November 20th, 2008 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Guwahati, Nov 20, (IANS) A leopard cub was rescued and released Wednesday night in Assam's eastern Digboi town, officials said here Thursday.The animal was around eight months old and was freed near ...
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October 30th, 2008 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 30 (ANI): A research by scientists from the US and UK has suggested that far from being solitary hunters, sabretooth tigers were social animals who hunted in packs, sharing ...
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September 14th, 2008 - 1:47 pm ICT by ANI
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Lucknow, Sept 14 (ANI): Authorities in Lucknow Zoo, that has been a home to many rescued leopards, has been facing space crunch for keeping the animals.
Apart from the three big cats, ...
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August 8th, 2008 - 10:14 am ICT by IANS
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By Sanjeeb Baruah
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Elephant poaching in India may increase as China plans to open its domestic market for limited sale of ivory products after a UN committee gave ...
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August 1st, 2008 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhubaneswar, Aug 1 (IANS) They may be captive white tigers but Rishi, Sitesh and Prachi turned four years old in style as thousands of people poured into Orissa's Nandankanan zoo to wish ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
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By Soudhriti Bhabani
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) A rise in tiger attacks in the Sundarbans mangrove forests of India indicates that the big cats are crossing over from Bangladesh where Cyclone Sidr destroyed ...
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July 13th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
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Raipur, July 13 (IANS) Concerned over rise in poaching and threat to tigers in Chhattisgarh's forests, the state government has formed a committee under chairmanship of Chief Minister Raman Singh for constant ...
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July 4th, 2008 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Alwar (Rajasthan), July 4 (IANS) A Royal Bengal tigress was flown to Rajasthan's Sariska tiger reserve from Ranthambore national park Friday, to be a mate to the tiger relocated there last week. ...
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July 4th, 2008 - 10:07 am ICT by IANS
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Sunderbans (Bangladesh), July 4 (IANS) Flushed out of their natural habitat and deprived of food by floods and Cyclone Sidr, the famed Royal Bengal tiger that roams these mangrove forests is desperately ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
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By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, July 2 (IANS) Hit by rampant poaching and a rocketing trade in organs, the number of tigers is plummeting in Nepal, that once boasted of the third-largest population of ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by IANS
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Washington, July 2 (IANS) If trade in tiger parts were reopened, the demand in China would end up wiping out the 4,000 big cats that remain in the wild, according to a ...
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June 30th, 2008 - 6:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Bhopal, June 30 (IANS) Yet another white tigress has died at the Van Vihar National Park here, an official said Thursday. Park veterinarian Atul Gupta said the tigress, Kiku, "was a paralytic ...
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June 28th, 2008 - 6:27 pm ICT by IANS
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By Anil Sharma
Alwar (Rajasthan), June 28 (IANS) After a prolonged wait, a male tiger literally landed Saturday in Rajasthan's Sariska Tiger Reserve as part of a rehabilitation programme after the park lost ...
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June 26th, 2008 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) A Royal Bengal tiger in Rajasthan's Ranthambore national park is all set to move to his new home in Sariska reserve. Experts are making last-minute preparation for ...
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June 25th, 2008 - 9:59 am ICT by IANS
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By Sanjay Sharma
Bhopal, June 25 (IANS) A sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh that has been identified as an alternative habitat for the endangered Asiatic lion is to soon to get the first of ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 8:18 am ICT by IANS
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Raipur, June 16 (IANS) About a hundred villagers hosted a feast on the outskirts of state capital to name three lion cubs at a government zoo, an official said Monday. Residents from ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 10 (ANI): If reports are to be believed, illegal tiger bone wine is still being made and sold by some animal parks in China.
Evidence emerged when researchers from a ...
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June 10th, 2008 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, June 10 (ANI): Actor Harrison Ford, who has portrayed the fictional Indiana Jones on the silver screen, has endorsed a new global tiger initiative, which will take a hard look ...
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June 6th, 2008 - 2:08 pm ICT by IANS
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Alwar (Rajasthan), June 6 (IANS) The Sariska Tiger Reserve near here, which lost all of its tigers to poachers about three years ago, will again resound with the roar of the big ...
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May 19th, 2008 - 3:52 pm ICT by admin
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Mumbai, May 19 (ANI): Bollywood actors have joined hands with World Wildlife Fund (WWF), to create awareness in the country about the need to save the tiger.
Actor Farooq Sheikh stressed on ...
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May 18th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by admin
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Bhopal, May 18 (IANS) The Van Vihar national park here received its much-awaited male tiger from the Kanha national park in the state. The tiger has been named 'Kanha' after the park ...
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May 16th, 2008 - 12:23 am ICT by admin
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Bhopal, May 15 (IANS) A white female tiger died at Van Vihar National Park here, two days after being operated upon, the park officials said Thursday. The tigress, Rini, was paralytic and ...
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May 11th, 2008 - 8:36 pm ICT by admin
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Bhopal, May 11 (ANI): A team of veterinarians successfully operated upon an 18-year-old tigress 'Rini' for a fibrous growth beneath her eye, in a two-hour long operation, in Bhopal on May ...
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May 9th, 2008 - 7:32 am ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Three tigers that are to be relocated from the Ranthambore national park to Sariska tiger reserve should be shifted in a helicopter, officials have suggested to the ...
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March 27th, 2008 - 1:43 pm ICT by admin
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By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai, March 27 (IANS) With the acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover, does the Tata group have the two big cats of the British automobile industry by the tail? ...
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March 24th, 2008 - 3:42 pm ICT by admin
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Jaipur, March 24 (IANS) The Rajasthan forest department has identified three tigers in Ranthambore national park for their rehabilitation in Sariska tiger reserve as part of the government's plan to reintroduce the ...
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March 18th, 2008 - 1:11 am ICT by admin
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Bhopal, March 17 (IANS) A students body affiliated to the opposition Congress Monday held a demonstration protesting the rising number of tiger deaths in the city's Van Vihar National Park and demanded ...
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March 15th, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by admin
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Bhopal, March 15 (IANS) Employees of the Van Vihar National Park here locked its gates Saturday and did not allow in visitors to protest against the removal of the park director after ...
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March 15th, 2008 - 1:39 am ICT by admin
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Bhopal, March 14 (IANS) A three-year-old white tigress died Friday evening at the Van Vihar National Park here, taking to 14 the number of big cats that have died at the reserve ...
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March 10th, 2008 - 11:15 am ICT by admin
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By Sanjeeb Baruah
Corbett (Uttarakhand), March 10 (IANS) Riding high on its success in protecting the big cats, the Corbett tiger reserve in Uttarakhand now aims to expand its core area to over ...
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