Tiger

Status of Tigers in India - 2018: summary report

India has achieved its 2022 target of tiger population in the country. The country now has 2,967 tigers, declared the All India Tiger Estimation Report 2018 released . India now has 2,967 tigers and the growth in the 4th cycle of the Tiger Census has been a 33 per cent.

Publication Date:

29/07/2019

Source: National Tiger Conservation Authority

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Tiger, Tiger Reserves, India, Statistics

Wildlife

4th cycle of management effectiveness evaluation of tiger reserves in India 2018

India has 2,967 tigers, a third more than in 2014, according to results of this tiger census titled released on July 29, 2019 by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi . Madhya Pradesh saw the highest number of tigers at 526, closely followed by Karnataka (524) and Uttarakhand (442).

Publication Date:

29/07/2019

Source: National Tiger Conservation Authority

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Tiger, Tiger Reserves, India, Statistics

Wildlife

Maharashtra: Four villages make way for wildlife to be rehabilitated

More hamlets in Umred Pauni Karhandla sanctuary seek inclusion into it

Publication Date:

24/07/2019

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Sanctuaries, Rehabilitation, Tiger, Endangered Species, Wildlife

Wildlife

Maharashtra’s animal underpasses a life-saver on NH44, tigers regular users, finds new study

Wildlife Institute of India (WWI) scientist Habib dismissed the crossing saying that it was “a question of behaviour” as perhaps he crossed the highway possible due to no traffic.

Publication Date:

17/07/2019

Source: Financial Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Tiger, Endangered Species, Wildlife

Wildlife

Running out of time: wildlife crime justice failures in Vietnam

Running Out of Time examines the fast-growing role of Vietnam as a hub for illegal wildlife trade and the country's failure to respond to the crisis.

Publication Date:

15/07/2019

Source: Environmental Investigation Agency

Tags:

Wildlife Trade, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Tiger, Rhinoceros, Vietnam

Wildlife

Tigers, not man responsible for human-wildlife conflict?

Through A Lens: WII to study lifestyle of tigers & apprehend reasons behind man-animal clash

Publication Date:

05/07/2019

Source: Daily News Analysis (Delhi)

Tags:

People - Animal Conflicts, Tiger, Deforestation, Tadoba NP, Wildlife

Wildlife

Over 9000 arrested for wildlife poaching between 2012-2018: Environment Ministry

As per the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), which keeps records of tigers and leopards, there have been 141 cases of poaching, while 84 seizures have been made between 2012 and 2018, P

Publication Date:

01/07/2019

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Poaching, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Wildlife Crime Bureau, Tiger, Leopard

Wildlife

World Health Organisation’s recognition of traditional Chinese medicine ‘could push species into extinction’

Conservationists have accused the World Health Organisation (WHO) of rubber-stamping the extinction of endangered species by adopting hundreds of traditional Chinese remedies in its international g

Publication Date:

29/05/2019

Source: Independent (United Kingdom)

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Wildlife, China, WHO, Endangered Species, Rhinoceros, Tiger, Asia

Wildlife

Tigers thrive in Kerala forests, 175 individuals captured on camera traps in extensive survey

Conducted over the course of a year in 2017-18, the All Kerala Tiger Monitoring Programme identified a total of 176 individuals, 75 of them within the confines of the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (WW

Publication Date:

16/05/2019

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Tiger, Endangered Species, Wayanad, Tiger Conservation, Wildlife

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