The two cubs, a male and female, born on August 25 are healthy and normal. Lions are extinct in 26 African countries and numbers in the wild have plummeted 43 percent over the last two decades, with roughly only 20,000 left, according to the IUCN. BRITS (South Africa): Watching the two little lion cubs boisterously […]
NAINITAL: A carcass of a two-month-old elephant was recovered from Sarpudali range of Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR). The post-mortem has been conducted to determine the cause of death of the calf and a final report is awaited. The post-mortem has been conducted and we are yet to receive a report.” Corbett officials claimed that the […]
NAGPUR :Finally, in a breather for T1, the problem tigress of Pandharkawda, forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has agreed to keep away Hyderabad sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, to give a fair chance to tranquillise the big cat. At a meeting in Mumbai, state’s chief wildlife warden AK Misra and additional PCCF (wildlife) Sunil Limaye managed to convince […]
Highlights: Six cubs, three lionesses and two lions were found dead between September 12 and September 19. The deaths of the endangered big cats were all of natural causes brought on by injuries sustained in a fight over territory GANDHINAGAR: The deaths of 11 lions and lionesses in just eight days was the grim but […]
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat forest department on Friday claimed that the death of 11 lions over the past eight days in the state’s Gir Sanctuary was due to infighting and liver problems, and not foul play. The carcasses of 11 lions were found from Gir (East) forest range. Nine of these were found in the Dalkhaniya range and two were […]
BENGALURU: Tourists in Hampi will soon enjoy tiger and lion safari. The safari will start in November at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Zoological Park of Hampi during Hampi Utsav. Hampi will become third safari destination in Karnataka after Bannerghatta and Tavarekoppa of Shimoga. Two lions and two tigers will be brought from Bannerghatta and Mysuru. The […]
MUMBAI: A 10-year-old male leopard named Bhandara died at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park rescue centre on Monday night following an acute illness. This is the second leopard death at the SGNP rescue centre in the past six days. Last week, a 10-month-old sub-adult male leopard, Suraj, had also died in a similar fashion. The SGNP director and chief […]
RUDRAPUR: An adult barn owl (Tyto Alba), a scheduled animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, was rescued from the building of a school in Bhagwanpur village on Kashipur Road on Friday morning. The protected bird was handed to the forest department staff later. Pran Chaddha, a wildlife enthusiast, said that finding a barn owl in a populated area was […]
JAIPUR: The State Board for Wildlife (SBWL) on Thursday gave its nod for expansion of two sanctuary areas in the state by adjoining reserve forest blocks. The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by the environment and forest minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar. Sitamata Sanctuary in Pratapgarh district and Jaisamand Sanctuary Udaipur are the two sanctuaries slated for expansion. […]
PILIBHIT :Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) authorities have set up two cages to trap two leopards which have been spotted in half a dozen villages on the Indo-Nepal border near Barahi range over the past one month. According to villagers, the leopards have so far killed more than a dozen livestock, including goats, heifers, and cows. The […]
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