Behror, (Rajasthan) : Two years after reports of the disappearance of tigers from the Sariska Tiger Reserve, bringing into sharp focus the plight of India’s national animal and the serious poaching pressures it was under, the Rajasthan Forest Department has taken the first step forward in bringing the tigers back.

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China, October 15 : A South-China tiger, thought to be ‘functionally extinct’ in the wild, was photographed in Shanxi Province in China by the task force initiated in 2006 by the Provincial Forestry Department and the local county government . Zhou Zhenglong, a former hunter who headed the task force designed to investigate reports of [...]

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Orang, Assam : In yet another incident of retaliatory killing, two tigers, a sub-adult male and another, whose gender could not be identified, were poisoned in the Orang National Park by angry villagers. The tigers had reportedly been preying on their cattle and the villagers were enraged by the frequency of these attacks.

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Kaziranga, Assam : Three watchtowers have been constructed in Lokhowjan, Rajabari and Borsapori in Assam to help the local farmers ward away the wild elephants from the nearby Kaziranga National Park. Wild elephants have been raiding their crops and causing damage to property. The elephants have been known to be taking shelter in neighbouring tea [...]

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Kaziranga(Assam): On September 23, 2007, a poacher, Gaonbura Ronfar was reportedly killed inside the Kaziranga National Park by an adult female rhino. Gaonbura Ronfar alias Kambura alias Babu was a resident of Natundanga village of Koliabor sub-division of Assam. He had entered the Kukurakata RF, Burapahar Range at night, along with a person from the [...]

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