A day after Union minister Maneka Gandhi said the Maharashtra forest department had done nothing to rescue the two cubs of slain tigress Avni, a forest patrol said it spotted two 10-month-old cubs in Vihirgaon range of the Pandharkawada forest area in... read more

Three six-month old tiger cubs were run over by a train in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district on Thursday, highlighting the challenges facing conservation authorities in so-called tiger corridors criss-crossed by road and rail networks. read more

Two tiger cubs came under wheels of a passenger train near Maharashtra’s Chandrapur today. The incident took place near Lohara forest area. The cubs died on the spot. Forest officials reached the spot to collect the body for post-mortem.read more

Avni, the tigress, was shot dead in early November after being accused of killing more than a dozen villagers, capping off one of India’s most high-profile tiger hunts and angering conservation activists. read more

The exact reason of the three-year-old tiger’s death will be ascertained after a postmortem is conducted, a senior forest official said Thursday. The royal bengal tiger was brought from Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha Tiger Reserve on June 21 and released in... read more

According to the chief conservator of Sariska Tiger Reserve, tigers ST-4 and ST-6 fought on Tuesday night, leaving ST-4 injured in his left leg and some other body parts. read more

The death adds to the controversy of the translocation, after the other tiger – Sundari – shifted in the exercise purportedly killed a woman. read more

The case pertains to a public interest litigation filed by Mayank Mainali, chairperson of Ramnagar-based NGO, Himalayan Yuva Gramin Vika Sanstha, in 2012 regarding encroachments around Corbett. read more

Commercial tiger farms are legal in China, and although using tiger bones in medicine was banned, tiger parts from farms often end up in tonics or other medicines, animal rights groups say. read more

Hindu devotees hold up clothes and umbrellas to receive rice as offerings being distributed by a temple authority on the occasion of the Annakut festival in Kolkata, West Bengal.

(Rupak De Chowdhuri / REUTERS)read more

A woman farm labourer was mauled to death by a wild animal, suspected to be a tiger or leopard, at a forest in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, police said on Saturday. read more

Tipu Jayanti is being celebrated in Karnataka on Saturday amid protests by the BJP. The BJP on Friday staged protests against Karnataka government-sponsored celebrations for the birth anniversary of the controversial 18th century ruler of erstwhile Mysore... read more

In an interview to Hindustan Times, principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) AK Misra spoke about the controversy surrounding the shooting of tigress T-1 read more

The first investigation will be done by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) under Union environment ministry that will submit its report by November 26. The Fadnavis govt has formed a body to study the process in which permissions were granted... read more

It seems rather a cruel act on part of any authority to kill a tigress with young cubs in cold blood even if she is believed to have attacked human beings in the past read more