Now Ranthambore faces destruction due to mining and river bridge

A new road being build over River Banas in Ranthamore park and mining by villagers near Bhadlaw threatens to destroy widlife habitat in the area

Apparently forest guards know about the mining activity and not much has been done to prevent the destruction.

Ranthambore has been one of the few success stories of tiger conservation in India and as with the recent cases of proposed mining around Tadoba and a road project through Pench national park, these activities around a national park create havoc with wildlife habitats.

This piece of info comes courtesy our friend Phil Davis who runs a tiger conservation charity www.tigerawareness.co.uk . in UK.

Crowded Ranthambore leading to tigers going stray

With a rapidly growing population of tigers and shrinking habitats more and more tigers are at Ranthambore are straying out of the park into surrounding areas. In the latest case a tiger has strayed into the nearby Chambal area and perhaps entered MP if officials quoted in a TOI report are to be believed.

Ranthanmbore tiger strays into Chambal http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Ranthanmbore-tiger-strays-into-Chambal/articleshow/5208010.cms

Rajasthan to get its 3rd tiger reserve, India its 39th

NTCa has given in principal approval to to the project Darrah National Park, some 50 kms from Kota reports TOI. Tigers from Ranthambore are slated to be relocated to Darrrah. The sanctuary also called Rajiv Gandhi National Park consists of three sanctuaries Darrah, Chambal and Jaswant sagar.

With tigers being killed across the country at a rapid pace, one way of saving the population is by bringing new areas under forest cover and repopulating them with tigers to offset the pressure on the existing few parks. An initiative like Darrah is certainly a good start.

Tigers will now roar at Darrah

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Tigers-will-now-roar-at-Darrah/articleshow/5205441.cms

International Tiger Year to be launched on Valentine's day

With the objective of spreading awareness about conservation of forests and wildlife in them, the forest ministry has decided to celebrate international year of the tiger starting Valentine's day in 2010 culminating into the World Tiger meet at Ranthambore in Nov next year. With Chinese demand for tiger parts in the danger of peaking next year on account of the Chinese year of the tiger, it might be a good time to bring the issue of loosing tigers into international limelight.

International Year of the Tiger to kick off on V-Day: Ramesh

http://www.ptinews.com/news/311756_International-Year-of-Tiger--on-Valentine-s-Day--Ramesh