Suddenly on July 19, without warning, Control Party 2, also called CP-2, disappeared off the face of the earth.

Teena Thacker

New Delhi, September 2: The Government has issued strict restrictions on the sale of drug diclofenac, used to treat animals, after evidence emerged that the drug indirectly caused the death of vultures that fed on the carcasses of these animals.

Dead Ranthambore tigress

Tiger reintroduction in Sariska After a gap of about four years, tigers are back in Sariska. Two tigers

Flying in tigers to Sariska was not half as difficult as securing their future will be It was Sariska

A response, from agencies that have facilitated the translocation of tigers, throwing light on the selection process of tigers in Ranthambhore Using the skill and knowledge of field forest officers in Ranthambhore, we selected two young adult tigresses that were yet to carve out their own territories. That made them ideal candidates for Sariska. The male tiger was selected because it

The local extinction of the tiger (Panthera tigris) from the Sariska National Park (NP) in India triggered a series of reactions, actions and policy prescriptions. The Tiger Task Force of the Government of India considered this to be a failure of the state machinery in controlling poaching.

Fitted With GPS Collar As Safety Measure; Two More Big Cats To Be Flown In Sariska (Alwar): Sariska almost missed its date with history. Around 3 in the morning, it began to rain. By daybreak, it was bucketing down. You would have had to be a die-hard optimist to believe that a tiger would eventually be flown down during the day.

When a pair of tiger cubs are relocated to the Sariska Tiger Reserve in the coming days, wildlife experts won't leave them at the mercy of marauding poachers who wiped out big cats from the sanctuary in Rajasthan by 1993. The cubs, to be shifted from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, will be fitted with radio collars and constantly monitored by a satellite. The collars, each costing Rs 8 lakh, have been procured from a Canada-based firm, Lotek, sources said.

YOJNA GUSAI Sariska is soon going to get back its glory, which in monetary terms has cost the country's exchequer more than Rs 1.5 crore. After losing all the tigers to poachers in 2004, this tiger reserve in Rajasthan will have tigers from the Ranthambore tiger reserve by the end of June. This is for the first time in the world that tiger species is being relocated, therefore tiger conservationists from all over the globe are praying for its success.

Gobind Sagar Bharadwaj was attacked by a tiger just after his induction into the Indian Forest Service. The wounds took two months to heal. But the episode was an eye-opener for the forest officer.

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