Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria said on Saturday that Global Tiger Day is an occasion to take action for the protection of tigers and discourage deforestation as forests are the tiger’s natural habitat.
The official further said that the water is receding in the Kaziranga National & Park Tiger Reserve while the authorities were monitoring the flood situation.
The forest department is on high alert and seriously monitoring the health conditions of the Cheetah following the death of eight cheetahs in the past few months. Notably, since March this year, five adult cheetahs and three cubs have died at Kuno National Park in Sheopur district.
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed its concern on the death of cheetahs in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh and asked the Centre to take some positive steps regarding this. However, Centre apprised the top court that 50 percent deaths on translocation is normal.
National Tiger Conservation Authority said that the existing monitoring protocols, protection status, managerial inputs, veterinary facilities, training and capacity building aspects are being reviewed by independent national experts.
Union Forest Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Saturday said a dedidated team was investigating into the recent Cheetah deaths at Kuno National Park, adding that they would not be shifted outside Madhya Pradesh.
Reacting to the death of a Cheetah named Suraj which happened today in Kuno National Park, Congress leader Kamal Nath took to Twitter and said, "The death of the eighth cheetah was received today in Kuno National Park. Despite the continuous death of cheetahs, no such plan has come to the fo
Madhya Pradesh former Chief Minister and State Congress chief Kamal Nath on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led government and alleged that all cheetahs will die due to mismanagement of the state government.
The man was found dead by a maintenance worker on July 3 at around 10 am local time in a sedan, the park said in a news release. The car's tracks had run along a road's shoulder and rocky berm before veering farther away from the paved road.
"The male cheetah Pawan was earlier released into the open wild. But a month ago, Pawan was going towards the border of Uttar Pradesh, so he was tranquilised from the border of UP and released in the enclosure of Kuno National Park. After that Pawan once again released into the wild from the