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Chhattisgarh's new Tiger Foundation Society aims to conserve its declining tiger population. The state also boosts renewable energy with financial aid for solar installations.

Tiger and Solar Initiatives in Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh's Tiger Foundation Society focuses on wildlife conservation and boosting eco-tourism. Simultaneously, the state promotes renewable energy by offering financial aid for solar rooftop installations.

Chhattisgarh's Tiger Foundation Society aims to conserve diminishing tiger population by engaging local communities and promoting eco-tourism, while a scheme supports solar panel installations for renewable energy use.

The Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday decided to set up a tiger foundation society in order to address the dwindling population of big cats in the state and take measures for their conservation, officials said.
The decision to constitute the 'Chhattisgarh Tiger Foundation Society' was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai at his official residence here, a public relations department official said.
The Chhattisgarh Tiger Foundation Society will function under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. A similar society has been operational in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh since 1996, an official statement said.
Chhattisgarh state came into existence on November 1, 2000 after being carved out of Madhya Pradesh. There are four tiger reserves in the state.
The society is aimed at conserving the continuously declining tiger population in Chhattisgarh, currently around 20, it said.
This institution (society) will be self-financed, which will not put any additional burden on the government exchequer. It will raise funds from individuals and institutions. This society will be directly involved in activities related to the conservation of tigers and other wildlife, the release said.
"It will promote eco-tourism with the participation of the local community, which will not only increase tourism but also create employment and income opportunities for the local people. Besides, it will encourage environmental education, research and training, thereby helping in making future conservationists," it said.
The initiative will ensure availability of external funds, expertise and resources for conservation, which will provide new employment opportunities to local communities and maintain the environmental balance of the state, it added.
It will prove to be a milestone in the field of wildlife conservation in Chhattisgarh, which will protect biodiversity as well as give a strong base to promote eco-tourism, the release said.
In another key decision, the cabinet gave its nod to provide financial assistance to consumers for setting up solar rooftop plants in their houses under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana to promote renewable energy, it said.
Under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, the Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Limited (CSPDCL) will provide additional financial assistance to consumers other than Centre's central financial aid, for installing solar rooftop plants at the homes of domestic consumers, which will vary based on the capacity of the solar plant (1 kW, 2 kW, 3 kW and above), it said.
A total of Rs 45,000 will be provided for a 1 kW plant (Rs 30,000 as central assistance and Rs 15,000 as state aid), while for a plant of 3 kW or more, the assistance will be Rs 1,08,000 (Rs 78,000 as central assistance and Rs 30,000 as state aid), it said.
Similar assistance has been proposed for housing societies/residential welfare associations. This grant amount will be received by CSPDCL in advance and will be disbursed later to the beneficiaries. A target has been set to install 60,000 such solar power plants in 2025-26, and 70,000 solar power plants in 2026-27. This will entail a financial burden of Rs 180 crore in the financial year 2025-26 and Rs 210 crore in 2026-27, it said.
The CSPDCL will be the implementing agency of this scheme as per the guidelines of the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), it added.

The landmark birth of three tiger cubs at Sepahijala Zoo marks a conservation milestone, boosting tiger numbers and enhancing the zoo's reputation.

Tiger Cubs Born at Sepahijala Zoo: Conservation Success

The historic birth of three tiger cubs at Sepahijala Zoo symbolizes a major conservation milestone, increasing the zoo's tiger population and positioning it as a key conservation site.

Tripura zoo celebrates arrival of tiger trio

Sepahijala Zoo celebrated the historic birth of three tiger cubs, increasing their tiger population to five.

The Sepahijala Zoo in Tripura has welcomed three tiger cubs in a cheer for animal lovers.
This is the first time in the history of the state's only zoo, which was set up in 1972, that tiger cubs have been born here, its director Biswajit Das told PTI.
With the birth of the three cubs, the number of big cats in the zoo has grown to five, he said.
"A pair of tigers was brought to the Sepahijala Zoo from West Bengal as part of an animal exchange programme in February last year. On May 11, the tigress gave birth to three cubs," he said.
"The mother and her three cubs are doing well inside the enclosure, while the male tiger has been moved from there as part of precautionary measures," he added.
Eleven CCTV cameras have been installed around the enclosure to monitor the first-time mother and her cubs round the clock, Das said.
Visitors are not being allowed to see the enclosure to ensure that the mother and the cubs don't get disturbed, he said.
"We are giving balanced food to the tigress. Besides supplying fresh meat, we are offering her soup twice or thrice a day so that the cubs get enough milk," he said.
Another tigress had given birth to a stillborn cub in 2014, Das said.
Forest Minister Animesh Debbarma said the birth of these cubs is a positive sign for tiger conservation efforts at the zoo.
"We are making efforts to make Sepahijala Zoo a world-class facility. If the Central Zoo Authority extends a helping hand to train our people and the Centre provides support, we would be able to develop it further," he said.
About 1.70 lakh people visited the Sepahijala Zoo in 2024-25.

