Allow rich people with large farmlands to keep tigers as pets, says MP minister

Kusum Singh Mahdele has written to the government asking it to consider domesticating lions and tigers as a method of conservation

Corridors of uncertainty

Saving corridors connecting big cat habitats is a must

Wildlife habitat rules withdrawn

Mitigate man-animal conflict: tiger conservation authority

Chhattisgarh tigress could have been saved from mob death on September 24

Kawal sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh declared tiger reserve

State government claims rights of the forest communities will be protected

Pug marks hide the truth

Remaining tribals in Simlipal tiger reserve to be displaced

Those shifted out last December are living under plastic sheets in searing heat. Is this how relocation is meant to be carried out?

Why Periyar reserve is India's best-managed protected area

Sanjayan Kumar, deputy director of Periyar Tiger Reserve, speaks to Tiasa Adhya on the place being awarded the best managed protected area in India

Only 3,000 tigers left in the world, says IUCN

While India has registered an impressive growth in the tiger population, studies reveal that the big cats could be wiped off the face of the …

India now has 1,706 tigers

At the last count their number was 1,411; experts doubt latest census

‘Man-eater’ tiger on prowl on Kerala-Tamil Nadu border

Kerala government issues order to kill the tiger following killing of two persons

India’s tiger population bounces to 2,226 from a low of 1,411

Tiger census 2014 says cause for worry now is declining tiger populations in northern Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Jharkhand

NTCA sounds alert for deadly virus stalking tigers

Tiger in Dudhwa park tested positive for canine distemper virus last month; four tigers died of it last year

Kerala's Periyar Tiger Reserve is a butterfly hot spot, finds survey

Reserve has 246 of 340 species seen in the Western Ghats

Desperate to relocate

Chetty communities living in the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve have been demanding that they be shifted out of the forest for three decades.…

Dark twist to bright tale

Three tigers die in a week under mysterious circumstances; total 32 deaths in two-and-a-half years; all in the forests of Corbett, a showpiece of …

Lives of others

Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …

Supreme Court gives Centre time till September 27 to review tiger tourism guidelines

Till then ban on tourism in core tiger habitats will prevail

Centre dilutes eco-tourism guidelines

Presents the new guidelines in Supreme Court; next hearing on October 3

India's tiger habitat declines by 41 per cent, says IUCN

The report warns that a similar decline could be expected over the next 20-30 years if conservation effort are not scaled up

Mystery deaths

With understaffed forest departments and the lack of qualified wildlife veterinarians, the cause for 55 per cent of tiger deaths remains unknown

New eco-tourism guidelines likely to favour tourism industry

MoEF panel recommends opening up to 20 per cent of core tiger habitats in reserves for tourism; earlier guidelines proposed only community-based …

Wildlife tour operators, resorts to shell out conservation fee

Fund so collected will be spent on conserving forests, managing human-wildlife conflict and generating livelihood for local communities

Endangered in Sariska

Death of a translocated tiger highlights the task force was not heeded

Lurking in danger zone

Wild animals are increasingly moving out of protected areas. What should the government do to ensure their safety?