Every big cat leaves its unmistakable mark

Modern hi-tech methods notwithstanding, the traditional technique of counting tigers from pugmarks remains the most efficient.

Extinction is all encompassing

Important dimension added to the conservation process

Targeting the tiger

World’s tigers should be classified into two species only, says study

‘Classification of tigers into too many subspecies reduces the scope of action for breeding or rehabilitation programmes’

Sting in the tale

क्या बिहार में भी शुरू हो गई है बाघ व आदमी के बीच मुठभेड़?

बिहार के पश्चिमी चम्पारण के वाल्मीकि टाइगर रिजर्व में बाघ के हमलों की घटनाएं अमूमन नहीं होती हैं, लेकिन सोमवार की शाम कथित तौर पर ...

Conservationists have a problem with tiger relocation to Satkosia

The reserve’s officials have not been held accountable for the collapse of the tiger population in the park, which has led to translocation;…

Ken-Betwa river link given go-ahead; expert committee yet to submit report

The project would require diversion of 52.58 square kilometers of forest land, including 41.41 square kilometers of Panna Tiger Reserve

Tale of the wild

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 …

With 274 tiger deaths in four years, India records highest toll between two censuses

Almost half of tiger deaths in the last three years were reported outside tiger reserves

Piecing together problems with conservation in India

Documentaries>> The Great Indian Tiger Crisis directed by Arindam Mitra and Chandramohan Puppala, producer, Arindam Mitra 77 mins Tiger The …

Tiger balm

उत्तराखंड : सड़क दुर्घटना में गर्भवती बाघिन की मौत, पोस्टमार्टम रिपोर्ट में हुई पुष्टि

इस वर्ष 45 के आसपास लोग वन्यजीवों के हमले में मारे गए हैं। हालांकि इसका आधिकारिक डाटा जनवरी में दिया जाएगा। इनमें सांपों के ...

जिम कार्बेट में एक और बाघ की मौत, क्या हैं कारण

जिम कार्बेट सहित उत्तराखंड के दूसरे टाइगर रिजर्व में बाघों की मौतों को लेकर शिकारियों व वन विभाग अधिकारियों के बीच मिलीभगत के आरोप ...

Avni’s cubs found safe in Yavatmal

Forest officials are trying to catch them and relocate them

The green crusader

On the centenary of Indira Gandhi's birth, Down To Earth reveals her hitherto unknown role, that of an environmentalist

Maharashtra High Court quashes shoot-at-sight order against tiger

The court observed that the order was passed in violation of guidelines issued by the National Tiger Conservation Authority

Simply put: Tiger census

TAKE NOTE

Tigers and tribals: Conservation project displaced 18,493 families in 48 yrs

The displacements happened from critical tiger habitats, according to RTI response accessed by DTE

वन्य जीवों की मौत के कारण तलाशेगी कमेटी

वन्य जीवों की मौत के लिए जिम्मेवार अधिकारियों की भूमिका की भी जांच करेगी कमेटी, अधिकारियों पर शिकारियों से मिलीभगत का आरोप है

In a first, tiger spotted at 9,500 feet in Sikkim

Snow leopard also caught by same camera trap in Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, confirming the overlap in the migratory routes used by the …

‘CAG report on Bihar wildlife largely accurate but ground situation is evolving’

While CAG’s latest report on Bihar’s management of its wildlife sanctuaries and national parks is scathing in its indictment of the …

The seven-second meet

On an assignment in the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve, TIASA ADHYA spends four days on a dinghy and chances upon the elusive cat on day three