Tiger count up in Sunderbans, latest survey puts total at over 85The number of big cats in the Indian Sunderbans is healthy and rising. A recent camera-trap exercise has spotted at least 9 more tigers ove...
07 Nov, 2016, 03.40 AM IST
- 2,226 now: Tiger numbers grow by 30% in 4 years
The southern states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala of the Western Ghats landscape recorded nearly one-third of the country's total num...
21 Jan, 2015, 02.15 AM IST
Western Ghats zone holds world's single-largest tiger population: ReportTiger census report released said that states falling in this region witnessed steady rise in tiger populations with Karnataka at present l...
20 Jan, 2015, 10.10 PM IST
In Sunderbans, politicians and tigers equal dangersLack of alternative livelihood forces villagers into tiger territory. They risk their lives for paltry gains as no one has bothered to impr...
05 May, 2014, 12.58 PM IST
Sunderbans tiger count steady, but prey base not enoughEven though there is euphoria over a minimum 103 tigers in the Sunderbans, a new study shows the prey abundance is supporting not more than...
28 Feb, 2014, 01.32 AM IST
Cub sightings to raise tiger count in SunderbansWith a sudden spurt in cub sightings in the Sunderbans, officials say there could actually be more tigers in the mangroves than what the la...
16 Sep, 2013, 06.23 AM IST
Tiger prey base count in SunderbansPrey base of tigers in the Sunderbans, mostly spotted deer and wild boars, has always been under scanner.
14 Aug, 2013, 04.51 AM IST
- Ten Sunderbans tigers to get collars
The forest department has decided to radio-collar ten tigers in the Sunderbans where population dynamics of the big cats has al ways remain...
01 Apr, 2013, 05.34 AM IST
- Ten tigers to be radio-collared in Sunderbans
The forest department has decided to radio-collar ten tigers in the Sunderbans, where population dynamics of the big cats has always remain...
29 Mar, 2013, 04.47 AM IST
- Kolkata salutes wildlife saviours
But for his fearless venture, Ranthambore might have gone the Sariska way and lost its most precious inhabitants.
16 Mar, 2013, 04.17 AM IST
Dispersing Tadoba tigers to be radio collaredFor the first time in the country, a massive exercise to study and understand the movement of tigers will be undertaken from next year.
24 Nov, 2012, 05.10 AM IST
- Tigers bounce back, 16% rise in population
The striped predator, whose population touched a low of 1,411 in the last census, has shown a 16% rise in numbers with the latest count rel...
29 Mar, 2011, 01.04 AM IST
- 'Doubling tiger count by 2022 realistic goal'
The World Bank is keen on funding a tiger recovery programme in the countries where the big cats still roam free today – including Russia, ...
03 Dec, 2010, 04.27 AM IST
- Tiger census ends in Sunderbans
A tiger census in Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, ended during which data and scats for DNA samplings of the big cats were...
11 Mar, 2010, 07.04 PM IST
- Tiger census begins in Sunderbans
The much-awaited tiger census in the Sunderbans, where DNA sampling would be made for the first time to establish the number of big cats, b...
04 Mar, 2010, 06.18 PM IST
- DNA sampling for tiger census in Sunderbans
The West Bengal government for the first time will conduct tiger census through DNA sampling of the animal's scat in Sunderbans in January ...
23 Nov, 2009, 05.43 PM IST
PM wants states to do their bit for tiger conservationThe Centre is planning to make states where sanctuaries and parks are located active partners in protecting the big cat by framing memorand...
23 Feb, 2008, 02.17 AM IST