Wildlife & Nature

Due to their aggressive behavior, these big cats are set to be permanently confined to rescue centers, effectively serving a "life sentence".

The PTR Director also informed that they will be shifting 200 cheetal from Betla National Park in the second week of January next year.

Of these, 21 individuals fell victim to leopard attacks, while 22 lost their lives in tiger encounters.

A few people found the victim's mutilated body in the bushes of the forest, the officials said.

Habitat development fund, which was Rs 165 crore for 2018-19, has been decreased to Rs 56 crore for 2022-23. Funds for 'Project Tiger' has also been reduced by 50% in last five years.

The rhino's estimated age was between 20 and 30 years, and the deep spear penetration that caused the injury on its left side of the stomach was the official cause of death.

According to zoo curator Nandini Salaria, the incident came to light only after the assistant veterinary doctor inquired about the keeper at the enclosure.

“The state-wise tiger population data released in July this year shows an increase of 715 tigers in 2022 as compared to 2018 across India”.

Sources said there are plans to procure eight Landing Craft Assaults (LCA) and six Fast Patrol Boats (FPB).

The first batch of the small-sized birds, numbering around 20-30, arrived in Manipur’s Tamenglong district on Friday.

During winters, 70 to 80 species of birds migrate from the high Himalayan region and cold regions of Europe to the Asan Barrage wetlands for a six-month stay.

This was the fourth such reintroduction in Manas. Overall, 54 hogs were released here in the past four years.

According to the highly placed official sources, "The CBI is likely to soon start questioning the officials concerned as well as former forest minister Harak Singh Rawat in this matter".

Project Cheetah, India's ambitious initiative to reintroduce cheetahs after their extinction in the country, marks its first anniversary on Sunday.

Zoo director, Sabine Grebner, told reporters later on Tuesday that the 33-year-old woman, a German citizen from Bavaria, was assigned that day to put an insect deterrent on the rhino.

Singh quit his bureaucratic career and came to Ranthambore in 1998, where he leased a government property and continued to buy the adjacent farming land of nearly 40 acres to turn it into a reserve.