According to the Field Director of Similipal Tiger Reserve, one tiger death was detected on the morning of April 30 by Similipal South division staff at Badamakkabadi ll beat area, Nawana south range.
The Assam government has also asked an additional chief secretary of the state to examine the alleged diversion of funds under tiger conservation and other projects during the visit of former President Ram Nath Kovind and his family to Kaziranga in February last year.
While it initially covered nine tiger reserves spread over 18,278 sq km, India now has 53 reserves covering more than 75,000 sq km (approximately 2.4 per cent of the country's geographical area).
A local tiger-conservation organisation founded last year in Bhutan's Zhemgang has gathered more than 40 members so far to protect the wildlife as the issue of human-wildlife co-existence in Nangkor Gewog of Zhemgang is not limited to just guarding crops, Bhutan Live reported.
Indian Oil Corporation on Saturday said that it had contributed over Rs 50 crores as a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund for the habilitation, preservation and training of "Cheetah Mitra" in the state.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI/ATK): As T24, an Icon For Tiger Conservation Dies In Captivity, activists, Warren Pereira, Raveena Tandon, forest officers and activists remember India's most controversial Tiger
National Board for Wildlife in coordination with other concerned authorities, including the National Tiger Conservation Authority may issue appropriate guidelines with regard to such events in the vicinity of other National Parks in the country, preferably within one month. If any such guide
Spread over 529.36 sq km (core area 230.32 sq km and buffer area 299.05 sq km), the new tiger reserve will strengthen the government's tiger conservation efforts.
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): Indian Oil Corporation Limited will contribute Rs 50.22 crore over five years for the transcontinental relocation of Cheetahs from Namibia and South Africa to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, according to an official statement issued here on
Sheopur (Madhya Pradesh) [India], September 12 (ANI): National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) Member Secretary S P Yadav said that the first batch of cheetahs is being brought from Namibia to Kuno National Park in Sheopur in Madhya Pradesh on September 17.