According to a new report, 10 Asiatic lions and dozens of people were killed last month by monsoon flooding in Gujarat, India. The report, submitted this weekend to the state and federal environment ministries, said the rains also killed at least 10 of the...
On July 6, 2015 the Discovery Channel premiered a new Asiatic lion documentary “India’s Wandering Lions”. The lions were tracked and filmed for over 3 years. Today, the Indian lion population has rebounded to a population of over 400 – a cause...
Owning a cheetah has become a status symbol in the Middle East, according to the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), who warns their popularity as a “hot new luxury pet” is putting wild cheetah populations at greater risk – and possibly extinction....
On July 29th, Global Tiger Day will be celebrated worldwide. Wild tiger populations have declined over 90% in the past 100 years. It is estimated that less that 3000 tigers currently live in the wild. Several tiger subspecies are already extinct. Tigers have been...
via Conservation India/Economic Times Due to the man-tiger conflict in the state, India’s National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has directed Uttar Pradesh, the country’s fifth largest state, to identify “potential” man-eaters and...
News Source: ALTA Conservation – A Decline in the Wild Amur Tiger Population It’s a sad day for the Amur tigers. Last week when rangers were patrolling a National Park in Russia, they came across a dead male Amur tiger. It was believed that the death of this...
