Sharing the news of the birth of two cubs in the Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot asserted that his government was committed in conservation of tigers.
"Tigress Kazi gave birth to the two cubs on February 3 and the mother and the babies are fine", said Dr Ashwini Kumar, DFO-Zoo.
Uttarakhand's Corbett Tiger Reserve has the highest number of 231 big cats in the country while three reserves in Mizoram, West Bengal, and Jharkhand have none, a new report revealed on Tuesday.
The Union Environment Ministry on Saturday stressed that four surveys since 2006 have shown a healthy annual growth rate of 6 per cent in India's tiger population, offsetting natural losses and keeping their numbers at the habitats-carrying capacity level.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday declared results of the 4th cycle of the All India Tiger Estimation to the nation, announcing India's tiger numbers at 2967. The 33% rise in tiger numbers is the highest ever recorded between cycles which stood at 21% between 2006 to 2010 and 30% between 2010 and 2014. Here is an insight into the rankings of states with tiger population.
In an alarming revelation, it has been found that as many as 76 tiger deaths have been reported because of poaching in the country from January to October this year.
Guwahati: Tiger population in North Eastern hills and Brahmaputra flood plains has increased to 201 in 2014 from 148 in 2010, according to the latest status report on tigers.Assam registered the highest number of 167
Geneva: Of the 1,00,000 tigers that once roamed in the wild a century ago, only 3,200 are left behind, the World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature has revealed in a report.WWF has also offered to
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