CATT- Conservation Awareness Team Trust

17/09/2022

As many as 10 sites across the Central Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh were surveyed between 2010 and 2012 of which Kuno was eventually chosen as the most preferred habitat

11/09/2022

How saving the rhino became as commercial an enterprise in Kaziranga as poaching

In ‘Homeland Insecurities’, Sanjay Barbora writes how a wildlife conservationist’s job in India oscillates between criminal investigation and paralegal aid to forest department.

13/05/2022

Poachers tranquillise rhino to remove horn in Assam -

The incident came to light on Monday when personnel deployed in the park found the dehorned sub-adult male rhino aged around 8-10 years, during routine patrolling in Muwamari area.

28/04/2022

Rajasthan: Villagers leave their homes so tigers can live -

The village relocation programme at Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR), which was moving at a sluggish pace over the past 15 years, has finally gained some momentum with the forest administration beginning to shift another village this week. This will be the sixth village shifted from the reserve since 200...

20/04/2022

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2022/apr/20/its-a-twin-elephant-inbandipurtiger-reserve-gives-birth-to-two-calves-2444077.html

24/02/2022

TN begins work on India’s first dugong reserve in Palk Bay -

Reserve will be tentatively spread over 500 sq km at an initial cost of Rs 5 cr for 5 years

11/02/2022

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/meet-indias-newest-mammal-white-cheeked-macaque-7763461/lite/

28/10/2021

Man-tiger peaceful co-existence: Pilibhit district administration coaxes farmers to switch from cane to other cash crops - https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/mantiger-peaceful-co-existence-pilibhit-district-administration-coaxes-farmers-to-switch-from-cane-to-other-cash-crops-101635100804653.html?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ht_s

There appears to be a shift taking place in Pilibhit district of Uttar Pradesh, where humans and tigers can coexist peacefully in their defined territories after decades of bloody conflict

11/09/2021

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-to-expedite-rehabilitation-of-tribals-from-protected-areas-of-nagarhole-tiger-reserve-7502610/

A letter sent to the Union Minister for Environment by a Karnataka State Wildlife Board member has highlighted that the voluntary resettlement of tribals in the reserve, which started in 1998, has not been completed even after 23 years.

19/07/2021

https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/first-tiger-spotted-in-goa-s-mhadei-after-four-big-cats-were-poisoned-in-2020-101626260099343.html

28/06/2021

Sariska saga: Reading the King’s mind as it set foot in its new home -

Thirteen years have passed since June 28, 2008 when history was created in Sariska as ‘The King’ roared and set its foot on its soil at 1.13pm.

26/06/2021

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/tiger-reserves-shut-tiger-breeding-jim-corbett-7376203/

Uttarakhand has decided to keep Corbett and Rajaji Tiger Reserves open all year. What were the reasons for shutting them during the rainy season so far, and how does it impact tiger breeding and poaching?