74 tiger deaths since January drive home poaching, other threatsMadhya Pradesh fares the worst with 19 fatalities.
29 Jun, 2016, 11.48 AM IST
74 tiger deaths since January drive home poaching, other threatsPolice and wildlife authorities seized skins, bones, claws, skeletons, canines and paws of another 16 tigers during this period, taking the...
29 Jun, 2016, 09.51 AM IST
- Tiger poaching in India highest in seven years
Poaching of tigers in 2013 has been the highest in the past seven years, data compiled by the Wildlife Protection Society of India shows.
18 Dec, 2013, 05.37 AM IST
- Maharashtra State Wildlife Board reconstituted
The 33-member board has been reconstituted as per Section 6 of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972. The board will be chaired by chief minis...
03 Sep, 2013, 01.51 AM IST
Notorious tiger poachers among 9 arrested in PuneA team of Melghat forest officials netted nine tiger poachers from Pune in the wee hours of Sunday.
13 Aug, 2013, 01.42 AM IST
- Catching the tiger saviours young
Around 50 children dressed in smart uniforms sing along with the two teachers in this small but neatly done up classroom.
10 Aug, 2013, 01.56 AM IST
- Poaching a major threat to tigers in India: Experts
Poaching is the major threat to tigers in India, say wildlife experts. With low rate of detection and even lower rate of conviction, poachi...
30 Jul, 2013, 08.42 PM IST
Two tiger poachers nabbed, confess to killing five tigers in MelghatThe two, who were nabbed from Mansar, are part of a 30-member gang, which claims to have killed five tigers in the region over the last one...
10 Jun, 2013, 02.10 AM IST
- Endangered leopards battling for survival
Like tigers, endangered leopards too are battling for survival with as many as 160 already dead so far since this January in the country ag...
18 May, 2010, 12.58 PM IST
- Tiger poaching racket busted; six held
Forest department officials have busted a poaching racket in the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) with the arrest of six persons and rec...
05 May, 2010, 07.31 PM IST
- Tiger poacher convicted to 3 years rigorous imprisonment
A court in Khatima, Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand had sentenced notorious tiger poacher Birbal alias Totha Ram, a resident of P...
09 Dec, 2009, 05.16 PM IST
- Notorious tiger poacher Totha Ram arrested
A notorious tiger poacher from Panipat, Birbal alias Totha Ram, was arrested in Banbasa at Champawat district of Uttarakhand in a joint ope...
18 Nov, 2009, 05.55 PM IST
- MP yet to sign tripartite pact for tiger conservation
Except Madhya Pradesh, all the tiger-range states have signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and sanctuaries on big cat conservatio...
11 Oct, 2009, 06.26 PM IST
- Centre convenes meetings to discuss tiger deaths
With tiger deaths crossing the 50 mark this year, a worried government is convening a series of meetings with 17 tiger-range states to look...
16 Sep, 2009, 11.52 AM IST
- Two leopard skins seized in Dehradun
In a joint operation by the Special Task Force (STF) of Uttarakhand Police Department and Wildlife Protection Society of India, one person ...
19 Mar, 2009, 01.20 PM IST
69 leopards dead in eight weeksIndia's leopard count has gone down by 69 in past eight weeks, with many poisoned, ensnared in traps, killed in accidents or became victims...
28 Feb, 2009, 08.55 AM IST
- After tigers, poachers now target leopards
The poaching mafia has shifted its focus on leopards, whose bones fetch the same price as that of tigers in the international market, and a...
07 Sep, 2008, 03.09 PM IST