Periyar Tiger Reserve

A rogue elephant, notorious for breaking into ration shops to steal rice and causing damage to human settlements in Chinnakanal and Santhanpara areas of this hill district, was tranquilised on Saturday after months of uncertainty and confusion.

The Kerala goverment has closed the Periyar Tiger Reserve for tourism till March 31 following government advisory on self-quarantine to passengers coming from coronavirus-affected area.

As part of the tiger census programme, for the first time 506 camera traps have been set up in a 925 sq-km area of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, one of the single largest compact forest blocks in south Western Ghats, to intensively monitor the population of the feline.

The number of tigers in Kerala's reserve forests has gone up to 100 due to excellent protection measures for the wildlife, an official said on Tuesday.

A tigress was found dead in the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Kerala.The carcass was spotted by Wildlife guards at Nellikkapatti near the Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district on Wednesday. The tigress, around 10-year-old, seems to have died of natural reasons, Wildlife sources said.However, the exact reason for the death would be ascertained only a...

A rogue elephant, notorious for breaking into ration shops to steal rice and causing damage to human settlements in Chinnakanal and Santhanpara areas of this hill district, was tranquilised on Saturday after months of uncertainty and confusion.

The Kerala goverment has closed the Periyar Tiger Reserve for tourism till March 31 following government advisory on self-quarantine to passengers coming from coronavirus-affected area.

As part of the tiger census programme, for the first time 506 camera traps have been set up in a 925 sq-km area of the Periyar Tiger Reserve, one of the single largest compact forest blocks in south Western Ghats, to intensively monitor the population of the feline.

The number of tigers in Kerala's reserve forests has gone up to 100 due to excellent protection measures for the wildlife, an official said on Tuesday.

A tigress was found dead in the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) in Kerala.The carcass was spotted by Wildlife guards at Nellikkapatti near the Mullaperiyar Dam in Idukki district on Wednesday. The tigress, around 10-year-old, seems to have died of natural reasons, Wildlife sources said.However, the exact reason for the death would be ascertained only a...