Showing posts with label bhutan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bhutan. Show all posts

Friday, 5 October 2012

NEWSLINLK: Big cat attacks in Bhutan

Dying for survival
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
Losing livestock to the big cats, or crops to menacing monkeys and wild boars, is something people in the villages put up with every day. Under the mantle of conservation efforts the country has been lauded for, such incidents are bound to surface ...

Friday, 28 September 2012

NEWSLINK: Tigers in Bhutan

Wildlife on our doorstep
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
Last year was the year of the tiger, but it is this year that the big cat seems to be really out and about, going by livestock kills being reported in different parts of the country in recent months. In Dorji Goenpa, Trongsa, forest officials are still ...

Monday, 10 September 2012

NEWSLINK: Bhutanese big cats

Trap falls short, literally
Kuensel, Buhutan's National Newspaper
“People should inform us the moment the big cat falls into one of these traps,” senior livestock production officer Kinzang Gyaltshen said, adding they were going to tranquillise the big cat and take it to Thimphu to be kept in a rehabilitation unit ...