Once a thriving tiger habitat, the forests of Adilabad have witnessed a drastic decline in tiger populations over the past 25 years. Rampant teak smuggling, poaching, and widespread encroachments have contributed to habitat degradation, forcing tigers to migrate to neighboring states.
The tiger population in Amrabad Tiger Reserve rose from 33 to 36, including a spike in breeding females. The findings follow Phase IV monitoring by the Forest Department and reflect the success of Project Tiger and ongoing conservation efforts
Officials are expecting that the tigers would make the reserve as their home considering their efforts to create suitable conditions for their inhabitation.
Forest officials said that the NBWL suggests construction of the special bridges to reduce disturbance caused by movement of vehicles in the forests that are inhabited by wild animals, in particular tigers
After the inspection, the NTCA will compile a report and submit the same to the head office, besides making some recommendations to the State Forest department on its observations.
Since March this year, six out of the 20 adult cheetahs relocated to Kuno from Africa have passed away, with the latest incident occurring on Wednesday.
An expert committee supervised her entire rewilding experiment and as per its decision, a proposal was sent to the NTCA for her release, which was approved.
Kumram Bheem-Asifabad: Forest Department officials in Kaghaznagar Division intensified efforts to capture the killer tiger in the wake of loss of two human lives recently. Sensing trouble, the tigers are not showing any interest to kill the bait set by the foresters in the trap cages to capture the carnivores. This has prompted the officials […]