Relocation of Buxa villagers begins
The Alipurduar district administration has started processing for relocation of two forest villages from the core area of Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR).
The Alipurduar district administration has started processing for relocation of two forest villages from the core area of Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR).
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has told the Supreme Court that none of the cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park had died due to unnatural reasons such as poaching, snaring, poisoning, road hits, electrocution, etc.
A few African cheetahs transloacted to the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh will be relocated to the Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary in Mandsaur and Neemach districts of the state by November this year.
The state Task Force chief, Sandeep Tripathy asserted today that the forest fire situation in the state is totally under control now. He insisted that the fire in Simlipal National Park has been contained and only five fire points were reported today as against 26 and 24 points over the last two days.
Satkosia, which is home to two tigers despite its rich tiger-friendly prey base and ecosystem, has hogged the spotlight for carrying out the country's first tiger translocation programme.
These results have shown a healthy annual growth rate of tigers at 6%, which offsets natural losses and keeps tigers at the habitats carrying capacity level, in the Indian context.
Mr W. Langva, IG of Eastern region, NTCA, reached Midnapore yesterday and convened a meeting with the forest officials to gather information about the causes of the unnatural death of the big cat.
It might be worth the NTCA’s while to study how the problem was said to have been addressed in Gujarat ~ there too an increased population had resulted in the lions spreading beyond the protected zones.
Driven to the brink, tigers in India have a sad tale to narrate. Poached for their skin and bones, the regal big cat, which is ironically India's national animal, faces several challenges in its quest to survive. Kanika Tripathi takes the tiger trail to unravel its tale.
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