Three individuals have been arrested in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district for allegedly killing and burning a wild animal, suspected to be a rare Caracal wild cat. The incident came to light after a video was uploaded to social media.
Royal Bengal tigress at Sunderbans caught by the forest officials.
An adult tiger with a radio collar was found dead in the Rani Durgavati Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, India, prompting concerns about the safety and management of the reserve. The death, attributed to a territorial fight, has led to allegations of negligence and calls for investigation.
Wildlife experts have cautioned that multiple tiger deaths within a short span may point to underlying ecological or management concerns.
Golden tigers -- also known as strawberry tigers -- owe their pale-gold coats and faint stripes to a rare genetic mutation.
Jagjit Anthak from Thane sent us these photographs from his visit to Ranthambore Tiger Reserve.
'Conservation is is fundamental to the resilience of our communities and the health of our planet,' says Dr Ramakant Panda, who is considered to be one the world's top heart surgeons.
2023 was the worst for the tiger population, recording the highest number of mortalities in a decade with 178 tigers dying.
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The Delhi police, however, said in a statement on 'X' that the animal seen in the video is a 'common house cat'.
In the clip of about 40 seconds, a man is seen pouring water from a can into a pan, following which five cheetahs sitting under the shadow in the vicinity walk up to the utensil and start drinking the water.
India is set to bring eight cheetahs from Botswana in two phases, with four arriving by May 2025. This follows the successful reintroduction of cheetahs to Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, with the population now at 26, including 14 cubs born in India. The initiative aims to boost cheetah conservation efforts and create inter-state collaboration for their protection. The project has already seen significant investment, with over Rs 112 crore spent on cheetah rehabilitation.
A 'man-eater' tiger that killed a woman two days ago was found dead in Kerala's high-range district of Wayanad on Monday and an autopsy on the dead cat revealed the presence of the victim's hair, dress, and a pair of earrings in its stomach, forest officials said.
A wedding in Lucknow was disrupted when a leopard entered the banquet hall, leaving a forest official injured and the bride and groom stranded in a car for hours. The leopard was eventually caught and tranquillized after hours of efforts. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticized the BJP-led state government over the incident, blaming human encroachment in forests for the increasing incidents of wild animals entering urban areas.
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Currently, only one cheetah, named Pavan, is roaming free, with officials noting that he is difficult to spot and capture.
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After three days of intense search operations, forest department officials tracked the wild cat in the city's outskirts at Kudlu Gate near Electronic City in Bengaluru South.
One would have expected Rashtrapati Bhavan and not the Delhi police to settle the Unidentified Feline Object issue. In its absence, the four legged-visitor spanned in imagined identity, anything from a domestic cat familiar with the palatial surroundings to a swashbuckling Puss in Boots visiting from the outside or indeed a Bagheera from Jungle Book, notes Shyam G Menon.
He said the South African cheetahs will first arrive at the Gwalior Air Force base in MP on Saturday morning and 30 minutes later they will be transported some 165km away to KNP in Sheopur district by IAF helicopters.
Cheetahs have coexisted with leopards and lions in Africa, but some officials in India consider the high leopard population in Kuno and Gandhi Sagar a problem as it would "reduce the prey biomass for cheetahs".
There are now 10 male cheetahs and as many females at MP's Kuno National Park.
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Cheetah will have to spend their entire air transit period empty stomach, a senior Indian forest department official said on Tuesday.
Shripad Khire from Sangli sent us these photographs.
A formal signing of an agreement is holding up their inter-continental translocation, wildlife experts have said.
Park officials said the striped cat, possibly a female, was spotted at 8.30 am near the national highway along the southern edge of the national park.
Due to the differences in circadian rhythms between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, some cheetahs developed thick winter coats during the Indian summer and monsoon last year, anticipating the African winter (June to September).
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Extending the ban on tourism in core tiger reserve areas till September 27, the Supreme Court on Wednesday indicated it was not averse to permit regulated tourist activities, subject to the Centre evolving suitable revised guidelines to protect the depleting wild cat.
The leopard, a four-year-old female, was trapped on the Borivali-Thane Ghodbunder road, forest officials said. The trap was one of the 35 set by forest authorities in and around the national park.
With the Centre formally notifying fresh guidelines on tiger conservation, the Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the decks for resumption of tourism activities in the areas reserved for the wild cat.
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After leopards killed six people in the area in June, numerous cages had been positioned by the Forest Department to trap the ones straying near residential colonies around the park.
Leopards have killed two persons and injured two others in the periphery of Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai since Sunday night.
Citing concerns expressed by States, the Centre has sought the Supreme Court's permission to review existing guidelines for conservation of tigers in the wake of its order banning tourism in core areas of tiger reserves across the country.
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