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In a first, Bengal to count big herbivores during tiger censusEarlier, the tiger census was done solely focussing on the big cats but from this year, the population of big herbivores will be included i...
Bandipur park safari counter to be moved outThe new safari point will come up at Melukammanahalli, a few hundred metres from the reserve’s checkpost, on the Gundlupet-Ooty highway.
How this Bihar sanctuary tripled tiger numbers in 10 yrsMany of the streams flowing through the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, just 1km from the border with Nepal, are dry this summer. As the su...
Gujarat's Ambardi lion safari gets Centre's nod"A committee headed by additional director general of wildlife of the Union ministry of environment and forest met yesterday where final ap...
- Task force to study growing habitat of Asiatic lions in Guj
Gujarat government has decided to form a high-level task force to study the growing habitat of Asiatic lions, after the latest census revea...
- Survey to determine density of animals at Satkosia Tiger Reserve
A sign survey, in which pugmarks, scraps and other marks are recorded to ascertain the density of herbivores and number of carnivores, will...
- Tigers fall prey to faulty foodchain
Poor biological management in Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR) has led to a drastic fall in the number of tigers over the past 10 years.
- Meow, not roar: Experts maul census data
Officially, big cat population in the country went up from 1,706 in 2010 to 2,226 in 2014. These results have been interpreted to mean that...
- Tiger count goes up in Dudhwa; 10% in core areas
The roar of the tiger is getting louder at the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, with the recent census revealing a rise in tiger population by eight t...
Gujrat wildlife census begins todayThe census for counting wildlife animals will begin from Tuesday in the wildlife sanctuaries spread over Vadodara, Chhota Udepur, Dahod and...
Two-day herbivore census begins in GirThe two-day annual census of herbivores in Gir Forest and National Park began on Monday.The count will determine the prey base for the lion...
Lion territory doubles in three yearsThe king of the jungle has conquered new territories. About one-third of the Saurashtra region has been marked as Asiatic lion-inhabited ar...
- 136 personnel trained for tiger census at Dudhwa tiger reserve
The Dudhwa tiger reserve has completed the training of 136 employees who will participate in the tiger census exercise in the reserve.
- Dudhwa gears up for tiger census
Dudhwa reserve is gearing up for the tiger census amid hope that it will throw up an increased count of the royal animal.
- Herbivore count shoots up in Gir
The Gir lions and the leopards have more animals to feast on. The recent herbivorous count revealed that the prey base for the big cats has...
- Satakosia begins its tiger census
Forest officials have started a tiger census in Satakosia tiger reserve after failing to spot any big cat since 2010.
- Lock-in security won’t work, co-opt the cat’s neighbours
To deliver, conservation must work for the people in tiger forests
- Hungry Aila tide swallows a dozen tigers
As the human toll from Monday’s cyclone rose to 64, beat officers and range officials in the Sunderbans feared hundreds of herbivores and a...
- Cyclone Aila swallows Sunderbans tigers
Forest wardens fear that as the cyclone Aila tore through the Sunderbans, it may have killed more than a dozen of the highly endangered Ben...
81 lions dead in last 2 yrs81 lions have died across the country from January 2006 to 2008, with nine of them becoming victims of poaching, Rajya Sabha was informed o...