INDIA: Tiger still in search of home

Tiger still in search of home Times of India Forest department officials, who have named the three-year-old tiger A2, say that the big cat is lurking in the tiger corridor between Kumrambheem ...

INDIA: Farmer killed in suspected tiger attack at Brahmapuri forest division

Chandrapur: Farmer killed in suspected tiger attack at Brahmapuri forest division The Indian Express Uikey is the 19th victim of big cat attacks in Chandrapur district this year. So far, Vidarbha has seen 26 deaths in big cat attacks, one of them by a ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger leaps onto boat, snatches man in east India

KOLKATA, India (AP) — A Bengal tiger snatched a man off a fishing boat in eastern India, dragging him away into a mangrove swamp as his children looked on in horror, the man's son said Friday.

The attack happened Thursday as Sushil Manjhi and his son and daughter were crab fishing in a stream in the Sunderbans National Park. The tiger leaped aboard the boat and clamped its jaws on Manjhi's neck, said Sushil's son, Jyotish.

The tiger "quickly flung my father on his back and gave a giant leap before disappearing into the forest," Jyotish said by telephone from his village of Lahiripur in West Bengal state. He said he and his sister tried to beat the animal with sticks and a knife, but the thrashing had no effect. His father was dragged away and was presumed dead.

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NEWSLINK: Video of Snow Leopards in India | Wild Cats - Big Cats, Small Wild ...

Video of Snow Leopards in India | Wild Cats - Big Cats, Small Wild ... From the Snow Leopard Trust - a video of a snow leopard mother and her grown cubs in Himashal Pradesh, India. bigcatswildcats.com/video-of-snow-leopards-in-india/

NEWSLINK: The big cat - Financial Express - The Financial Express

The big cat - Financial Express - The Financial Express

Valmik Thapar compiles the definitive book on the tiger in India, spanning the past 500 years. Here are the author's thoughts on the book, and a selection of ...

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NEWSLINK: Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh compete to increase tiger count

Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh compete to increase tiger count Times of India

Our officials have done enough to maintain the big cat population.'' Principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) GS Prabhu said: "We're not keen on retaining ...

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NEWSLINK: Forest officials on the trail of big cat in SGNP

Forest officials on the trail of big cat in SGNP
Times of India
Earlier, two children and a woman were also attacked and killed by a big cat in separate incidents. Forest officials said the leopard who attacked the Bhandup security guard, Anthony Fernandes, would come out again in search of prey. "A cage has be put.

SIGHTING INDIA: Unexpected tiger sightings delight Dudhwa Reserve

Unexpected tiger sightings delight Dudhwa Reserve
Daily Pioneer
“The best part is that these big cats have been camera trapped in the Motipur and Kharkhara Ranges which fall in the buffer zones of the Reserve from where tiger presence was least expected,” he said. It also highlights the potentiality of such new areas.

NEWSLINK: Experts to help catch on-the-prowl leopard

Experts to help catch on-the-prowl leopard
Times of India
LUDHIANA: Suspecting a leopard on the prowl in Qadian village forest area, the forest department has roped in two experts to help it catch the big cat. The experts have conducted extensive studies on leopards in Uttrakhand. The big cat had escaped from ...

NEWSLINK: Leopard hunt continues, team seeks more equipment

Leopard hunt continues, team seeks more equipment
Indian Express
The big cat was first spotted in a pear orchard at Kadian village on November 11, and the forest department has not been able to trap it to date. Now the experts involved in this operation have sought more tranquilizer guns and even night-vision cameras.

NEWSLINK: Tiger spotting

Tiger spotting
Times of India
Not only is it common to watch the big cat even in winter (though April-June is the perfect time), one hears stories of tigers preying in front of a jeep full of visitors. You just don't want to consider yourself the rare, unlucky one. Yet, the fact ...

NEWSLINK: Rapid Response Unit vehicles ineffective in Ranthambore

Rapid Response Unit vehicles ineffective in Ranthambore
Times of India
The ranger was trying to tranquilize the big cat that had strayed into a village but had ventured too near. It was a close shave for Shaktawat who had to be airlifted to the capital for treatment. To prevent such accidents in future, the reserve was ...

NEWSLINK: 5-yr-old boy mauled to death by leopard

5-yr-old boy mauled to death by leopard
Business Standard
... forest department officials said here today. The boy was assaulted by the big cat in his own courtyard on late Wednesday night and dragged into nearby forest, they said. The half-eaten body of the victim was recovered by forest officials yesterday ...

NEWSLINK: Ministries on opposite side of fence over tigers, tribals

Ministries on opposite side of fence over tigers, tribals
Hindustan Times
interference) for the big cat without settling the rights of locals. The environment ministry had provided for this inviolate space as a mandatory condition to regulate tourism in tiger reserves. The rules were notified despite a dissent note of the ...

NEWSLINK: Leopard found dead, another kills child

Leopard found dead, another kills child
Business Standard
"The teeth marks on the dead leopard's neck and deep bruises on its stomach indicate that it was killed in a fight with another big cat," an official said, but added that the exact cause of its death will be known only after the post mortem report ...

NEWSLINK: World's Largest Tiger Reserve 'Bereft of Cats'

World's Largest Tiger Reserve 'Bereft of Cats'
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
Her bleak assessment was made after numerous local animal trackers told her they haven't seen tiger paw prints or other signs of big cat life in the valley for several years. “The hunters have told me there are no more tigers left,” said Bauk Jar ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger adopts cubs

Ferocious male adopts and raises 2 orphaned cubs at Ranthambore India Today When the field staff of the Ranthambhore National Park gave tiger T-25 the name Zalim (cruel) about two years back for his ferocity they would have hardly dreamt that the big cat would one day prove them all wrong by displaying traits of kindness and ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger attack in India

Rumours of tiger attack grip village
Times of India
Rumors were also rife that the big cat had injured some persons also, however investigations proved that the tiger had attacked and killed a cow in a forest 2.5km away from Galagihulkoppa village. No person was attacked or injured, said Dharwad rural ...

NEWSLINK: More on India Tiger Tourism

Tourism in Tiger Reserves Right or Wrong
Jagran Josh
Today wild life has been taken for granted and poaching of tigers has become an activity practiced at large. It is a shame that the government by law has to drive tourists out of the habitat of the big cat. The recent law passed by the Supreme Court ...

NEWSLINK: Leopard attack in India

Leopard kills two-year-old girl in Junagadh, injures another
Indian Express
Another girl, believed to be about three or four years old who playing nearby, was injured apparently by the big cat. The victim was playing at her family's mango orchard, with her mother and grandmother nearby, when the leopard attacked her around 7 ...