NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday emphasised the urgent need for a pan-India policy to standardise the management of tiger reserves, addressing issues such as vehicular disruptions and illegal activities that threaten wildlife conservation efforts. During a hearing on irregularities in Corbett Tiger Reserve, a bench led by Justice B R Gavai, stressed the importance…
NEW DELHI: Two cubs born to cheetah Neerva at Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park, Sheopur, were found dead on Wednesday, with their mutilated carcasses recovered by forest officials.Earlier on Monday Neerva gave birth to four cubs which was hailed as a significant milestone in the Cheetah Reintroduction Project. Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav had…
BHOPAL: Exciting news is coming from Sheopur Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh—a female cheetah in the enclosure is pregnant! This announcement was made on the social media page of Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav, indicating that more good news may soon follow from the park. Notably, this marks the first update on the cheetah…
BHOPAL: Cheetahs were not part of the Kuno management plan, stated a MP govt audit report, pointing out violation of rules and absence of certain documents related to expenditures on Project Cheetah.Kuno was marked for the relocation of Gir lions and was designated as their secondary habitat, but there was no movement on that front,…
PILIBHIT: Wildlife experts have suggested local communities in close proximity to tiger reserves in Uttar Pradesh should be partners in wildlife conservation programmes to mitigate man-wildlife conflicts. Mudit Gupta, WWF’s (World Wide Fund for Nature), head of Terai Arc Landscape (TAL), which stretches 30,000 sqkm across Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar, presented this view.After attending…
