NEWSLINK: Ban lifted on tiger tourism

SC lifts ban on Tiger tourism
Daily Bhaskar
Stepping in to conserve the big cat, the Supreme Court had on July 24 ordered banning all tourism activities in any of the core zones of tiger reserves across the country. The Apex Court also asked the Centre to notify within a week fresh guidelines ...

India Lifts Tiger Tourism Ban But Paws Remain Out International Business Times Is a ban on so-called “tiger tourism” good for the big cat's dwindling population? That was the question at hand as India's Supreme Court made its highly anticipated ruling on the matter on Tuesday. India Lifts Tiger Tourism Ban But Paws Remain Out ... ndian Court Lifts Tourist Ban in Deep Tiger Reserve Areas Bloomberg India, home to the world's largest number of wild tigers, is trying to protect the big cats from habitat destruction and poachers engaged in illegal trade of skin and body parts. Travel Operators for Tigers, a lobby group, says a ban would dent India's ...

NEWSLINK: Bret Michaels's New Neighbor Is a Wild Bobcat!

Bret Michaels's New Neighbor Is a Wild Bobcat!
People Magazine
"There's this bobcat that lives near my property," explained Michaels, who Tweeted a picture of the big cat outside his Arizona home. "He just walks by and I'm like, 'Hey, how you doing.'" Michaels knows animals, and, as the designer of the PetSmart ...

NEWSLINK: New software to help monitor big cat conservation

New software to help monitor big cat conservation » OnlySoftwareBlog
By Amrinder
The Monitoring system for Tigers Intensive Patrolling and Ecological Status (MSTrIPes), the software will be used to keep a track on patrols in protected areas and also help identify vulnerable points inside such areas. Big cat scientist at the WII ...

SIGHTINGS: Lion sightings reported in Bedfordshire. No media circus this time around

Seriously, more lion reports in the U.K.
‘Lion’ on the loose in Bedford: big cat sightings reported

Two witnesses claim they saw a lion “on the prowl” in a residential area of Bedford, six weeks after similar sightings sparked panic in Essex.
Two dog walkers claim to have spotted a lion stalking a housing estate in Bedford.
The women reported seeing the “orange and brown” beast prowling around the residential area.
However, while Essex police mounted a full-scale lion hunt this summer following claims of a wild animal on the loose, the Bedfordshire force is taking a more sceptical approach.
The first eyewitness said she came face-to-face with the lion in Thor Drive this week as she walked her Yorkshire Terriers.
“I was stood about four feet away from it and I’ve seen enough National Geographic programmes to know it was on the prowl,” said the woman, who declined to be named “for fear of being mocked”.
The animal was last seen heading off in the direction of a neighbouring pig farm. Locals speculated that it could have been a pig.
A Bedfordshire Police spokesman said: “There is no ongoing incident involving a lion.”

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SIGHTINGS: Mountain lion sightings fuel lore in eastern Mass.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Christine Poke knows what she saw.

The mountain lion, extinct in the eastern United States as far as biologists are concerned, nonchalantly cut through her Lenox neighborhood, making a surprise appearance during her otherwise uneventful morning stroll.

‘‘I was walking down the road here on Galway Court and it crossed right in front of me,’’ Poke said. ‘‘It just crossed the road; it was just very happy and just padded along.’’

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SIGHTING: 'Lion' on the loose in Bedford: big cat sightings reported

Two witnesses claim they saw a lion "on the prowl" in a residential area of Bedford, six weeks after similar sightings sparked panic in Essex.

USA SIGHTING: Ohio, puma

Reports of big cat in area were taken seriously - Saturday, October ...
Thousands of digital and infrared cameras are scattered around the countryside as hunters follow deer movements in hopes of getting a glimpse of their dream ...