Nagpur: Concerned over the deteriorating situation in the Chandrapur forests, where a number of tigers are reported to have disappeared, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has written to Mahararashtra Chief Secretary Johny Joseph citing a letter by B Majumdar, former Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF), Wildlife seeking his intervention in the
May 25: What is the tiger population in the state? Nobody is sure as different agencies are coming up with different numbers.
With the DNA fingerprinting technology by collecting scat and hair samples failing to take off, officials have conducted the latest survey based on the pug mark technology.
LUCKNOW: The villagers living on the fringes of Kishenpur sanctuary in south Kheri forest division are demanding relocation. The demand is coming forward from village clusters in Kamp Tanda.
Government sets up panel to set norms for relocation THE National Tiger Conservation Authority has set up a panel to formulate guidelines for translocating tigers from one reserve to another. The need for the guidelines was felt after tiger conservationists raised concerns when a tigress from Bandhavgarh tiger reserve was tranquillized and taken 200 km by road to Panna tiger
CHENNAI: The source populations of tigers are still available in the designated Project Tiger areas, and this can help in maintaining the population of the big cats in the wild, said Rajesh Gopal, Member Secretary, National Tiger Conservation Authority, here on Monday.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which was in Panna Tiger Reserve for probing the causes behind the mysterious disappearance of tigers, has claimed that the big cat community has been wiped out from Panna from January onwards this year. This statement has opposed the consistent claims of the State Forest Department, regarding the presence of tigers in Panna after January this year.
