17 May 2012
The Supreme Court has directed all states to demarcate and notify buffer zones around each of their tiger reserves within three months. While conservationists say the order would curb commercialisation of revenue land around tiger habitats, tribal rights activists think its implementation will result in repression of forest dwellers by forest departments. Click on date for more details
15 May 2012
A forest ranger and a forester were recently beaten up by the illegal mining mafia in the core area of the Rathambhore reserve. For more information click on date
08 May 2012
Aptly titled, 'Corbett, now on sale', a story in a weekly magazine brought an open secret out in print: The land around - and even inside - the Corbett Tiger Reserve is up for grabs, controlled by the country's Who's Who. It highlighted how tourism resorts have destroyed the Kosi river corridor, cutting off access for animals to a crucial water source. This matter had in fact first come to light in a report, 'Impact of tourism on tigers and other wildlife of Corbett', published in January 2010. Click on date for more details
Translocated tigress gives birth
From http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/roaring-news-translocated-tigress-gives-birth_747403.html
Bhopal: Wildlife enthusiasts had reason for cheer after a translocated tigresses at the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh gave birth and was spotted with a cub, officials said Saturday.
The tigress, named T4, was translocated from the Kanha Tiger Reserve to Panna in March this year. The six-year-old tigress was a semi-wild one and had spent most of her time in Kanha inside an enclosure after being orphaned.
"Our searching team has spotted T4 with a cub in Mandla range. However, we have yet to see it ourselves," Panna Tiger Reserves field director R. Sriniwas Murthy told IANS.
Murthy added the tigress may have more cubs, "In the normal case, a tigress in its first litter, gives birth to at least three cubs. So we are hoping for more, but till we see it ourselves, nothing can be said."
Her sister, T5, was also translocated to Panna in November.
Panna has five tigers, four females and one male.
