Showing posts with label kanha. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kanha. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Kanha's spate of tigers killings in territorial fights continues
After another death of a tigeress whose half eaten body was found by park rangers, the reserve has become prime example of how shrinking space is leading the big cats into killing each other frequently. Although such killings in the wild are not uncommon but this is one in a series of such incidents reported in the park this year. Earlier in September a tigress was similarly found dead, mauled possibly by a rival in a territorial fight. With forests disappearing rapidly and tigers being solitary animals the little space they are being made to share with each is turning them on other. More than 8 tigers have been reported dead in Kanha this year alone some due to above mentioned incidents. With large forests areas and tiger reporting a drop in tiger populations it might not be a bad idea for the govt to secure them and think of relocating tigers from parks such as Kanha.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Tiger cub found dead in Kanha Reserve
Bhopal, Nov 3 (PTI) An 11-month-old tiger cub was found dead at the famous Kanha Tiger Reserve in Eastern Madhya Pradesh, officials said today.
This is the second incident in two months when a female cub has been found dead in Kanha.
"The cub was found dead yesterday at Kanherie beat in the reserve after sustaining injuries in a fight with a tiger.
Its post-mortem report too reveals this," Kanha Deputy Director A K Nagar told PTI.
A tiger was noticed around the cub in the morning hours and it might have killed the feline, which was disposed off after an autopsy was carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NCTA), he added.
Nagar said it was not an unusual incident and such fights were common.
This is the second incident in two months when a female cub has been found dead in Kanha.
"The cub was found dead yesterday at Kanherie beat in the reserve after sustaining injuries in a fight with a tiger.
Its post-mortem report too reveals this," Kanha Deputy Director A K Nagar told PTI.
A tiger was noticed around the cub in the morning hours and it might have killed the feline, which was disposed off after an autopsy was carried out in accordance with the guidelines of the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NCTA), he added.
Nagar said it was not an unusual incident and such fights were common.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Faced with shrinking habitat tiger turning on each other
In another incident of its kind, a tigress's partially eaten body was found in Kanha national park according to a report on Indiatimes.com. This is the 7th tiger death in the park and some of them have been attributed to territorial fights amongst big cats. According to forest officials quoted in the report, a male tiger killed the sub adult female tiger possibly for encroaching into his territory. With forest areas shrinking at a rapid pace and tigers being fiercly territorial animals, incidents of the big cats killing each other are being reported at increased rate.
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