Month: January 2019

BHOPAL: Supermom ‘Collarwali’ – the incredibly fertile tigress at Madhya Pradesh’s Pench Tiger Reserve – has delivered four more cubs. This is her 8th litter and she has so far mothered an amazing 30 cubs — a record for any tigress in Madhya Pradesh. Nicknamed by visitors because of her radio collar, the latest litter […]

 There are close to 500 reptiles in two ponds on the Sardar Sarovar Dam premises. The forest department has removed 15 so far. These animals are among the most endangered species and fall under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act.

HIGHLIGHTS The leopard was sighted in the area few days ago The sighting had caused panic among residents Forest department officials caught the leopard around 4:30 pm on Sunday The leopard has now been moved to Surajpur forest nursery. The forest department will shift him to Shivalik forest on January 21.

Highlights: ‘’The animal that got killed seems to be a tigress while the cannibal is a tiger. Though there have been instances of cannibalism among animals, but in tigers, it is rare,” said Kanha’s field director said. According to experts, the hunting tiger did not mean to satiate its hunger by eating the tigress. “It […]

CHANDIGARH: In a move to protect black bucks, officials of the wildlife department, Haryana, are removing barbed wires from agricultural fields in Hisar, Sirsa, Fatehabad, Jind and Bhiwani. There are around 2,785 black bucks in these districts. The wires, put up by local villagers to protect their fields from cattle, have injured several black bucks, which […]

MEERUT: Sixty-four-year old Bheema is a resident of Makhdoompur village on the banks of the Ganga near Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary. He has no illusions about the difficult life his fellow villagers and he have to navigate. But Bheema and others like him have found a new outlet for their faith and hopes — saving turtles in the river. “Our […]

SHAHJAHANPUR: Two weeks after golfer Jyoti Randhawa was arrested for poaching in Motipur range of Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, the forest department nabbed three poachers and two members of a timber mafia in the buffer area of the reserve on Saturday night. The poachers were caught while they were attempting to hunt […]

JOHANNESBURG: Several African countries with some of the largest elephant populations are calling for looser controls on legal ivory trade, while another group of countries on the continent say tighter controls are the best way to curb the illegal killing of elephants for their tusks. The dueling proposals reflect divisions within Africa over how to […]

NAGPUR: After banning cell phones during safari, the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) has come out with another stringent rule imposing a fine of Rs500 on tourist vehicles arriving 15 minutes late. The logic behind introducing the rule is that tourists arrive late and then speed up vehicles to complete the safari in short time. This […]