To boost the population and foster genetic diversity, a male tiger has been successfully relocated from Corbett to Rajaji Tiger Reserve, exemplifying wildlife conservation efforts in India.

Corbett Tiger Moves to Rajaji Reserve

A five-year-old male tiger was relocated from Corbett Tiger Reserve to Rajaji to boost population and diversity, marking the fifth successful translocation effort.

Corbett tiger finds new home in Rajaji

A male tiger was relocated from Corbett to Rajaji Tiger Reserve to enhance population and genetic diversity. Successful translocation efforts underscore India's commitment to wildlife conservation.

A five-year-old male tiger captured from the Corbett Tiger Reserve after being sedated was translocated to the Rajaji Tiger Reserve on Thursday, officials said.
"The tiger has been kept in an enclosure in the Motichur range of Rajaji Tiger Reserve (RTR) for acclimatization. Once he adapts to his new habitat, the tiger will be released into the wild," Chief Wildlife Warden Ranjan Kumar Mishra told PTI.
The health parameters of the tiger are alright, and the radio collar worn by it is functioning properly, Mishra said.
The tiger was tranquilized and captured on Wednesday from the Bijrani range of Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) for translocation to RTR to boost the tiger population there, officials said.
Earlier, four tigers were successfully translocated from the Corbett to the Rajaji Tiger Reserve.
With the addition of the new tiger, there will be five tigers in the forests between the Motichur and Chilla ranges now, two males and three females, RTR Director Saket Badola said.

A tiger tied to two deaths in Chandrapur was safely captured. The animal is heading to the Gorewada rescue center in Nagpur.

Tiger Capture in Maharashtra: Details 

In a bid to mitigate rising man-animal conflicts, a tiger linked to fatalities in Chandrapur has been captured and will be transferred to Nagpur.

A tiger tied to two deaths in Chandrapur was safely captured

A tiger linked to fatalities in Chandrapur was safely captured by the Forest Department. The tiger will be relocated to Gorewada in Nagpur.

A tiger that killed two persons and injured as many in Maharashtra&rsquo;s Chandrapur district was captured on Thursday, a senior forest official said.
In their attempt to further reduce man-animal conflicts after the attacks over the past few weeks, the forest department on Wednesday set up a trap, he said.
On Thursday, the 15-year-old male tiger, identified as T-3, was spotted in compartment No. 152 of Chichkheda beat under the Bramhapuri forest division. The big cat was subsequently tranquilised using a dart, the official said.
The tiger would be taken to the Gorewada animal rescue centre in Nagpur, the official added.

A tiger entered a village in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, the animal was rescued by forest officers

Tiger refuses to move from wall in UP, tranquilised by forest officers

A tiger entered a village in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, the animal was rescued by forest officers

A tiger entered the Atkona village in Kalinagar from the Pilibhit district on Monday night. As the tiger entered the village, it sat on a wall and refused to move from there. Later, the forest officers tranquilised the tiger and rescued it.&nbsp;
Videos of the tiger also went viral in which the majestic animal was seen sleeping on the wall and the area around the animal was barricaded using ents so that no one could come to the animal.&nbsp;
The villagers reported that the tiger had been sleeping on the wall since last night he didn't move from the place even after it woke up. In the dark, light was also flashed at it but that didn't make the tiger move from the wall.&nbsp;
As per reports, no one was attacked by the animal. But, the villagers are angry with the forest department and they alleged that it is due to their negligence that the tiger could get into the village.&nbsp;
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"PM @narendramodi is on the way to the Bandipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves," Office of the Prime Minister tweeted, with the picture of him in a speckled safari clothing and hat

Watch: PM Modi goes on jungle safari at Bandipur Tiger Reserve

Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a "safari" at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Sunday, as part of programmes to mark 50 years of "Project Tiger ''.

