., The hindu Business Line
Mumbai
21 Apr 2013
After Asiatic lions, the Government needs to look at relocating other threatened species, according to officials from the Bombay Natural History Society.
Following the Supreme Court’s recent judgment permitting translocation of some endangered Asiatic Lions from Gujarat`s Gir National Park to the Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has sa...
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Mahim Pratap Singh, Jaipur
The Hindu
13 Apr 2013
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| One of the flying visitors from overseas to Mukundara National Park in Rajasthan which is going to converted into a Tiger Reserve. Photo: Special Arrangement.
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After Ranthambhore and Sariska, Rajasthan will now be home to a third big cat habitat-the Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve.
The new tiger reserve, located chiefly in Rajasthan`s Hadoti region, was notified by the state government on Thursday.
The Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve will be spread across four districts-Kota, Bundi, Chittorgarh and Jhalawar-covering an area of 759 sq km. It will boas...
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Hari Kumar, Financial Chronicle
Kaziranga
13 Apr 2013
Kaziranga, ASSAM — One challenge facing any visitor to one of India’s tiger parks is actually seeing a tiger. Often, people leave without ever catching a glimpse.
For many years, the same problem existed for visitors who came to see the rhinoceroses at the Kaziranga National Park in the northeastern state of Assam. At the low point a century ago, there were only a dozen rhinos in the entire par...
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Dharmendra Khandal , Financial Chronicle
New Delhi
11 Apr 2013
It has always been a subject of concern and oddity if big cats are eaten in India, or not? Reports about the same flash at times, even though they are disbelieved. Last month, a Jaipur-based journalist called me asking my view. He had reported an incident where poachers had killed leopard cubs and eaten them this was in Gogunda area of Udaipur district in Rajasthan. However, these poachers were ar...
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