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PRESENCE OF TIGERS IN BUXA
- Tiger habitat in Buxa has shrunk: foresters
Amid concerns that tigers may have disappeared from West Bengal's Buxa Tiger Reserve, foresters have claimed that the habitat of the big ca...
Steps to improve habitat, security at Buxa as experts doubt presence of tigers"Decision has been taken to improve the habitat, prey base and ensure surveillance and protection," chief wildlife warden of the state Azam...
West Bengal government contests method adopted for counting tigersThe West Bengal govt has written to the Union Ministry of Environment & Forests pointing to the discrepancy in the tiger count in Buxa tige...
No sign of tiger in Buxa, says studyWII scientists, who have conducted the all-India exercise spanned over four years, said they didn't find any tiger sign in the North Bengal...
- Sariska encore? Scientists find 'no sign of tigers' in Buxa
Sounding an alarm, Wildlife Institute of India (WII) scientists, who have conducted the all-India exercise spanned over four years, said th...
Wild dog seen for the first time in BengalAsiatic wild dog, also known as Indian wild dog or dhole and listed endangered under the IUCN red list, has been sighted for the first time...
Where have all the Buxa tigers gone?Is Buxa going the Sariska way? The presence of 19 big cats in the north Bengal tiger reserve, as claimed by the foresters, may well be a ‘b...
National tiger census to kick off in DecemberIn 2006, 1,114 tigers roamed the country's forests. In 2010, that number rose to 1,706.
Tiger sightings raise hope in Buxa, BengalThere have been several reports of tiger sighting by both villagers and forest staff of the reserve. But the authorities have so far failed...
Phantom sightings keep the roars in Buxa aliveWhile foresters in North Bengal claim there are frequent tiger sightings in Jaldapra Wildlife Sanctuary and Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) nowada...
- Rare butterfly sighted after 100 yrs
Kushal Choudhury, a young lepidopterologist and lecturer at Kokrajhar Science College, has spotted a rare breed of swallowtail butterfly co...
- Tigers from the Ranthambore to be relocated to Sariska
In a first endeavour of its kind in India, two tigers from the Ranthambore National Park will be relocated to a new habitat, Sariska, in a ...
- Centre puts tiger reserves on alert
The National Tiger Conservation Authority has also separately written to 13 tiger reserves pointing out specific weaknesses in the protecti...