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...
14 Aug, 2015, 09.30 AM IST
- Barda wait began with Kuno
If 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...
08 Oct, 2014, 02.41 PM IST
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...
07 Oct, 2014, 04.30 AM IST
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...
04 May, 2014, 03.35 AM IST
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...
21 Nov, 2013, 11.50 AM IST
- Kuno lion translocation report mum on conservation
Gujarat is being forced to share its pride – the Gir lions – with Madhya Pradesh just so that the neighbouring state becomes a more attract...
15 Nov, 2013, 04.20 AM IST
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...
22 Oct, 2013, 07.18 AM IST
- False alarm raised on lion-killing virus in Gir
The 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, ...
17 May, 2013, 07.02 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
- New panel to ready tiger tourism norms in 10 days
Another panel has been set up by the ministry of environment and forests to decide eco-tourism guidelines in core areas and peripheral buff...
13 Sep, 2012, 06.16 AM IST
- Low prey density plagues Sunderbans: Study
WII'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...
07 Aug, 2012, 05.59 AM IST
- Sunderbans mystery cat one of its kind
The Sunderbans has revealed at least one of its mysteries. In the depths of its mangroves, lives a one-of-its-kind feline — the melanistic ...
27 Mar, 2012, 07.08 AM IST
- Manas link Buxa’s boon & bane
Buxa’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...
26 Aug, 2011, 06.06 AM IST
- Tiger occupancy area has shrunk by 20,000 sq km
There’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...
29 Mar, 2011, 01.06 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