Tigress’ 400-km journey from MP to Chhattisgarh reveals two safe corridors
A tigress traveled approximately 400 km from Madhya Pradesh’s Pench Tiger Reserve to Chhattisgarh’s Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, demonstrating the functionality of critical tiger corridors. This movement, identified by the Wildlife Institute of India, suggests that conservation efforts, including anti-poaching patrols and the NH-44 mitigation plan—an elevated highway with wildlife underpasses—are effectively maintaining safe, connected habitats for tigers.
Wildlife corridors in four national parks suggested to protect species
Environmentalists propose wildlife corridors in Kanwar, Inderkilla, Khirganga, and Dhauladhar in Himachal Pradesh to reduce human-wildlife conflicts. These corridors would aid wildlife movement during development projects, preventing habitat fragmentation and protecting biodiversity, including endangered species like snow leopards and Kashmiri musk deer.
MP to radio-collar wolves to study their co-existence
Three wolves are to be radio-collared in Madhya Pradesh’s Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary to study their coexistence with tigers, which were reintroduced to the sanctuary in 2018. This telemetry-based, two-year study by the MP State Forest Research Institute aims to understand the wolves' ecological adaptation amid increased tiger presence and may serve as a model for wolf conservation across India.
Presence of ‘Asiatic golden cat’ reconfirmed in Manas National park
A team from the Assam Forest Department and conservationists from Aaranyak have confirmed the presence of the Asiatic golden cat in Manas National Park, Assam. Despite previous extensive camera trapping efforts yielding no sightings, two photographic captures in December 2019 and January 2021 reaffirmed its existence post-ethnopolitical conflict. The species, listed as Near Threatened by the IUCN, inhabits diverse habitats across Northeast India and is protected under India's Wildlife (Protection) Act.
Rise in human-wildlife conflicts in HP as black bear, leopard populations thrive: Wildlife census
Human-wildlife conflicts in Himachal Pradesh are increasing, with leopards and Asiatic black bears targeting livestock, according to a report by the Zoological Survey of India. The census identified approximately 529 black bears and 510 leopards across the state. Education and conservation efforts are advised for conflict-prone areas to reduce encounters.