Over 6,000 trees illegally cut for tiger safari project in Corbett Reserve, says FSI report

Over 6,000 trees illegally cut for tiger safari project in Corbett Reserve, says FSI report

This was to enable people to have confirmed tiger sightings while shooting for the TV programme ‘Man vs Wild’, said sources This was to enable people to have confirmed tiger sightings while shooting for the TV programme ‘Man vs Wild’, said sources The much-awaited tiger safari project of Uttarakhand government is under scanner after a … Read more

Cheetahs to return to India 70 years after going extinct, first batch to arrive in August

Cheetahs to return to India 70 years after going extinct, first batch to arrive in August

The Union Environment Ministry will translocate the first batch of cheetahs from South Africa in August after a years-long delay due to Covid-19. Declared extinct in India 70 years ago, the first group of five-six cheetahs will be translocated to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. This is the first-ever trans-continental shifting of a large … Read more

Cheetah Action Plan: Indian delegation visits Namibia, big cats to roar in India by mid-2022

Cheetah Action Plan: Indian delegation visits Namibia, big cats to roar in India by mid-2022

The animals’ lineage and condition will be checked in the host country to rule out excessive inbred stock in order to conform to the needs of a founding population. The world’s fastest mammals are set to roam on Indian shores once again, nearly 75 years after the last cheetah was killed. A five-member delegation from India … Read more

Why India’s newest Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh is so important

Why India’s newest Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh is so important

This will be Chhattisgarh’s fourth Tiger Reserve after the Udanti-Sitanadi, Achanakmar, and Indravati Reserves. (File) The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) on Tuesday greenlit Chhattisgarh’s proposal to declare the combined areas of the Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary and the Guru Ghasidas National Park as a Tiger Reserve. The new Reserve, located in the state’s north, … Read more

Tiger relocation project: Failure of inter-state tiger relocation explained

Tiger relocation project: Failure of inter-state tiger relocation explained

The report noted the lack of confidence as well as trust building among the villagers and the forest department was one of the major reasons for shutting of this project. (Representative Image) To improve the population of tigers in some parts of India, a tiger relocation project had been rolled out among Indian states. The … Read more