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Tiger population increases in Assam, Andhra Pradesh

July 30, 2021455 Views

There has been significant rise in tiger population in Assam and Andhra Pradesh since the last tiger census. While the tiger population in Assam has increased to 200 in 2021 from 159 in 2018, in Andhra Pradesh it increased from 47 to 63 since the All India Tiger Estimation-2018. Moreover, three of Assam’s Tiger reserves- Kaziranga, Manas, and Orang, have also received the accreditation of the Global Conservation Assured/Tiger Standards (CA/TS) this month. This certification is done on the basis of meeting the criterion of effective management of target species for successful tiger conservation At present, there are 121 big cats in Kaziranga, 48 in Manas, 28 in Orang, and three in Nameri tiger reserves. Assam and Madhya Pradesh are the only two states in the country where three t...

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Madhya Pradesh tops in Leopard population as well

UPENDRA SWAMI

December 22, 20201035 Views

India’s leopard count estimated to be 12,800 with 60% increase in four years Increase in Tiger, Lion & Leopards numbers over the last few years is a testimony to the conservation efforts and of the fledgling wildlife & biodiversity of the country. Source: Status of Leopards in India report. Photo: © Shivang Mehta. India now has 12,852 leopards as compared to the previous estimate of 7910 conducted 2014. More than 60% increase in population has been recorded. The States of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra recorded the highest leopard estimates at 3,421, 1,783 and 1,690 respectively. Monitoring of the tiger in India has clearly shown its umbrella role in the ecosystem, which has shed light on other charismatic species like the Leopard. These stats were outcome o...

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MP lost 290 tigers in 19 years, but big cat population still up

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

December 1, 20201008 Views

Madhya Pradesh has lost 290 tigers over the last 19 years but the central Indian state still has more than 675 tigers, including 125 cubs, in the designated reserves and in the wild, a top Forest department official said on Monday. Claiming that the population of tigers has actually "gone up", he said Madhya Pradesh will continue to remain the "tiger state of India". The official said only five per cent of the deaths of big cats had occurred due to poaching or in man-animal conflicts. Most of the deaths of the tigers occurred either in territorial fights or due to natural causes, he added. "Madhya Pradesh has lost 290 tigers so far since 2002," Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Alok Kumar said. However, there are 550 big cats in tiger reserves in Kanha, Ban...

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पूर्णिमा की पूरी रात, जंगल में मचान पर

MANEESH SHARMA

October 29, 20201578 Views

वह माया थी, अपने चार शावकों के साथ। माया बाघिन ने तादोबा को उसी तरह की ख्याति दे दी है जिस तरह की कभी मछली बाघिन ने राजस्थान में रणथंबौर को दी थी। टेलिया इलाके में सैलानी अक्सर माया को उसके बच्चों के साथ देखने के लिए जरूरत आते हैं। हालांकि तादोबा को लोकप्रिय बनाने में माया के अलावा वाघदोह बाघ का भी बहुत हाथ रहा है, जिसके बारे में कहा जाता है कि वह भारत का सबसे बड़ा बाघ है। अब यह कितना सच है, कहना मुश्किल है लेकिन इसमें कोई दोराय नहीं कि वाघदोह को देखा तो लगता है कि वह वाकई बड़ा ही भव्य और दिव्य है। बाघ परिवार के पांच सदस्यों को एक साथ देखने का रोमांच सबको नसीब नहीं होता बहरहाल, यहां मैं जंगल के बीच पेड़ में मचान पर बैठा था और नीचे माया अपने परिवार के साथ पानी में खिलवाड़ कर रही थी। मई के महीने की कड़क दोपहर के बाद शाम ढलने वाली थी। जानवरों के सेंसस (गिनती) में भाग लेने का मेरे लिए त...

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India’s Tiger Census sets a New Guinness Record

UPENDRA SWAMI

July 12, 20201058 Views

The fourth cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation 2018, has entered the Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey. The citation at the Guinness World Record website reads- “The fourth iteration of the survey – conducted in 2018-19 - was the most comprehensive to date, in terms of both resource and data amassed. Camera traps (outdoor photographic devices fitted with motion sensors that start recording when an animal passes by) were placed in 26,838 locations across 141 different sites and surveyed an effective area of 121,337 square kilometres (46,848 square miles). In total, the camera traps captured 34,858,623 photographs of wildlife (76,651 of which were tigers and 51,777 were leopards; the remainder were other native fauna). From these photog...