Wildlife activists demand action following poaching of tigress
A radio-collared four-year-old tigress was allegedly killed by poachers by poisoning, and the feline’s body was recovered from a pit in the Satpura Tiger Reserve (STR) of Madhya Pradesh.
A radio-collared four-year-old tigress was allegedly killed by poachers by poisoning, and the feline’s body was recovered from a pit in the Satpura Tiger Reserve (STR) of Madhya Pradesh.
The chosen tigress PN-224 was tranquilised in Pench forest and put into the transit cage to carry to the airstrip around 05:30am for flying to Jaipur by an IAF MI-17 chopper.
The last four or five months have witnessed unpredictable human-tiger conflicts in Karnataka.
The tigress' statue will measure 9 feet in length, 4 feet in width, and 4 feet in height, resembling a tiger roaming in the wild. Expected to weigh about 7 tonnes, it is estimated to cost around Rs 7 lakh and is likely to be completed by the end of March.
A six-year-old tigress, identified as AKT-13, was found dead in Chhattisgarh's Achanakmar Tiger Reserve (ATR), heightening concerns over the dwindling tiger population in the region.
The same Raika hillock, where tigress Zeenat had taken shelter for days in December 2024 is turning out to be a safe haven for the Palamau tiger. It seems the tiger from Jharkhand’s Palamu district too is resting under the dense forest cover.
Tigress Zeenat's pugmarks were yet to get desiccated on the Bengal, Jharkhand terrains but those suddenly emerged sinistrous among the panicked residents as those have lured another big cat far away from Palamau Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand and currently breathing closer to Bengal.
Tigress Zeenat has caught all the forest officials on the wrong foot as she has shifted to nearby Manbazar from Raika Hills in Bandwan, the forest minister of Odisha, Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia has said that all efforts will be taken to bring back the Big Cat in Similipal Tiger Reserve.
The three-and-half-year-old Royal Bengal tigress, last month crossed the borders after her soft release along with her another mate. This was a part to strengthen the tiger population of the reserve.
The book, with photos clicked over eight years, features over 500 meticulously curated images that narrate the journey of the family of the legendary tigress Machli — her daughter Krishna, granddaughter Arrowhead, great-granddaughter Riddhi and Riddhi's cubs.
