The nilgai is India’s largest antelope, one of its most widely distributed large mammals, and possibly its most politically contested. In Bihar it is protected by religious sentiment. In Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh it has been declared vermin. The same animal, under the same law, treated in entirely opposite ways depending on where it stands.
tiger corridor
Two separate mining proposals in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra — one for iron ore, one for coal — are moving through India’s wildlife clearance system. Both affect forest land in the Brahmapuri division, a corridor that connects Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve with forests across Gadchiroli, Nawegaon-Nagzira, and Chhattisgarh. Here is what the facts say.
The sambar is India’s largest deer, the tiger’s most important prey across much of its range, and one of the least-watched large mammals in the Indian forest. Its invisibility is almost entirely intentional.
A new field report from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, finds a thriving tiger and leopard population in a forest that is not a tiger reserve, not a national park, and not protected in any formal sense. The findings are remarkable. So is the problem buried within them.
The Royal Bengal tiger, India’s pride as well as its national animal, is in danger of being wiped […]
To preserve the tiger population, the government of the southern Indian state of Telangana has decided to set […]
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No Room in Buxa, Tigers Move Out
Tigers from Buxa reserve have moved close to the Bhutan border edged out by growing human settlements. Camera traps in Buxa have failed to produce any evidence of tiger presence in the reserve. Read more from the original source here.
New Butterfly Species Discovered in Arunachal Pradesh
Banded Tit, a new butterfly species that lives for nearly 2 weeks, has been found in the forests of Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district. It’s believed to spend a large part of the year in a dormant state. Read more from the original source here.
Border Security Forces Can’t Wish Away the `Elephant in the Room’
Elephants have made it a habit of walking through the living room, or in this case completely destroying the makeshift living quarters, of Indian border security force personnel in Garo hills in Meghalaya bordering Bangladesh. Officials aren’t sure if this treatment is only reserved for Indian forces. Read more from the original source here.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors head to tiger reserves to catch a glimpse of that striped wonder. Only […]
Funds didn’t come; villagers wouldn’t vacate forest land without seeing the money; compensation arrives late; villagers change their […]