GUWAHATI, March 22

India

The old pugmark is transforming into a digital footprint.

With real time information available through observation of tigers fitted with satellite collars, GPS collars and radio VHF collars, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is for the first time creating a system for a central database on tiger movement and analysis.

Two years after an amendment in the Wildlife (Protection) Act that makes formal notification of tiger reserves mandatory, The Indian Express has found that three states in the country are yet to notify their tiger reserves.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Forest Department and Dehra Dun-based Wildlife Institute of India (WII) may have a huge difference of opinion over exact number of tigers in the State, but the agencies are unanimous over presence of melanistic tigers in Similipal.

DH News Service, Bangalore:

Wildlife biologist Ullas Karanth has emphasised on immediate recruitment of the pending forest staff as the first measure for conservation, but the problem seems to continue as the State Forest department says that the Government has not permitted them to recruit more than a 100 front line staff.