UK SIGHTINGS: 'Tiger' among big cat reports to Devon and Cornwall Police

'Tiger' among big cat reports to Devon and Cornwall PoliceBBC News

Another Devon caller reported a "wild beast locked inside a room" of his house, while a "large cat knocked something over" in the premises of a caller ...

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UK SIGHTINGS: Is there a tiger loose in Cambridge?

This’ll make you paws for thought…

Cambridge cops have just released new info about the ‘Fen Tiger’, who has been baffling residents and students for years.

The mysterious beast cropped upREAD MORE three times in 2013, according to official data.

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NEWSLINK: Man fights off tiger in Sunderbans

Man fights off tiger in Sunderbans Times of India

JOYNAGAR: Tapan Piyada had stared at the jaws of death, quite literally. But he endured it all to tell his survival story. "I remember the moment vividly.

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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: 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: 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: Tiger tourism in the Sunderbans

Spurt in tiger sighting draws tourists to Sunderbans
Times of India
Two successive tiger sightings at Pirkhali on Saptami and Ashthami led to a cheer among tourists, most of whom return disappointed from Sunderbans where spotting a big cat is a rare occurrence. On Monday, yet another tiger was sighted near Dobanki.

NEWSLINK: Ranthambhore's 'fearless' big cat claims a third human victim

Ranthambhore's 'fearless' big cat claims a third human victim
Daily Mail
A tiger from Ranthambore National Park killed a forester on Thursday, claiming its second human victim since March and its third since 2010. The big cat, known as T-24, had previously killed a young villager on March 8, and a woman in 2010. The ...

NEWSLINK: Tigress found dead in Chandrapur

Tigress found dead in Chandrapur
Business Standard
A tigress was found dead in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve of Chandrapur in Maharashtra today, forest officials said. "The full-grown big cat was found dead near a drain in Jamni jungle in Tadoba this morning. Prima facie it appears that it died of ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger kill in India

Villagers chopped tiger in panic
Times of India
Despite being aware that the tiger and other wild animals frequent the area for water, the forest guard didn't turn up at the spot for three days before the big cat was killed. Moreover, role of joint village management committee (JVMC) members was ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger Conservation

Ghettoisation of tigers possible says WII
Hindustan Times
The study conducted as part of new estimation of big cat population in the tiger reserves across India is a huge fillip to wildlife researchers as it shows that India can provide home to around 70% of world's tiger population (around 3,200) by 2020 ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger attack

Ranthambore National Park: Tiger's daring attack shocks everyone
Times of India
JAIPUR: The death of a forester, Gheesu Singh, in an attack by a male tiger in Ranthambore National Park on Thursday morning has shocked everyone, more because of the behaviour of the big cat. Gheesu Singh was walking between two groups of ...

NEWSLINK: More on repeal of tiger tourism ban

India tiger tourism ban lifted
Wexas
Although tiger numbers have dwindled over recent decades, around 1,700 tigers still live in India, more than half the world's total population of this rare big cat. The ban was originally imposed in July of this year in response to a complaint by ...

NEWSLINK: More on lifting of tiger tourism ban

Indian Supreme Court Lifts Ban on Tiger Tourism
Voice of America
Conservationists have welcomed the move, saying that tourists posed no threat to the big cat. Economic impact. Until a few days ago, Amit Sankhla, was wondering if he would have to shut down the tourist lodges he operates in two sprawling tiger ...

IGCAT

Tigers on the tourist trail again in India | The Times A threatened suspension of tourism in Indian tiger reserves risks leaving the big cats more vulnerable to poachers,. ... The big cat escaped from its enclosure at Cologne Zoo and fatally mauled the keeper before being shot dead by the.