The Minister replying to a query by Jharsuguda MLA Tankadhar Tripathy told the House that 48 leopards and 7 royal Bengal tigers have died in different forest divisions in Odisha from 2014-15 to 2023-24.
Expressing his satisfaction, forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick said he will visit Siliguri soon and hold a meeting about development of the sanctuary.
According to the officials, the Neora Valley National Park and the Buxa Tiger Reserve had already recorded the pres- ence of Royal Bengal Tigers as they were clicked by trap cam- eras
The carcass was disposed of as per the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) guidelines, DFO added.
On the basis of intelligence input, a team of STF, Odisha Police and Forest Officials arrested the wildlife criminal Purna Chandra Majhi of Sasangabeda village under Udala police station jurisdiction of Mayurbhanj district.
What endeared her to conservationists and wildlife biologists and earned her the 'supermom' tag was her unprecedented contribution of 29 cubs to the now thriving tiger population of Pench. With partners like T30, Chhota Male and Rayyakasa (who has been with her since 2012) she mothered eight litters during the decade between 2008 and 2018
Shakti and Karishma gave birth to a male Royal Bengal Tiger cub on November 14, while the penguin chick was born on August 19.
The tiger was finally caught today with the forest officials managing to knock it out with a tranquillizer dart. It was safely put in a cage and ferried to a hospital to undergo a clinical check-up. The state forest minister Jyotipriyo Mullick said that a large number of forest officials was deployed to catch the tiger, ensuring it doesn’t get killed at the hands of people.
An official statement of KNP & TR said that the carcass of a Royal Bengal Tiger was detected by staff of Bheroni camp under Kohoral Range of Kaziranga Tiger Reserve on the morning of June 18 in Japoripathar village.
The Sundarbans comprises an ecosystem that forms the frontal area of the Gangetic belt. For all the scenic beauty that the region presents with its unique mangrove forests; for all the biodiversity that it houses; for all the attraction that it has earned as the home of the Royal Bengal Tiger, the region’s primary claim to fame is that it is the most powerful bulwark against natural cataclysms.
