Crackdown on tiger poachers, 11 held

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, February 09, 2012 A network of tiger poachers spanning across four states has been unearthed with the arrest of eleven members of three gangs in the last fortnight. Skin of eight leopard and tigers and five kilogram of bones have been seized from them. Their claim of killing eight [...]

Thai Police Arrest Suspected Tiger Trafficker

A 15-month-old female Bengal tiger looks out from its cage during a police news conference in Bangkok, Thailand Sunday, May 22, 2011. Police in Thailand have arrested a man suspected of being a key player in one of the country’s largest tiger trafficking rings, police and a wildlife conservation group said Sunday. (Apichart Weerawong/AP Photo) [...]

Mexican authorities seize 8 tigers, 2 jaguars from embattled Cancun private menagerie

By Associated Press, Thursday, April 21, 11:53 PM CANCUN, Mexico — A decades-long battle by a big-cat aficionado to hold on to his menagerie apparently ended Thursday when Mexican authorities seized eight tigers and two jaguars. Jose Juarez Gil, who calls himself “Pepe Tiger,” has been battling allegations from private and government groups that animals [...]

Hope for Wild Tigers Rises on Political, Financial Pledges

Tigers playing in Pilibhit Tiger Reserve, Uttar Pradesh, India (Photo by Samaj Kalyan Evam Vikas Adhyayan Kendra)   ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, November 26, 2010 (ENS) – At the International Tiger Conservation Forum this week in St. Petersburg, government leaders and ministerial officials of the 13 countries where wild tigers remain endorsed a wide-ranging plan to [...]

India to urge China to curb illegal trade in tigers

India to urge China to curb illegal trade in tigers Priscilla Jebaraj & Ananth Krishnan Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 Two delegations from New Delhi to hold talks in Beijing  The fourth India-China financial dialogue to be held after a 3-year hiatus Mechanism to share information on wildlife crime to be discussed NEW DELHI/BEIJING: Defence ties [...]

Year of the tiger

Year of the tiger The tiger could be extinct by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger. We look at why it’s so hard to tamp down on poachers and the flourishing tiger trade by Venessa Lee Correspondent venessa@mediacorp.com.sg 05:55 AM Feb 13, 2010 THE tigers had been chopped into halves and quarters, much like [...]

Man-animal conflict: Corbett Park officials seek people’s help

Man-animal conflict: Corbett Park officials seek people’s help PTI, 9 February 2010, 09:00pm IST ALIGARH: Faced with mounting public anger over attacks by tigers in areas adjoining the Jim Corbett National Park, authorities have placed a cage inside the forest to trap the man-eaters and sought the help of people in tackling the problem. A [...]

World Bank aims to earn stripes through tiger summit

World Bank aims to earn stripes through tiger summit By Marwaan Macan-Markar Jan 26, 2010 BANGKOK – An international campaign to save the tiger, one of Asia’s iconic wild animals, has been chosen as the place for the World Bank to earn its stripes as an institution keen on joining the ranks of conservationists. Senior [...]

Rent-a-tiger idea met with scorn by some

Two-month old Sumatran tigers born in captivity at Jakarta’s Ragunan Zoo are attended to by a caretaker on Friday. Rent-a-tiger idea met with scorn by some Indonesia plans to charge $107,000 a pair msnbc.com news services updated 1:58 p.m. ET, Mon., Jan. 25, 2010 JAKARTA – When ministers from 13 nations sit down this week [...]

In Corbett, tiger & elephant deaths remain whodunits

In Corbett, tiger & elephant deaths remain whodunits Lalit Kumar, TNN, 30 January 2010, 03:48am ISTText CORBETT TIGER RESERVE (RAMGAGAR): The Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) authorities have made no serious attempt to find out the causes for the deaths of 13 tigers, six leopards and 17 elephants that perished in the Corbett landscape in the [...]