Triplets Of Panna Big Cat Boost For Dwindling Nos

Bhopal: A translocated tigress has for the first time given birth to three cubs in Maden birth to three cubs in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna reserve, from where the big cats had disappeared. It’s a big boost to efforts to revive the tiger population in the country.

Number sees 15% Rise Since 2005 Census

Ahmedabad: Gujarat, the last abode of the Asiatic lion, added some more to the big cat pride. Forests officials involved in the lion census in Gir and surrounding areas said an increase of 12-15% has been recorded in the number of lions compared to the 2005 census, which had put the count at 359.

Big Cats To Be Relocated From Ranthambore Reserve

 

Jaipur: The Sariska National Park is set to get two more tigers, one male and another female. The Centre has approved their relocation, likely to take place on July 4, from the Ranthambore reserve.

 

Sariska at present has two tigress and tiger that were airlifted from Ranthambore park between July 2008 and early 2009.

The Himalayas may be a good five million years older than earlier estimates of the formation of the world’s highest mountain range, according to a joint study by Indian and British ocean scientists. The new findings position its era of formation to around 13.9-14.4 million years ago as against the earlier theory of eight million years.

Hyderabad: The proposed Night Safari Park at Kothaguda reserve forest near Madhapur has got the green signal from the Central Zoo Authority.

Ahmedabad: He salivates over raw meat. But on Friday, at lunchtime, Raja was nonchalantly nibbling at bamboo leaves. This tiger at Ahmedabad’s Kamla Nehru Zoo gives a break to his fangs and chews on greens like the other carnivores. Not many know, but carnivores have an instinctive way of regulating their digestive system, like dogs, by feeding on green grass after a heavy meat diet.

The singer teams up with Sanctuary India to spread the message of saving tigers in India through a video

Srinagar : Snow leopards are meeting the same fate as tigers, prompting the Jammu and Kashmir government to launch a conservation programme to save the animal from extinction.