A man, carrying a bottle of country liquor, suddenly stops in the dark of night. Right in front of him stands a Royal Bengal Tiger. The man feels the tiger too could be his drinking companion. So he holds out the bottle toward the tiger.
Beyond the Alipore Zoo in Kolkata, another Bengal zoo, the one located in Burdwan town, is set to house a Royal Bengal tiger and a hippopotamus, senior forest officials have stated.
With the country’s second largest congregation kicking off, two transit points leading to the Gangasagar venue, including Namkhana and Kakdwip have got a makeover by Sealdah division.
The Minister replying to a query by Jharsuguda MLA Tankadhar Tripathy told the House that 48 leopards and 7 royal Bengal tigers have died in different forest divisions in Odisha from 2014-15 to 2023-24.
Expressing his satisfaction, forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick said he will visit Siliguri soon and hold a meeting about development of the sanctuary.
According to the officials, the Neora Valley National Park and the Buxa Tiger Reserve had already recorded the pres- ence of Royal Bengal Tigers as they were clicked by trap cam- eras
The carcass was disposed of as per the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) guidelines, DFO added.
On the basis of intelligence input, a team of STF, Odisha Police and Forest Officials arrested the wildlife criminal Purna Chandra Majhi of Sasangabeda village under Udala police station jurisdiction of Mayurbhanj district.
What endeared her to conservationists and wildlife biologists and earned her the 'supermom' tag was her unprecedented contribution of 29 cubs to the now thriving tiger population of Pench. With partners like T30, Chhota Male and Rayyakasa (who has been with her since 2012) she mothered eight litters during the decade between 2008 and 2018
Shakti and Karishma gave birth to a male Royal Bengal Tiger cub on November 14, while the penguin chick was born on August 19.
