Tiger Conservation

Wild tiger to stay at Nandankanan Zoo for now

Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2013

A wild tiger which strayed into Nandankanan Zoo in Bhubaneswar last month and was trapped, will remain in captivity till its original habitat is identified.

Bina 1 and 2, sisters and tigresses, arrive in Sariska

Written by Harsha Kumari Singh, Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Wednesday January 23, 2013

Efforts to relocate tigers from Ranthambore to Sariska received a big boost today as, in two days, two young tigresses, Bina 1 and Bina 2, were successfully tranquilised and moved to the national park, located in Alwar in Rajasthan.

Protester's blog: It is time for the government to come to us

Written by Upamanyu Raju | Monday December 24, 2012

Upamanyu Raju, 21, runs an NGO for tiger conservation in Delhi. He was among the protesters at Jantar Mantar today and at India Gate yesterday. This is his blog (as told to ndtv.com's Amit Chaturvedi)

Four tiger deaths in three months in Uttar Pradesh

Written by Sabyasachi Dasgupta | Monday August 13, 2012

In what could be a huge setback to the tiger conservation effort in Uttar Pradesh, another tiger was found dead in Pooranpur near Pilibhit division in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. This is the fourth tiger death in three months in the state. Earlier in Ma...

Are tourism resorts fragmenting tiger landscape?

Gargi Rawat | Sunday July 15, 2012

Is tourism disturbing our big cats and should tourism be banned in the core areas of our tiger reserves? Well, that's what some activists say, but there are others who believe that it's time the Indian government change its attitude towards tiger con...

Leopard kept at District Collector's home to 'entertain' people

Indo-Asian News Service | Tuesday July 10, 2012

Odisha officials have drawn flak after a captured male leopard was brought to the residence of a district collector to "entertain" people in the area. The leopard had entered a shop in the district headquarters town of Sonepur, about 280 km from here...

Four more tiger sanctuaries in Maharashtra

Ketki Angre | Thursday June 7, 2012

There's good news for wildlife conservation efforts in Maharashtra. The state has notified four new wildlife sanctuaries in Vidarbha, areas that will now get legal protection against any commercial activities.

All tiger deaths to be treated as cases of 'poaching'

Reported by Ketki Angre | Friday June 1, 2012

In a strongly worded letter to all tiger states across the nation, The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has said that henceforth all tiger and leopard deaths will be treated as 'poaching', unless otherwise proved beyond reasonable doubt.

Three tigers found dead in three days in Uttar Pradesh

Reported by Anant Zanane | Sunday May 27, 2012

In what could be a huge setback to the tiger conservation effort in Uttar Pradesh, three tigers have died in the past three days in the jungles of the Tarai region.

E-eye to keep a tab on tigers in Corbett

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday April 23, 2012

With poachers posing a massive threat to tigers in India, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has launched a pilot project in Uttarakhand's Corbett National Park for round-the-clock surveillance of the park using high definition cameras....

Madhuri rues lack of adequate space for wild animals

Press Trust of India | Thursday July 21, 2011

Madhuri Dixit, appointed brand ambassador for a fund-raising project for conservation of elephants and tigers, lamented there is lack of space.

NDTV follows the wandering tiger

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday May 28, 2011

Earlier this month, NDTV travelled to the Bhadra Tiger Reserve in north Karnataka to film the release of a captured wild tiger and it was an incredible sight indeed.The tiger captured near Shimoga after it killed a man. Now, after a team of tiger researchers have studied images of the released anima...

Tiger census: 295 tigers added, population estimated at 1706

NDTV Correspondent | Monday March 28, 2011

Conservationists rejoiced when the tiger numbers from the 2011 census were released today. According to the second all-India tiger population estimation study, carried out in the designated 39 tiger reserves across the country, there has been an increase of 295 tigers in India. The population is est...

Govt gives 'in principle' nod for 5 new tiger reserves

NDTV Correspondent | Friday January 14, 2011

Giving a boost to tiger conservation in the country, the government on Thursday gave an in-principle go-ahead for five new tiger reserves across the country. (Also See: NDTV's Save Our Tigers campaign)In a move to decentralize and strengthen the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), it has ...

Conservation efforts get a boost; 8 tiger cubs born in the same reserve

Press Trust of India | Sunday November 28, 2010

Two tigresses have given birth to eight cubs in Madhya Pradesh's Pench Tiger Reserve in a span of just two months."Last month, a tigress with five newly born cubs was sighted and this month our ground duty officials have spotted another feline with three cubs," Pench Deputy Field Director O P Tiwari...