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) [...]

Declining tiger population, encroachment at Namdhapa Park

Declining tiger population, encroachment at Namdhapa Park PTI, Aug 20, 2010, 05.40pm IST ITANAGAR: Declining tiger population and encroachment at the Namdapha National Park, the only one in the world to have four species of big cats, in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district, has been a major cause of concern for forest department officials here. The [...]

Anthony Marr Visits Big Cat Rescue of CARE 7 Tour

Anthony Marr Visits Big Cat Rescue of CARE 7 Tour May 31, 2010 The tigress Sita in Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (1998) – photo by Anthony Marr FTTT Note: This is reposted from Big Cat News http://bigcatnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/anthony-marr-visits-big-cat-rescue-of.html Anthony Marr Met With Interns, Staff & Volunteers to Talk Tigers and global warming tonight at the [...]

Lion count tempers tiger gloom

Lion count tempers tiger gloom OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT  Gandhinagar, May 2: Amid the gloom of 1,411, has come the joy of 411. Gir’s Asiatic lion population has jumped to 411, heartening animal lovers but also giving Narendra Modi a chance to reaffirm his opposition to lion relocation outside Gujarat. The chief minister today announced the [...]

India to stop tiger tourism in attempt to prevent species extinction

India to stop tiger tourism in attempt to prevent species extinction Rhys Blakely in Mumbai April 28, 2010 A wild Bengal Tiger walking along a track in India For centuries, the prospect of spotting a Bengal tiger in the wild has been a highlight of visiting India. Now the Government is to end the spectacle [...]

UW student group tries to stop tiger show

UW student group tries to stop tiger show Posted: Mar 04, 2010 7:28 PM EST For Information About White Tigers Visit: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/wild/white_tigers.htm MADISON (WKOW) — A UW-Madison law school student group is trying to stop a Wisconsin Dells resort from continuing to use tigers in a magic show and from building a hotel lobby habitat [...]

Tigers evolved with snow leopards, gene study reveals

Tigers evolved with snow leopards, gene study reveals  By Matt Walker Editor, Earth News Page last updated at 14:24 GMT, Friday, 12 February 2010 Video At:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8512000/8512455.stm The tiger may be more ancient and distinct than we thought. Tigers are less closely related to lions, leopards and jaguars than these other big cats are to [...]

Gujarat opposes shifting lion sanctuary to MP tiger reserve

Gujarat opposes shifting lion sanctuary to MP tiger reserve   PTI, 11 February 2010, 06:18pm IST   NEW DELHI: Amidst growing concern over depleting tiger population in the country, Gujarat stoutly opposed in the Supreme Court, the Centre’s proposal to shift the Gir Asiatic lions sanctuary to Kuno tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh. The Narendra [...]

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 [...]