"PM @narendramodi is on the way to the Bandipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves," Office of the Prime Minister tweeted, with the picture of him in a speckled safari clothing and hat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi went on a "safari" at the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka on Sunday, as part of programmes to mark 50 years of "Project Tiger ''.
The Tiger Reserve is located partly in Gundlupet taluk of Chamarajanagar district and partly in H.D.Kote and Nanjangud taluks of Mysuru District.
"PM @narendramodi is on the way to the Bandipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves," Office of the Prime Minister tweeted, with the picture of him in a speckled safari clothing and hat.
According to the state forest department, the National Park was formed by including most of the forest areas of the then Venugopala Wildlife Park established under the government notification dated February 19, 1941 and the area was enlarged in 1985 extending over an area of 874.20 Sq.Km and named as Bandipur National Park.
This reserve was brought under 'Project Tiger' in 1973. Subsequently, some adjacent reserve forest areas were added to the reserve extending to 880.02 Sq. Km. The present area under the control of Bandipur Tiger Reserve is 912.04 Sq. Km.
An area of 39.80 sq km of KFDC (Karnataka Forest Development Corporation) plantation area was handed over to this division during 2007-08. During 2010-11, the Nugu Wildlife Sanctuary was handed over to the Wildlife Division, Mysuru, the department said.
Located amidst the picturesque surroundings of the towering Western Ghats on the Mysuru-Ooty highway in Karnataka, it is an important part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve that constitutes Karnataka&rsquo;s Rajiv Gandhi National Park (Nagarahole) to its Northwest, Tamil Nadu&rsquo;s Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary to its South, and Kerala&rsquo;s Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary to its Southwest.
Once the private hunting grounds of the erstwhile Maharajas, and nestled in the foothills of the Nilgiris, Bandipur has had a long tryst with tigers. One of the thirty reserves identified across the country to save the Tiger and its habitat, it&rsquo;s also one of the last refuges of the endangered Asiatic wild elephant, according to the state Tourism department.
Apart from the two famed residents (tigers and elephants), a number of other endangered species such as sloth bears, gaurs, Indian rock pythons, jackals, muggers, and four-horned antelopes can be spotted in this national park.
Over 200 species of birds and a diversity of flora add to its attraction. Bandipur also supports a wide range of timber trees including teak, rosewood, sandalwood, Indian-laurel, Indian Kino tree, giant clumping bamboo.&nbsp;

Officials also said that with a growing and healthy tiger population, deaths would increase as well.

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Officials also said that with a growing and healthy tiger population, deaths would increase as well.

Following 30 tiger deaths in just the first 2 months of 2023, officials have reportedly said that there is no reason to be alarmed. Madhya Pradesh topped the list with 9 tiger deaths, while Maharashtra recorded 7 deaths.
Officials at the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) were quoted as saying by The Indian Express that tiger deaths usually spike between January and March, as the wild cats leave their territories and venture out, leading to intra-species conflict.
Officials also said that with a growing and healthy tiger population, deaths would increase as well.
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Half eaten body of missing woman found Corbett park

Uttarakhand: missing woman found half-eaten at Jim Corbett Park

Body of 38-year-old Kamala Devi was found near Badangarh canal by forest guards, Chief Conservator of Forest, Kumaon Prasanna Kumar Patra said.

The body of 38-year-old Kamala Devi was found near Badangarh canal by forest guards, Chief Conservator of Forest, Kumaon Prasanna Kumar Patra said

Police on Thursday found a half-eaten body of a missing woman from the buffer zone of Corbett Tiger Reserve.
Body of 38-year-old Kamala Devi was found near Badangarh canal by forest guards, Chief Conservator of Forest, Kumaon Prasanna Kumar Patra said.
Kamala Devi was missing since Wednesday evening from a village in Salt area of Almora district, he said.
It is not clear whether she was killed by a tiger or leopard, Patra said.
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The national tiger census is conducted once in every four years and the full report of the survey conducted in 2022 is scheduled to be released later this year. 

Tiger census: Madhya Pradesh lost 34 big cats in 2022, Karnataka 15

Madhya Pradesh lost 34 big cats in 2022 as compared to just 15 in Karnataka, its nearest competitor, according to official data.

The national tiger census is conducted once in every four years and the full report of the survey conducted in 2022 is scheduled to be released later this year.&nbsp;

Facing the challenge of retaining the status of India&rsquo;s &ldquo;tiger state&rdquo;, Madhya Pradesh lost 34 big cats in 2022 as compared to just 15 in Karnataka, its nearest competitor in housing the number of tigers in the country, according to official data.
The deaths were reported in the survey year for the country's tiger census, whose results will be announced later in 2023.
A senior forest department official said it is a &ldquo;mystery&rdquo; as to why Madhya Pradesh has recorded higher tiger deaths than the southern state though both had almost the same number of big cats as per the 2018 count.
Karnataka, home to 524 tigers as per the 2018 census, is competing with Madhya Pradesh (526) for the tag of India&rsquo;s &lsquo;tiger state&rsquo;.
The national tiger census is conducted once in every four years. The latest All India Tiger Estimation (AITE) was conducted in 2022 and its report is scheduled to be released this year, a forest department official said.
As the country eagerly awaits findings of the quadrennial count to know which state stands where in terms of tiger population, data on how many big cats India lost in the year just gone by is now available.
Madhya Pradesh lost 34 tigers in 2022, while its nearest rival for the &ldquo;tiger state&rdquo; status, Karnataka recorded the death of 15 big cats, according to data uploaded on the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) website.
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The causes of these deaths were not mentioned.
The NTCA is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change constituted under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, for strengthening tiger conservation.
Total tiger deaths in India in the previous year stood at 117, as per the NTCA website.
&ldquo;We (MP) have the maximum number of tigers and we take into account all the carcasses found in our state. It is a mystery for us why lesser tiger deaths were reported there (Karnataka) when the number of big cats is almost the same,&rdquo; Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) J S Chauhan told PTI when asked about the wide gap in mortality figures in the two states.
He said the average age of tigers is 12 to 18 years.
If longevity criteria are taken into account, then about 40 deaths annually should be considered natural as the state had recorded the presence of 526 tigers in the last estimation conducted in 2018, he said.
In 2021, Madhya Pradesh lost 42 tigers out of 127 fatalities recorded in the country that year.

