Showing posts tagged with “tiger deaths”.
Subit Chakraborty deserves thanks for forcing eight Kanha tiger deaths into court, demanding records on monitoring, veterinary reports, CDV-linked concerns, vaccination drives and whether conservation practice became real action when tigers needed protection most, not after official silence hardened again.
Surveillance at Kanha must mean real fieldwork after six CDV-linked tiger deaths, with patrols, dog vaccination, water testing, waste control and scientific sampling replacing soft language before more tigers become carcasses.
Mismanagement in Madhya Pradesh is turning India’s biggest tiger state into a warning sign, with 34 tiger deaths in five months, missing reports, weak investigations, electrocution, poaching, disease and official excuses exposing preventable failures behind the pride of protected forests.
CDV is suspected after another Kanha tiger death, with six fatalities in one month. Stray dogs, disease bridges and weak forest-edge management expose how domestic neglect can become wild tiger mortality.
Kalagarh recorded another tiger death inside Corbett Tiger Reserve, with samples sent for forensic and toxicology testing. Intact body parts reduce poaching suspicion, but science must explain the cause before reassurance replaces evidence.
Siblings in Uttarakhand were poisoned with bait and mutilated near Rajaji Tiger Reserve, exposing calculated wildlife crime, repeat-offender risk and weak buffer-zone protection around one of India’s important tiger landscapes.
4 days now marks Madhya Pradesh’s tiger mortality crisis, with 32 deaths in 135 days. Territorial fights, disease, electric wires, poaching and human pressure show tiger recovery is failing without corridors, prevention and accountability.
Ludhiana zoo replaced dead captive tigers with new Bengal tigers from Nagpur, exposing how India still confuses wildlife display and safari entertainment with genuine conservation.
Extreme rise in tiger deaths across India reveals growing ecological pressure, fragmented habitats, territorial conflict, and deeper weaknesses hidden beneath the country’s celebrated tiger conservation success story.
Vikram died at 21 after spending nearly eight years in captivity, exposing how India still handles tiger conflict through confinement while shrinking habitats and human pressure continue driving dangerous encounters with wild tigers.
Byculla zoo plans to replace dead captive tigers with new arrivals from Nagpur, exposing how India still confuses zoo breeding, animal exchanges, and urban tiger displays with real conservation despite leading the world in wild tiger populations.
Amanganj became the latest unexplained tiger death in Madhya Pradesh after a rescued and radio-collared young tiger was found dead in Panna Tiger Reserve, raising new questions about transparency, monitoring failures, and India’s growing tiger mortality crisis.
