Wildlife

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tiger Population, 10/05/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Tiger Population, 10/05/2016. The third country wide assessment of the status of tigers, copredators and their prey, using the refined methodology has shown a country wide 30% increase in tiger numbers in 2014 with an estimated number of 2226 tigers (range 1945-2491) as compared to second assessment done in 2010 with estimated number of 1706 tigers (range 1520-1909). The State wise details are at Annexure.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Tiger, Tiger Conservation, India, Statistics, Parliament
Wildlife

Students paint Tipeshwar wall gree to save tigers

Around 16 students and 5 teachers from various schools of Nagpur travelled 180km on Tuesday to Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Yavatmal district to paint a wall to send across the message of wildli

Publication Date: 
05/05/2016
Vijay Pinjarkar
Times Of India (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Tiger, Tipeshwar SA, Yavatmal (D), Endangered Species, Wildlife
Wildlife

Review plea in HC over shifting of tiger Ustad

Jaipur: A review petition was on Friday filed in the Rajasthan High Court seeking a revision of its earlier judgement giving the green signal to the shifting of the tiger Ustad (T-24) from Ranthamb

Publication Date: 
04/05/2016
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Tiger, Ranthambore NP, National Tiger Conservation Authority, High Court, Relocation, Wildlife
Wildlife

National park gets e-eye tracking system for tigers

New Delhi: The ambitious e-eye surveillance system of tracking tigers has been made operational in key sanctuaries in the country, including Kaziranga and Corbett reserves, the Centre said on Monda

Publication Date: 
03/05/2016
Times Of India (Guwahati)
Tags:
Assam, Kaziranga SA, Tiger, Corbett NP, Ratapani SA, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Wildlife
Wildlife

Our survival depends on tigers’ survival: HC

Nagpur: In a huge victory for the forest department, the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court on Monday quashed and set aside Amravati sessions court order to suspend sentence of dreaded tiger poacher

Publication Date: 
03/05/2016
Vijay Pinjarkar
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Tiger, Poaching, Leopard, High Court, Melghat SA, Wildlife
Wildlife

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Increase in wild tiger count, 02/05/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Increase in wild tiger count, 02/05/2016. In India, it has shown increasing trend with subsequent estimations which got initiated in the year 2006, wherein count was 1411 in 2006, 1706 in 2010 and 2226 in 2014. The details are at Annexure-I.

Publication Date: 
Monday, May 2, 2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Tiger, Tiger Reserves, India, Statistics, Parliament
Wildlife

Poachers killed more tigers in 2016 so far than during entire 2015

Poachers killed more tigers in the first four months of 2016 than in entire 2015, according to a latest data by the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), as reported by the Hindustan Times.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2016
International Business Times
Tags:
Wildlife, Tiger, Endangered Species, Poaching, India, National Tiger Conservation Authority, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand)
Wildlife

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Census of Animals, 26/04/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Census of Animals, 26/04/2016. Wild animal census of iconic species like Tiger, Elephant, Rhino and Lions are carried out by the respective State/UT Governments. However, at the national level, Tiger census is carried out periodically. As per the latest census, the estimated population of tiger, elephant, lion and rhinoceros as received from the States is given in the Annexure.

Publication Date: 
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Census/ Habitat Monitoring, Wildlife, Statistics, India, Tiger, Elephant, Lion, Rhinoceros, Parliament
Wildlife

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rise in Man-animal conflict, 25/04/2016

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Rise in Man-animal conflict, 25/04/2016. Incidences of negative human-wildlife interactions including the loss of human lives and damage to crops by wild animals are reported in various parts of the country from time to time. Management of forest and wildlife is the responsibility of State Governments.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2016
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
People - Animal Conflicts, India, Tiger, Elephant, Parliament
Wildlife

CNP launches campaign for tiger, rhino conservation

The Chitwan National Park has begun a week-long awareness campaign for the conservation of tigers and one horned rhinos, among other wild animals, from today.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2016
Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Tags:
Wildlife, Tiger, Rhine, Wildlife Management, Nepal, Endangered Species, Chitwan, South Asia

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