MP zoo orders probe after actor Raveena Tandon's video on tiger being assaulted

MP zoo orders probe after Raveena Tandon shared video on tiger being assaulted

The actor on November 21 posted a video saying that tourists were pelting stones at tiger enclosures&nbsp; and that there was lack of animal safety at the zoo.

Authorities at the Van Vihar National Park here have started an investigation after Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon shared a video and claimed that some miscreants were throwing stones at a tiger enclosure.
The park is located on the banks of Bhopal's Upper Lake.
&ldquo;Van Vihar, Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh. Tourists (ruffians) pelting stones at the tiger in closures. Having a good laugh when told not to do so. Screaming, laughing, shaking the cage- throwing rocks. No security for the tiger. humiliation they are subjected to,&rdquo; Tandon tweeted on Monday.
In reply, the park management said it was already investigating the incident. Such acts are punishable under the Wildlife Protection Act, it added.
In another tweet, the park management said, &ldquo;Van Vihar National Park follows Zero Tolerance policy against any kind of action which can lead to physical harm to animals. We urge the public to refrain from indulging any such Activities which are punishable under Wildlife Protection Act.&rdquo; The park's director Padma Priya Balakrishnan told PTI that the video shared by Tandon did not show anyone actually throwing stones, but someone is heard shouting from behind &ldquo;why are you throwing stones?&rdquo; "Two men seen in the video were misbehaving, shouting and ringing the bell (of a bicycle). We have put up their pictures at the park's gates and banned their entry," she added.
A case has been registered against them and further action will be taken after they are identified, the official said.
&ldquo;Besides, we are also seeking an explanation from our staff for their carelessness in keeping a watch," Balakrishnan said, adding that CCTV cameras are being installed across the park to prevent such incidents.
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The tiger's carcass was spotted in the early hours of 21 October 2022 by a Railway gangman.

Maharashtra: tiger run over by train, suffers multiple injuries and dies

The tiger's carcass was spotted in the early hours of 21 October 2022 by a Railway gangman.

In a fresh instance of wildlife running out of space to live, a tiger stumbled onto rail tracks and was run over by a locomotive. The incident occurred in Maharashtra's Chandrapur on the Hyderabad-Ballarshah route.
The tiger's carcass was spotted in the early hours of 21 October 2022 by a Railway gangman. The forest department sent a team for inspection which said that the tiger was a sub-adult.
The wild cat had suffered multiple injuries, according to a post-mortem examination by veterinarians from the transit treatment centre in Chandrapur.
The tiger was later cremated as per guidelines in the presence of forest personnel.

Maharashtra's 'conflict tiger' which killed 13 people captured

Generally, tigers that attack humans apart from circumstances like defending cubs or trying to save one's own life are referred to as conflict tigers.

The Maharashtra forest department on Thursday tranquilised and captured 'conflict tiger' CT-1 after it had killed 13 persons in Gadchiroli and Chandrapur districts in the state's Vidarbha region, an official said.
The tiger was moving in Wadsa forest range here in Gadchiroli and was becoming a threat to human lives, he added.
"The tiger had killed six persons in Wadsa, four in Bhandara and three in Brahmapuri forest range in Chandrapur district. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Nagpur had, in a meeting on October 4, directed that conflict tiger CT-1 be captured," he said.
"Accordingly, the Tadoba Tiger Rescue team, the Rapid Response Teams of Chandrapur, Navegaon-Nagzira and other units worked on war-footing to capture the tiger. It was tranquilised and captured from Wadsa forest range on Thursday morning," he informed.
It has been sent to Gorewada rescue centre in Nagpur, some 183 kilometres from here, for rehabilitation, the official added.
Generally, tigers that attack humans apart from circumstances like defending cubs or trying to save one's own life are referred to as conflict tigers.
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Indian police have shot dead a tiger dubbed the "Man-eater of Champaran" that killed at least nine people, in a major operation involving 200 people including trackers on elephants, officials said Sunday.
The big cat had terrorised locals on the fringes of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Champaran in eastern India, killing at least six people in the past month including a woman and her eight-year-old son on Saturday.
Even before the two latest kills, authorities had designated the tiger, reportedly a male three or four years old, as a "man-eater", meaning that it could be shot.
Earlier attempts to tranquillize the animal had failed.
"Two teams went into the forest on two elephants on Saturday afternoon and the third one waited where we thought the tiger would exit -- and we fired five rounds to kill it there," local police chief Kiran Kumar told AFP.
With local villagers beating tin containers, it took about six hours for the team -- with eight shooters and about 200 forest department officials -- to complete the operation, Kumar said.
Officials said that large sugarcane fields made it easier for the tiger to stay hidden and attack local villagers and their livestock.
The victims included a 12-year-old girl dragged from her bed on Wednesday night, reports said.
Locals in the impoverished villages around the reserve in Bihar state stopped moving out in the evening after the tiger's first attack maimed a teenager in May.
But "despite the lurking fear of tiger, it was not possible for us to confine ourselves in our homes as we needed to feed our cattle," Ram Kisun Yadav, a local villager told the Hindustan Times newspaper.
Conservationists blame the rapid expansion of human settlements around forests and key wildlife corridors for animals like elephants and tigers for an increase in man-animal conflict in parts of India.
Nearly 225 people were killed in tiger attacks between 2014 and 2019 in India, according to government figures.
More than 200 tigers were killed by poachers or electrocution between 2012 and 2018, the data showed.
India is home to around 70 percent of the world's tigers and the tiger population was estimated at 2,967 in 2018.

