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Thursday, March 28, 2024
TopicTiger conservation

Topic: Tiger conservation

Conservationists call SC order allowing Corbett tiger safari ‘ill-advised’ — ‘could alter area’s ecology’

The SC has allowed the tiger safari project since it is '80% complete'. In its order, it also stipulates which animals can be displayed and where.

‘First soldier of tiger conservation battle’ — an obituary for Sariska’s ST-2, India’s oldest tigress

As one of the two tigers enlisted to repopulate Sariska with tigers after poaching caused their extinction there, ST-2 became the face of India’s fight to save its tigers. She died Tuesday.

‘Tigers die, rumors fly’ – when 5 mysterious tiger deaths took Nagarhole by storm

In 'Among Tigers', conservation zoologist K Ullas Karanth recounts his fierce efforts to recover wild tigers from the brink.

Why tiger reserves see ‘less deforestation, carbon emission from forest loss’ than protected areas

Researchers from National University of Singapore & Princeton assessed 45 tiger reserves in India to find avoided emissions translate into ecosystem services worth around $92 mn.

50 years of ‘Project Tiger’: Tiger population up by 200 since 2018, PM says matter of pride

PM Modi also launched 'International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA)' & commemorative coin marking 50 years of ‘Project Tiger’ during visit to Karnataka.

PM Modi meets The Elephant Whisperers’ Bomman, Bellie at Karnataka’s Theppakadu Elephant camp

Earlier Sunday, PM Modi visited Bandipur Tiger Reserve where he interacted with frontline field staff involved in conservation efforts, as part of programmes to mark 50 years of 'Project Tiger'.

40 tigers have died since start of year, shows govt data. Age, fights, electrocution major causes

Junior forest minister Ashwini Choubey gave these details in Lok Sabha in response to queries of three MPs. NTCA official says it’s normal for mortality rates to vary from year to year.

Is India’s Project Tiger going off script? Big cat deaths from Corbett to Pench to Kanha

Barely two months into 2023, India has lost 37 tigers. On 26 February, the deaths of three tigers in Maharashtra, Kerala and Uttarakhand were recorded by the NTCA.

T1 tigress who helped revive MP’s Panna Tiger Reserve dies

Introduced in 2009 for the recovery project, the first female tiger had delivered 13 cubs in the MP Reserve.

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve in TN wins TX2 Award for doubling tiger population

The area of the tiger reserve in Erode, which houses 80 tigers, is contiguous with the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, Bandipur Tiger Reserve and BR Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.