Tiger Straying in Sunderbans

A Collaborative study on problems of tiger straying in the villages of  the Sunderbans was conducted by Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) and their observations are as under: A Collaborative study on problems of tiger straying in the villages of  the Sunderbans was conducted by Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) and their observations are as […]

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Tigers are straying due to high salinity in Sunderbans

Official figures shows that in 2009 , 22 incidents of tiger-strayings took place in the Sunderbans in comparision to 9 in 2008, 11 in 2007, 11 in 2006 and 1 in 2005. Experts are of the opinion that rise in salinity level is probably the main cause behind this increase in tiger straying incidents. In […]

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Tiger Census in the Sunderbans

A Bengali news daily reported today that the Tiger census is going to get its start after many hiccups from 4th of March. Modern techniques of collection of DNA rather than pugmark process are being adopted this time. The teams consisting of forest workers, experts and ngo’s will start collecting of Tiger’s hairs, biological extracts […]

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Bakkhali

Bakkhali is a small beautiful tourist spot situated on the seashore of Bay of Bengal in south 24 Parganas District of West Bengal. Bakkhali is a popular as week-end tourist spot. It is approximately 132 kms away from Kolkata. The sea beach in Bakkhali is very calm and quiet with gently rolling waves which attracts […]

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

Man Animal Conflict

Three women died and four others, including two children, were injured by an elephant that went berserk in Jalpaiguri district Thursday. The elephant was a Tusker. The incident took place in Kankimari village. All four injured are taken to a nearby district hospital as they sufferred critical injuries. Later, the elephant was chased back into […]

Friday, October 16th, 2009

National Parks in India – Wiki links

States National Parks of India Andaman & Nicobar Islands Campbell Bay • Galathea • Mahatma Gandhi • Mt. Harriet Island • Middle Button Island • North Button Island • Rani Jhansi • Saddle Peak • South Button Island Andhra Pradesh Kasu Brahmananda Reddy • Mahavir Harina Vanasthali • Mrugavani • Sri Venkateswara Arunachal Pradesh Mouling • Namdapha Assam Dibru-Saikhowa • […]

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009