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Even before the two latest kills, authorities had designated the tiger, reportedly a male three or four years old, as a "man-eater", meaning that it could be shot.

Indian police have shot dead a tiger dubbed the "Man-eater of Champaran" that killed at least nine people, in a major operation involving 200 people including trackers on elephants, officials said Sunday.
The big cat had terrorised locals on the fringes of the Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Champaran in eastern India, killing at least six people in the past month including a woman and her eight-year-old son on Saturday.
Even before the two latest kills, authorities had designated the tiger, reportedly a male three or four years old, as a "man-eater", meaning that it could be shot.
Earlier attempts to tranquillize the animal had failed.
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"Two teams went into the forest on two elephants on Saturday afternoon and the third one waited where we thought the tiger would exit -- and we fired five rounds to kill it there," local police chief Kiran Kumar told AFP.
With local villagers beating tin containers, it took about six hours for the team -- with eight shooters and about 200 forest department officials -- to complete the operation, Kumar said.
Officials said that large sugarcane fields made it easier for the tiger to stay hidden and attack local villagers and their livestock.
The victims included a 12-year-old girl dragged from her bed on Wednesday night, reports said.
Locals in the impoverished villages around the reserve in Bihar state stopped moving out in the evening after the tiger's first attack maimed a teenager in May.
But "despite the lurking fear of tiger, it was not possible for us to confine ourselves in our homes as we needed to feed our cattle," Ram Kisun Yadav, a local villager told the Hindustan Times newspaper.
Conservationists blame the rapid expansion of human settlements around forests and key wildlife corridors for animals like elephants and tigers for an increase in man-animal conflict in parts of India.
Nearly 225 people were killed in tiger attacks between 2014 and 2019 in India, according to government figures.
More than 200 tigers were killed by poachers or electrocution between 2012 and 2018, the data showed.
India is home to around 70 percent of the world's tigers and the tiger population was estimated at 2,967 in 2018.

In an exemplary show of courage, a woman fought off a tiger to save her son from its jaws in Jabalpur, near the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.In the tiger attack in Rohaniya village earlier this week, both the woman and her son were injured, and are currently admitted to a hospital. They are in stable conditions.
"We were informed that the tiger is roaming out (outside the tiger reserve) and people were coming to see the tiger. But the woman wasn't aware of the tiger. Both of them were injured in the attack and admitted to a government hospital. Later, they were shifted to Jabalpur Medical College. Currently, both the mother and child are fine," Lavit Bharti, manager, Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve told news agency ANI.  
The one-and-a-half years old boy was attacked by the tiger when his mother was taking care of their farm. The woman shielded her child and kept facing every attack by the tiger. It may be noted that the woman had no weapon to save herself from the tiger.
However, she kept shouting and praying for help, thus alerting the villagers who then chased away the animal. The child suffered injuries to his head while his mother suffered injuries all over her body.
Bhola Chowdhary, the husband of the injured woman, said she had taken the child to the farm when the tiger attacked her. "She didn't have any idea about the tiger being outside. She took the child to the farm where the tiger was hiding. It attacked her and she was severely injured," he said.

Madhya Pradesh woman fights off tiger, saves her year-old son

However, she kept shouting and praying for help, thus alerting the villagers who then chased away the animal. The child suffered injuries to his head while his mother suffered injuries all over her body.

In an exemplary show of courage, a woman fought off a tiger to save her son from its jaws in Jabalpur, near the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh. In the tiger attack in Rohaniya village earlier this week, both the woman and her son were injured, and are currently admitted to a hospital. They are in stable conditions.
"We were informed that the tiger is roaming out (outside the tiger reserve) and people were coming to see the tiger. But the woman wasn't aware of the tiger. Both of them were injured in the attack and admitted to a government hospital. Later, they were shifted to Jabalpur Medical College. Currently, both the mother and child are fine," Lavit Bharti, manager, Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve told news agency ANI. &nbsp;
The one-and-a-half years old boy was attacked by the tiger when his mother was taking care of their farm. The woman shielded her child and kept facing every attack by the tiger. It may be noted that the woman had no weapon to save herself from the tiger.
However, she kept shouting and praying for help, thus alerting the villagers who then chased away the animal. The child suffered injuries to his head while his mother suffered injuries all over her body.
Bhola Chowdhary, the husband of the injured woman, said she had taken the child to the farm when the tiger attacked her. "She didn't have any idea about the tiger being outside. She took the child to the farm where the tiger was hiding. It attacked her and she was severely injured," he said. Also Watch: <a href="https://www.editorji.com/world-news/multi-million-dollar-project-to-bring-back-tasmanian-tiger-from-extinction-1660727119632">Multi-million dollar project to bring back Tasmanian tiger from extinction</a>

