A herd of six elephants that strayed into human habitations was on the march and kept the forest officials on their toes the whole night.
The elephants that strayed out of the reserve f ...More
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