One more tigress dies in Madhya PradeshSeptember 18th, 2009 BHOPAL - One more tigress was found dead at the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, an official said Friday. The partially eaten body of the tigress was found in the Kisli Range of the park Thursday.
Forest officials release a tigress in SunderbanSeptember 3rd, 2009 SUNDERBAN - A six-year old tigress, which was trapped after it terrorised villagers over the last several weeks, was released on Wednesday by forest officials in the Dhulibhashani forest of Sunderban delta. The six-year old is among the two Royal Bengal Tigresses, which were trapped in neighbouring forest areas in the Sunderban Delta area, and were later caged in the Panchmakhani and Pirkhali forests.
3 missing tiger cubs found in Bandhavgarh National ParkAugust 21st, 2009 BHOPAL - Three cubs of a tigress, which was allegedly poisoned and found dead Tuesday, were traced two days later much to the relief of the officials of Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh National Park. "About 250 park employees were on an intensive search.
Tigress found dead, three cubs missing in BandhavgarhAugust 20th, 2009 BHOPAL - The depleting number of big cats in Madhya Pradesh has gone down further with one more tigress found dead at Bandhavgarh national park and her three cubs also untraceable, wildlife officials said Thursday. This is the third tiger death at Bandhavgarh this year.
Escaped white tigress brought back to Aurangabad ZooJuly 24th, 2009 AURANGABAD - The white tigress, which had escaped from its cage during the early Friday morning, has been recaptured after a three-hour long operation. The 18-acre zoo in the Siddharth Garden of Aurangabad is always choc-a-block with people.
A tigress released with animal tracking chip in SundarbansJuly 6th, 2009 SUNDARBANS - Wildlife authorities released a tigress with animal tracking chip to keep an eye on the psychological behaviour of the big cat in Sundarbans forests in West Bengal. The seven-year old tigress, which had entered Satjelia village under Gosaba block of the Sundarbans delta a few days ago, was trapped on July 2.
Tigress in Madhya Pradesh poisonedJuly 5th, 2009 BHOPAL - Yet another tigress has been found dead in Madhya Pradesh, amidst a hue and cry over the decline of the feline population in the state. The animal was poisoned to avenge the death of a villager's cattle, officials said.
Leopard dies in Bhopal national parkJune 4th, 2009 BHOPAL - A 16-year-old leopard, Sheru, died at the Van Vihar National Park here Thursday, the second death of a big cat in as many days, a wildlife official said. "Sheru was brought from the wild in Seoni in 2001 (and) was well till Wednesday.
Tigress dies in Madhya Pradesh parkJune 4th, 2009 BHOPAL - A three-year-old tigress died at the Van Vihar National Park here, officials said Thursday. The park has lost 23 big cats in the last five years.
White tigress found dead in Chhattisgarh zooMay 9th, 2009 RAIPUR - An 11-year-old white tigress was found dead in a zoo Saturday in Bhilai city of Chhattisgarh, an official said. The tigress was found dead in Maitri Bagh Zoo in Bhilai in Durg district, about 30 km west of capital Raipur.
White tigers reach Bhopal's Van Vihar National ParkApril 28th, 2009 BHOPAL - A pair of white tigers have been transported to the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal.ften termed as the pride of Bhopal, Van Vihar is home to a number of animals, including the white tiger, the panther and the lion. The tigers have come from the Nandankanan National Park of Orissa under an Animal Exchange Programme of Central Zoo Authority (CZA).
Tigress airlifted to Panna Tiger ReserveMarch 10th, 2009 BHOPAL - A tigress from the Kanha National Park was airlifted Monday to the Panna Tiger Reserve in eastern Madhya Pradesh so as to increase the feline numbers in the reserve. The tigress taken by an Indian Air Force helicopter to the reserve spread in an area of 542 sq km in Panna and Chhatarpur districts of Madhya Pradesh Monday afternoon, forest officials said.
Tigress moved to Panna reserve by roadMarch 5th, 2009 BHOPAL - A tigress was shifted from Bandhavgarh to the Panna tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh by road Wednesday after the authorities failed to get an Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter, an official said. 'The decision to send the four-year-old big cat by road was taken due to the delay in receiving a chopper from the IAF,' Additional Principal Chief Conservator Forest (Wildlife) H.S.
Tigress from Bandhavgarh to be flown to Panna this weekMarch 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - The first of the two tigresses to be shifted from Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh would be flown to the state's Panna Tiger Reserve in an Indian Air Force helicopter this week, officials said Monday. 'The stage is all set for the translocation of two tigresses, of which one would be shifted this week and another after a gap of five to six days, from Bandhavgarh to the state's Panna Tiger Reserve where perhaps no tigress has been sighted in the past one year,' said Madhya Pradesh's Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) H.S.
Bhopal national park may get two white tigersJanuary 24th, 2009 BHOPAL - Van Vihar National Park in the Madhya Pradesh capital may soon get a pair of white tigers from the Nandankanan Zoo in Orissa after an approval from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA), state forest minister said. But the national park will have to part with tigress Sara and a pair of jackals under an exchange programme with the Nandankanan Zoo.