Villagers in Maharashtra's Chandrapur are in panic and terror after a man was mauled to death by a tiger. The victim, 50-year-old Rajendra Arjun Kamdi, had gone with his wife and mother to a forested area to collect wood for a fence.
The tiger, lurking in bushes, attacked the man and killed him. When the wife and mother raised an alarm, the wild cat fled from the spot. The incident occurred on June 12 afternoon.
The victim, a labourer, was a resident of Halda village in Brahmapuri. The incident created panic among residents of villages in the area. A local leader reportedly threatened an agitation if authorities did not take steps to reduce man-animal conflict.

Tiger attacks, kills man in front of wife, mother in Maharashtra; villagers in panic, threaten agitation

Villagers in Maharashtra's Chandrapur are in panic after a man was mauled to death by a tiger with a local leader threatening an agitation if steps aren't taken to reduce man-animal conflict.

Villagers in Maharashtra's Chandrapur are in panic and terror after a man was mauled to death by a tiger. The victim, 50-year-old Rajendra Arjun Kamdi, had gone with his wife and mother to a forested area to collect wood for a fence.
The tiger, lurking in bushes, attacked the man and killed him. When the wife and mother raised an alarm, the wild cat fled from the spot. The incident occurred on June 12 afternoon.
The victim, a labourer, was a resident of Halda village in Brahmapuri. The incident created panic among residents of villages in the area. A local leader reportedly threatened an agitation if authorities did not take steps to reduce man-animal conflict.
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Body camera footage released by authorities showed a man screaming in pain and pleading for help just before a sheriff's deputy shot a Malayan tiger that had grabbed the man's arm at a Florida zoo.
The Collier County Sheriff's Office said the man was seriously injured Wednesday evening when he entered an unauthorized area near the tiger's enclosure at Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens. The 8-year-old tiger named Eko later died.
The man worked for a third-party cleaning service contracted to clean restrooms and the gift shop, the sheriff's office and the zoo said. He was hospitalized and his condition was not available on Friday.
The body camera video released Thursday by the sheriff's office appeared to show the tiger's jaw wrapped around the man's arm between his hand and elbow .
“Please, please help me, please,” the man screamed during a nearly 9-minute call with a sheriff's office dispatcher. The dispatcher is heard mistaking the man's screams for a woman and calling him m'am during the call.
The man could be seen on video bracing his body against the enclosure with his leg in the air and his shoulder in the dirt.
A zoo statement said that after the facility had closed Wednesady to the public, 26-year-old River Rosenquist jumped a public barrier fence into an unauthorized area in front of the tiger habitat.
“It is believed that he was trying to feed or pet the tiger through the enclosure fence to the point where the tiger was able to reach him and pull his arm into the enclosure,” the statement said, adding a deputy rushed to the scene.
“After the deputy initially tried to get the tiger to release the arm, he was left with no option but to shoot the animal to save the young man's life. The tiger was confirmed dead by Naples Zoo's veterinarian,” the statement added.
According to the sheriff's office, the tiger had retreated back into its enclosure after being shot.
The Malayan tiger is one of the smallest tiger species found throughout the southern and central Malay Peninsula and southern parts of Thailand, according to Malaysian Wildlife. It is the national symbol of Malaysia.
In 2016, a Malayan tiger attacked and killed a zookeeper at the Palm Beach Zoo. An autopsy found that Stacey Konwiser, 38, died of a fractured spine, a lacerated jugular and other neck injuries suffered when she was attacked by a 12-year-old tiger named Hati.

On Camera: Zoo tiger shot while biting Florida man's arm as he screams

((RUN 911 CALL)) &ldquo;Please, please help me, please,&rdquo; the man screamed during a nearly 9-minute call with a sheriff's office dispatcher. The dispatcher is heard mistaking the man's screams for a woman and calling him m'am during the call. ((NAT OF DO YOU THINK I AM JOKING)) Body camera footage released by Florida authorities showed a man screaming in pain and pleading for help just before a sheriff's deputy shot a Malayan tiger that had grabbed the man's arm at a Florida zoo.
((NAT OF MAN SCREEMING)) The Collier County Sheriff's Office said the man was seriously injured Wednesday evening when he entered an unauthorized area near the tiger's enclosure at Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens. The 8-year-old tiger named Eko later died. ((SOT OF OFFICER FROM CLIP 2)) ((SHOW BODY CAM SHOTS))
The man worked for a third-party cleaning service. The body camera video released Thursday by the sheriff's office appeared to show the tiger's jaw wrapped around the man's arm between his hand and elbow .
The man could be seen on video bracing his body against the enclosure with his leg in the air and his shoulder in the dirt.
A zoo statement said that 26-year-old River Rosenquist jumped a public barrier fence into an unauthorized area in front of the tiger habitat.
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Zoo tiger shot while biting Florida man's arm as he screams after entering unauthorized area&nbsp;

