Controversies seem to not leave T-24 even after 10 days of his relocation from the lavish wilds of Ranthambore to a comparatively small 10,000 sq. feet enclosure at the Sajjangarh Biological Park here.
The 250-kilogram majestic big cat 'Ustad' is under scanner again, however, this time for no fault of his own. Questions are being raised at the park authorities for offering live bait to T-24, something which is strictly prohibited in the zoos.
Not any outsider, but one of the members of the high powered committee which was framed to monitor T-24's behaviour at the park, claimed that since tiger wasn't eating the meat given to him, a young buffalo was tied in the enclosure on the second day of his arrival at the park.
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The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper column-inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. Curated by Carl Marshall and Olivia McCarthy
Sunday, 7 June 2015
US SIGHTING/PHOTO: Bobcat spotted near elementary school in Bartram Springs
A bobcat was spotted around 8:30am on Monday morning in the Bartram Springs neighbourhood near an elementary school.
This was not the first spotting for the big cat either, around 1:15pm the same day, another Bartram Springs resident caught sight of the bobcat while walking her golden retriever near Race Track Road.
UK SIGHTING: Big cat spotted in Bagnall area
A sighting of a "Lynx-like" big cat in the Staffordshire Moorlands has raised fears a wild feline could be on the loose.
The sighting comes after farmers were urged to keep a watchful eye on their sheep after two incidents in the Bagnall area.
Six sheep were seriously hurt in two attacks which took place in April.
Now a serving police officer has told the Post & Times of his experience while walking in the area.
Thursday, 4 June 2015
NEWSLINK: Project Survival Cat Haven’s jaguar cubs growing fast
Project Survival Cat Haven’s new additions, jaguar cubs Nacho and Libre, have reached 7 months old and 65 pounds.
Nacho and Libre, both males, were born at the big-cat sanctuary in the foothills east of Fresno on Nov. 3, each weighing a little more than a pound. Their names come from the 2006 film “Nacho Libre” starring Jack Black — who happens to be a supporter of Cat Haven. Nacho is all-black; Libre is yellow-spotted.
NEWSLINK/VIDEO: American woman killed in lion attack at South Africa animal park
A lion killed an American woman and injured a man driving through a private wildlife park in Johannesburg on Monday, a park official said.
The attack occurred at around 2:30 p.m. when a lioness approached the passenger side of the vehicle as the woman took photos and then lunged, said Scott Simpson, assistant operations manager at the Lion Park.
"They had their windows all the way down, which is strictly against policy," he said. "The lion bit the lady through the window." The driver then tried to punch the lion and was scratched by the animal.
Park staff quickly chased the lion away from the car and an ambulance arrived promptly. "Unfortunately, she did pass away," said Simpson, adding that the U.S. Embassy had been informed.
NEWSLINK: 12 month’s after release ‘Putin’s tigers’ are reported as thriving
One year after five orphaned Siberian tigers were released in the Russian Far East the signs are four out of the five are doing well and have adapted successfully to life in the wild.
Thanks to four camera traps IFAW had donated to the Khingan Nature Reserve, there is now have footage of Ilona the tigress looking healthy and marking her territory.
Satellite tracking and camera trap videos show that the rehabilitated orphan tigress continues to thrive in the Russian forests near the Chinese border. By tracking her movements, scientists have learned that she is hunting wolves, deer and wild boar.
“Success stories like Ilona are helping to change the opinion and policy of officials in the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources,” said Maria Vorontsova, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) Russia director. “There was a general belief that it was impossible to rehabilitate and return orphan tiger cubs back to the wild. IFAW and our partner groups have now proven that it is indeed possible.”
NEWSLINK: India's 'man-eating' tiger to stay in Rajasthan zoo
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From the sectionIndia
A court in India's Rajasthan state has rejected a plea to release a tiger who has been branded a killer and caged.
Nine-year-old Ustad was tranquilised and shifted from a national park to a zoo earlier this month after he killed three men, including a forest guard.
A tiger lover had petitioned the court, saying caging the tiger was against India's wildlife laws.
India's tiger population stood at 2,226 in 2014. The country is home to 70% of the world's tigers.
Ustad, who lived in the 400 sq km (99,000-acre) Ranthambore National Park, popular for its tiger safaris, was shot with a tranquilising dart and driven to a zoo 400km (250 miles) away earlier this month.
He had been declared the prime suspect in the killing of a 53-year-old forest guard on 8 May. He was also accused of killing a 23-year-old local man in 2010 and a 19-year-old boy in March 2012.
The tiger is now is caged in an enclosure smaller than a football field in a zoological park in Udaipur district.
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