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India prepared to bring back cheetah, protected areas restored: Wildlife expertsThe country is in a condition where it is economically possible to restore lost heritage, Wildlife Institute of India (WWI) senior scientis...- Tiger census kicks off with more cameras, mobile appThe last census, in 2014, had estimated India’s tiger population at 2,226, up from 1,706 in 2010. Most experts expect the growth trend to c...
- Gujarat govt to cut buffer around 19 sanctuariesFormer director of Bombay Natural History Society Asad Rahmani said, “The ESZ should be decided on the ecology of the area and not on polit...
- GPS-aided cameras to keep track of Gir lionsThe state forest department is getting ready to install GPS-aided ‘camera traps’ — a network of remotely operated system with motion and in...
- Barda wait began with KunoIf Kuno Palpur in Madhya Pradesh has been waiting for lions since 1990’s, it is Barda Dungar in Gujarat which has also been waiting for a s...
- Barda suitable site for lion translocation: WII studyBarda Dungar, a lion translocation site within Gujarat, should be an isolated lion habitat, which should not have connection with Gir Sanct...
- Fresh prey-density estimate must before shifting Gir lions: GujaratGujarat has reiterated that the proposed translocation of Gir lions to Kuno Palpur be based strictly on the new guidelines of the Internati...
- Translocate 6 lions every 4 yrs into Madhya Pradesh: ExpertsLion experts Ravi Chellam and Y V Jhala said that the possibility of lions' extinction in Kuno Palpur would be almost negligible if 12 lion...
- Kuno lion translocation report mum on conservationGujarat is being forced to share its pride – the Gir lions – with Madhya Pradesh just so that the neighbouring state becomes a more attract...
- Kuno may get 12 lions in first phaseSix months after the Supreme Court ordered the translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir in Gujarat to Palpur Kuno in Madhya Pradesh, an expe...
- False alarm raised on lion-killing virus in GirThe bogey of a deadly virus that wiped out a significant number of wild lions in the African Serengeti in mid-1990s is being raised again, ...
- Ten Sunderbans tigers to get collarsThe forest department has decided to radio-collar ten tigers in the Sunderbans where population dynamics of the big cats has al ways remain...
- Ten tigers to be radio-collared in SunderbansThe forest department has decided to radio-collar ten tigers in the Sunderbans, where population dynamics of the big cats has always remain...
- New panel to ready tiger tourism norms in 10 daysAnother panel has been set up by the ministry of environment and forests to decide eco-tourism guidelines in core areas and peripheral buff...
- Low prey density plagues Sunderbans: StudyWII's scientist Y V Jhala said that a total of 187 kilometres of boat transects were carried out between February and May to get an idea ab...
- Sunderbans mystery cat one of its kindThe Sunderbans has revealed at least one of its mysteries. In the depths of its mangroves, lives a one-of-its-kind feline — the melanistic ...
- Manas link Buxa’s boon & baneBuxa’s bane - low tiger density - may prove to be its boon as foresters hunt for a suitable home for tiger cubs that have been abandoned or...
- Tiger occupancy area has shrunk by 20,000 sq kmThere’s good news and bad news on the tiger front. The tiger census has shown a 16% rise in cat count. At the same time, highlighting the c...
- Tigers bounce back, 16% rise in populationThe 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...
- '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, ...
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