Body camera footage released by authorities showed a man screaming in pain and pleading for help just before a sheriff's deputy shot a Malayan tiger that had grabbed the man's arm at a Florida zoo.
The Collier County Sheriff's Office said the man was seriously injured Wednesday evening when he entered an unauthorized area near the tiger's enclosure at Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens. The 8-year-old tiger named Eko later died.
The man worked for a third-party cleaning service contracted to clean restrooms and the gift shop, the sheriff's office and the zoo said. He was hospitalized and his condition was not available on Friday.
The body camera video released Thursday by the sheriff's office appeared to show the tiger's jaw wrapped around the man's arm between his hand and elbow .
&ldquo;Please, please help me, please,&rdquo; the man screamed during a nearly 9-minute call with a sheriff's office dispatcher. The dispatcher is heard mistaking the man's screams for a woman and calling him m'am during the call.
The man could be seen on video bracing his body against the enclosure with his leg in the air and his shoulder in the dirt.
A zoo statement said that after the facility had closed Wednesady to the public, 26-year-old River Rosenquist jumped a public barrier fence into an unauthorized area in front of the tiger habitat.
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&ldquo;It is believed that he was trying to feed or pet the tiger through the enclosure fence to the point where the tiger was able to reach him and pull his arm into the enclosure,&rdquo; the statement said, adding a deputy rushed to the scene.
&ldquo;After the deputy initially tried to get the tiger to release the arm, he was left with no option but to shoot the animal to save the young man's life. The tiger was confirmed dead by Naples Zoo's veterinarian,&rdquo; the statement added.
According to the sheriff's office, the tiger had retreated back into its enclosure after being shot.
The Malayan tiger is one of the smallest tiger species found throughout the southern and central Malay Peninsula and southern parts of Thailand, according to Malaysian Wildlife. It is the national symbol of Malaysia.
In 2016, a Malayan tiger attacked and killed a zookeeper at the Palm Beach Zoo. An autopsy found that Stacey Konwiser, 38, died of a fractured spine, a lacerated jugular and other neck injuries suffered when she was attacked by a 12-year-old tiger named Hati.

Tyger, Tyger burning bright,In the forests of the night
William Blake's immortal ode to the fierce big cat. But the real ode to the tiger has been India's conservation story.While the world struggled to save the striped beauties,&nbsp;India emerged as the beacon. Sample these numbers:The country has been able to double its tiger population in just 12 years.&nbsp;The latest national census for 2018-2019 counted close to 3,000 wild tigers, up from just over 1,411 in 2006.&nbsp;India is currently home to 70 per cent of the global tiger population.India has worked long and hard to perk up dwindling tiger numbers.&nbsp;Two hundred years ago, an estimated 58,000 tigers roamed India&rsquo;s forests.&nbsp;But centuries of hunting and habitat destruction left fewer than 2,000 wild tigers by the 1970s.&nbsp;In 1973, the government declared the tiger India&rsquo;s national animal. It banned hunting and set up a conservation scheme called Project Tiger.At the time, there were only nine protected areas in the country.&nbsp;Today, there are 50 tiger reserves that cover a little over 28,000 square miles.The Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand has the highest number of 231 big cats in the country.Nagarhole and Bandipur reserves in Karnataka with 127 and 126 tigers respectively while Assam's Kaziranga and Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh recorded 104 tigers each.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan currently has over 60 big cats.
The spectre of a world without tigers led 13 nations to meet in 2010 in St Petersburg, Russia, where they declared that they would double their wild tiger numbers by 2022.&nbsp;But all except India, Nepal and Bhutan are struggling to save their tigers, even in protected reserves.&nbsp;Today, the World Wildlife Fund estimates that there about 3,900 wild tigers throughout Asia, with about 70% living in India.This wonderful news comes after a century of population declines and is proof that solid conservation efforts can work.

