JAIPUR: With the state forest department waiting for the dust to settle at Sariska before initiating any step in relocating another big cat to the reserve, it's a race against time. For if the department is keen on relocation, a strong opposition is building up to halt it.

Sources said: "A big lobby, whose members are into conservation and tourism, do not want more relocation.

The death of a translocated tiger from the Ranthambore National Park (RNP) to the Sariska Tiger Sanctuary, which lost all its tigers in 2005, has brought to the fore the tug-of-war between the two sanctuaries and the need to fast-track relocation of villagers residing in the vicinity.

Senior forest officials maintain that a lobby, primarily made up of hoteliers and travel operators based in the

JAIPUR: Five days after the celebrity tiger CP 1, trans-located to the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan as a first-time initiative, was found dead, another big cat which was untraceable for a fortnight has been located through the signals from its radio collar.

CP1, a tiger introduced in the Sariska Reserve on August 28, 2008 aspart of the relocation programme, was found dead in the Tehlarange on Sunday. The carcass was consigned to flames on Monday.

JAIPUR: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced in Sariska on Wednesday Rs.30 crore for shifting villages from the Sariska Tiger Reserve.

Taking a serious note of the incident chief minister Ashok Gehlot ordered suspension of two senior wildlife officials at Sariska
The mystery over the death of translocated tiger ST-1 at Sariska deepened as authorities failed to ascertain the exact cause of the big cat.

ST1 had taken to killing domestic animals which could have prompted some villagers to murder it

The five-year-old male tiger that was found dead in Sariska under mysterious circumstances could possibly be a victim of retaliatory killing.
A team of experts from Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, which is probing the cause of death, has found vital clues which indicate a strong possibi

JAIPUR: Overcrowding and a skewed sex ratio at the Ranthambore tiger reserve could leave a telling effect on the future of the sanctuary.

JAIPUR: The death of a translocated tiger in a territorial fight at Sariska has once again prompted wildlife activists in Rajasthan to oppose the shifting of big cats from one tiger reserve to another.

Another Male Reported Missing For Past 15 Days
Jaipur/Sariska:The first tiger airlifted to Sariska from Ranthambore National Park in June 2008 was found dead under mysterious circumstances late on Sunday. The male tiger, three-and-a-half years old, was among the five big cats shifted to Sariska in a bid to re-establish their population there.

Forest officials at Sariska Tiger Reserve are a worried lot.