08 February 2012
Tiger poaching dropped nearly 60 percent in 2011 as compared to the previous year, though it continues to pose a major threat to the survival of the big cat in the country, a leading NGO said.
According to the Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), 13 tigers were hunted last year as compared to 30 in 2010 - a decline of 57 percent. The bodies of poached tigers, seized bones and skins were computed to arrive at the figures. Click on date for more details
News Archive
- Ranthambhore wildlife corridor 10 January 2012
- Rajasthan safe corridor for tigers 05 January 2012
- Karnataka to deploy Special Tiger Protection Force 05 January 2012
- Translocated tigress gives birth 18 December 2011
- 51 tigers died in 2011 06 December 2011
- NTCA report on tiger density 21 November 2011
- Death of B2 Reported 21 November 2011
- Death of B2 Reported 21 November 2011
- Death of B2 Reported 21 November 2011
- Should tourists be kept away from critical tiger reserves 16 November 2011
- Bigger Nagzira-Navegaon reserve on cards 16 November 2011
- Khana tigress relocated to Panna 16 November 2011
- Genetics study shows extent of poaching 17 October 2011
- Road threat to Nagzira-Navegaon tiger reserve. 12 October 2011
- Distemper in Amur tiger populations, 02 October 2011
- Mansinghdeo sanctuary's endless wait continues 02 October 2011
- Poor genetic diversity a threat to tigers 02 October 2011
- More problems at Sariska? 21 September 2011
- Forest Advisory Committee raise concerns 19 September 2011
- India and Bangladesh to work for the Sunderbans tigers 13 September 2011
- Ban on tiger safaris? 12 September 2011
- Corbett Turns 75 12 September 2011
- Tigers stage comeback in Jalgaon 09 September 2011
- Wildlife trade hits Karnataka 01 September 2011
- Care should be taken in the moving of wild cats 26 August 2011
- Cameras spot `missing` tigers at Ranthambore 26 August 2011
- Rajasthan tiger reserves get thumbs up 26 August 2011
- Khana - Pench Corridor 25 August 2011
- India's tigers struggle for space 24 August 2011
- After tigers, officials missing in Sariska 24 August 2011
- Shooting of Shehla Masood 16 August 2011
- Crying wolf in Ranthambhore 15 August 2011
- Bengali crocodile claims king of jungle title from tiger 12 August 2011
- New Tiger Reserves 12 August 2011
- Revised Cost Estimates for Project tiger 12 August 2011
- Tigers in Goa? Forest minister dodges queries 09 August 2011
- Tigress and three tigers missing from Ranthambore 08 August 2011
- After 50 tiger deaths, 3 poachers convicted 08 August 2011
- Villagers' rights to be curbed near Mukundra sanctuary 04 August 2011
- Special status to villagers under buffer zone of tiger reserve 02 August 2011
- Tiger numbers up, but habitat of big cats, co-predators and prey shrinks 02 August 2011
- Experts question "independence" of evaluation of tiger reserves 01 August 2011
- 'Goa stretch of Western Ghats vital tiger link' 01 August 2011
- Manpower crisis, poor infrastructure plaguing most NE tiger reserves 01 August 2011
- Sundarbans has only 90 tigers 29 July 2011
- Tiger numbers up by 20% in four years 29 July 2011
- Sariska's jinx with cubs continues 29 July 2011
- Petition for Mhadei Tiger Reserve 14 July 2011
- Caging of Bandhavgarh tigers 14 July 2011
- Nepal to 'fingerprint' tigers 04 July 2011
- Use armed force to guard Simlipal 04 July 2011
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary on the road to recovery 01 July 2011
- Sariska's sluggish relocation of villagers 01 July 2011
- Where is T47? 30 June 2011
- Merlyn Chesterman Tiger Prints - first of a series 29 June 2011
- Kawal in Adilabad to be new tiger reserve 27 June 2011
- Male Tiger Plays Mom to a Litter of Orphaned Cubs 18 May 2011
- India Announces Phase IV in Tiger Conservation 15 May 2011
- States squabble over who has most tigers 15 May 2011
- Madhya Pradesh sees decline in big cats, loses 'tiger state' tag to Karnataka 01 April 2011
- Steps mooted to protect straying Ranthambore Park tigers 29 March 2011
- Tiger occupancy area has shrunk by 20,000 sq km 29 March 2011
- Tigers bounce back, 16% rise in population 29 March 2011
- Rajaji tiger count tops 32, no thanks to Van Gujjars 24 March 2011
- Tiger Census to be released 23 March 2011
- No decline in tigers in Similipal forest 21 March 2011
- Undercover investigation reveals Richmond firm's tiger-parts trade 18 March 2011
- Experts Sighted the Rarest View- 34 Tiger Cubs in Corbett National Park 18 March 2011
- Sumatran tigers nearly extinct in Way Kambas 27 January 2011
- Muslim bizman rebuilds mandir 25 January 2011
- Nepal Translocates First Wild Tiger to New Home 24 January 2011
- 24 x 7 protection for tigers soon 24 January 2011
- Indian bison to roam Bandhavgarh reserve again after a decade 23 January 2011
- Pvt airlines aiding illegal wildlife trade 21 January 2011
- Four rhinos translocated to Manas 17 January 2011
- Bristol heart surgeon aims to save tigers in India 29 December 2010