Explainer: Tiger Project: India's success story

While the world struggles to save the striped beauties,&nbsp;India has emerged as the beacon.&nbsp;The country has been able to double its tiger population in just 12 years.&nbsp;

The latest national census for 2018-2019 counted close to 3,000 wild tigers, up from just over 1,411 in 2006.&nbsp;

Tyger, Tyger burning bright, In the forests of the night
William Blake's immortal poem on the fierce big cat. But the real ode to the tiger has been India's conservation story. While the world struggled to save the striped beauties,&nbsp;India emerged as the beacon. Sample these numbers: The country has been able to double its tiger population in just 12 years.&nbsp; The latest national census for 2018-2019 counted close to 3,000 wild tigers, up from just over 1,411 in 2006.&nbsp; India is currently home to 70 per cent of the global tiger population. India has worked long and hard to perk up dwindling tiger numbers.&nbsp; Two hundred years ago, an estimated 58,000 tigers roamed India&rsquo;s forests.&nbsp; But centuries of hunting and habitat destruction left fewer than 2,000 wild tigers by the 1970s.&nbsp; In 1973, the government declared the tiger India&rsquo;s national animal. It banned hunting and set up a conservation scheme called Project Tiger. At the time, there were only nine protected areas in the country.&nbsp; Today, there are 50 tiger reserves that cover a little over 28,000 square miles. The Corbett Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand has the highest number of 231 big cats in the country. Nagarhole and Bandipur reserves in Karnataka with 127 and 126 tigers respectively while Assam's Kaziranga and Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh recorded 104 tigers each.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan currently has over 60 big cats.
The spectre of a world without tigers led 13 nations to meet in 2010 in St Petersburg, Russia, where they declared that they would double their wild tiger numbers by 2022.&nbsp; But all except India, Nepal and Bhutan are struggling to save their tigers, even in protected reserves.&nbsp; Today, the World Wildlife Fund estimates that there about 3,900 wild tigers throughout Asia, with about 70% living in India. This wonderful news comes after a century of population declines and is proof that solid conservation efforts can work.

Observed on 29th July each year, International Tiger Day aims at creating awareness about the diminishing population of tigers and the ways of conserving them.

International Tiger Day 2021: With only 3900 tigers left in the wild, help save them now!

Observed on 29th July each year, International Tiger Day aims&nbsp;at creating awareness about the diminishing population of tigers and the ways of conserving them.

Observed on 29th July each year, International Tiger Day aims&nbsp;at creating awareness about the diminishing population of tigers and the ways of conserving them.

International Tiger Day 2021: Recognised by their signature orange fur and black stripes, tigers are known as symbols of strength, grace and beauty. But this iconic species needs to be conserved before they are lost forever.
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Observed on 29th July every year, International Tiger Day was first created in November 2010 during the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia. The day aims at creating awareness about the diminishing population of tigers and the ways of conserving them the world over. The thirteen tiger range countries resolved to help recover and double up the numbers of tigers by 2022, the next tiger lunar year.&nbsp;
According to the World Wildlife Fund, there are around just 3900 tigers in the wild. One of the major reasons behind the decline in the tiger population is poaching and hunting activities. WWF also highlighted that due to the pandemic and the consequent collapse of eco-tourism, a lot of communities that depend on tiger tourism have lost their livelihood. This economic setback led to an increase in poaching activities and a decline in conservation activities. Even the act of forest encroachment by humans has put the lives of these endangered species at risk.
Even though several steps have been taken to help protect and conserve&nbsp;the tigers, there is&nbsp;still a long way to go. Now more than ever is the need to prioritise tiger conservation activities before we lose them all.&nbsp;
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You don't mess with an elephant out for a walk. And even the tigers know that. See what happens when a tiger finds itself in the way of a jumbo jogger. In a video shared by actor Dia Mirza, an elephant is seen walking down a forest path. There is a tiger relaxing in its way, but that doesn't bother the tusker who keeps walking casually and slowly. The tiger eventually turns its head and spots the approaching elephant. What happened next is surprising. The big cat just gets up and gets out of the way. Watch the video.

Watch: What happens when a tiger comes in an elephant's way!

You don't mess with an elephant out for a walk. And even the tigers know that. Watch what happens when an elephant comes across a tiger while walking

You don't mess with an elephant out for a walk. And even the tigers know that. See what happens when a tiger finds itself in the way of a jumbo jogger. In a video shared by actor Dia Mirza, an elephant is seen walking down a forest path. There is a tiger relaxing in its way, but that doesn't bother the tusker who keeps walking casually and slowly. The tiger eventually turns its head and spots the approaching elephant. What happened next is surprising. The big cat just gets up and gets out of the way. Watch the video.

For the ease of studying tigers and assessing human-tiger conflict, a radio collar has been fitted on to a male tiger in the Sunderbans for the first time.
The big cat was released into the wild close to a human settlement in the Basirhat range on Sunday.
The initiative was undertaken jointly by officials from West Bengal government's wildlife wing and World Wide Fund for Nature. Incidents of tigers straying into nearby villages are common.
Three more tigers will be collared soon and studied over the next three years.

In a first, a tiger was fitted with a radio collar in the Sunderbans

Radio collar has been fitted on to a male tiger in the Sunderbans for the first time

For the ease of studying tigers and assessing human-tiger conflict, a radio collar has been fitted on to a male tiger in the Sunderbans for the first time.
The big cat was released into the wild close to a human settlement in the Basirhat range on Sunday.
The initiative was undertaken jointly by officials from West Bengal government's wildlife wing and World Wide Fund for Nature. Incidents of tigers straying into nearby villages are common in the region.
Three more tigers will be collared soon and studied over the next three years.

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