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Karnataka orders capture or shooting of tiger that killed 2 persons in Bandipur Reserve
https://www.hindustantimes.com/karnataka...MZ4JP.html  (10-09-2019, 05:14 PM)Sanju Wrote: Karnataka orders capture or shooting of tiger that killed 2 persons in Bandipur Reserve Wasif Jamshed Bandipur tiger Shooting order cancel Koshish hamesha rang lati hai subha say lage thaiy finally happy...tiger will live specially thankful to Mrs.maineka sanjay gandhi to reacting fast on my call..n she done it again...  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
Sahebrao was just a few months old when his front paw got caught in a poacher’s trap in Chandrapur in 2012. Since then, he has lived in a facility in Nagpur.
A TEAM of experts, including from the Forest Department and the University of Leeds, has begun an operation to fix a prosthetic limb to a tiger in captivity. If all goes well over the next three-four weeks, experts say, this would be the first instance in the world where a tiger would get an artificial limb. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/surgery-begins-for-a-world-first-artificial-limb-for-tiger-6061602/ (10-10-2019, 12:54 AM)Pckts Wrote:(10-09-2019, 05:14 PM)Sanju Wrote: Karnataka orders capture or shooting of tiger that killed 2 persons in Bandipur Reserve Bandipur forest officials with local tribals have darted and captured the tiger you mentioned. Probably will be shifted to Bannerghatta Biological Park. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/man-eating-tiger-karnataka-forest-traced-captured-1608950-2019-10-13
In Lahore, Punjab State, Pakistan, a caretaker unleashed his pet lion on an electrician for demanding wages, though thankfully, it wasn't a fatal attack, and the victim lodged a complaint at a police station: https://heraldpublicist.com/lion-unleash...re-report/
In Ballari Zoo, Karnataka State, India, a video of a grumpy 6-year-old lion called 'Keshri' chasing visitors went viral, but it was taken 45 days prior, and it's not uncommon for visitors to be chased by lions and tigers there, according to the Executive Director, Sonal Varshi: https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/it...ors-110484 
CDV virus found in 68 lions and 6 leopards
Paul John | TNN | Updated: Oct 12, 2019  *This image is copyright of its original author AHMEDABAD: The canine distemper virus (CDV) infection which killed 27 lions in September-October last year along with babesia infection was detected in a total of 68 lions and six leopards too, according to research by National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. The research paper, recently published in the US-based Center for Disease Control (CDC) newsletter, says that samples from 316 lions and 52 leopards were tested. Interestingly, contrary to earlier belief that the CDV virus found in Gir may be an East African strain which wiped off lions in Serengeti, Tanzania, the NIV researchers, who studied the genome sequencing of CDV virus, say it is similar to proposed India-1/Asia-5 strain found in Indian stray dogs. "We observed 95.8% to 96.8% nucleotide similarity for the 'H' gene region of CDV sequences from the Gir outbreak with the proposed India-1/Asia-5 strain," claimed the research team led by director of ICMR-NIV, D T Mourya and his collegues P D Yadav, S Mohandas, A Shete-Aich and R R Sahay. Among co-authors were a several Gujarat forest officials including R F Kadiwar and M K Vala of Sakkarbaug Zoo in Junagadh, Department of Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Gandhinagar, A K Saxena and P Purushothama. The paper proposes vaccination of lions for CDV. "CDV is prevalent in dog population in India and free ranging dog population often poses a threat of virus transmission to wildlife. Vaccination is an option", the NIV paper says. Back in September 2018, ICMR-NIV Pune had received blood and ocular (eyes), nasal, and rectal swab specimens from 229 wild and 87 captive lions. They had also got visceral organs, including lung, liver, heart, and kidney, from three dead lions for investigations. Of the 229 wild lions, 20 had shown clinical CDV infection signs, including dullness, lacrimation, cough, diarrhoea, and seizures. Two of the 87 captive lions showed lacrimation and respiratory distress. In all, 68 lion samples and six leopards had tested positive with CDV. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city...549175.cms (10-17-2019, 08:46 AM)Rishi Wrote: CDV virus found in 68 lions and 6 leopards If that's not enough for Indian PM Modi and the State of Gujarat to change their aversion to shifting lions to Kuno-Palpur in Madhya Pradesh, before a disease like CDV or a closely related morbillivirus (which killed approximately 1000 Southeast African lions in the Serengeti (composed of Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and Masai Mara Reserve in Kenya), which is much more than how many wild Asiatic lions are known to exist, about 650 as of 2017) or some other natural disaster like a fire (bearing in mind what happened in South America that is estimated to have killed at least 500 jaguars) can wipe out the lion in Gujarat State, then what is? (10-17-2019, 10:06 AM)BorneanTiger Wrote:(10-17-2019, 08:46 AM)Rishi Wrote: CDV virus found in 68 lions and 6 leopards That is nowhere near enough... It will take atleast 100 (for starters) of them to be relocated over other former grassland or arid habitats, to ensure viable & self sufficient alternative habitats for Asiatic lions outside their present range. Such internal relocations within Gujarat state has not happened either, nor are there any known plans beyond farces like the Barda relocation. Otherwise there are plenty of dogs in MP too, there are plenty of dogs everywhere in India. Tigers and leopards are simply less affected by CDV because of being solitary. Forget Greater-Gir, if a disaster or epidemic does actually decimate majority of the lions in Gir forest itself, then having a few dozens of them remaining in Kuno-Palpur would seem like an unfunny joke.
2 Bhutanese nationals caught in Manas with tiger skin and tiger bones. They were planning to smuggle it into Kathmandu and sell it their for 32 lakh rupees or close to 50,000 USD.
The recovered skin has been identified as that of a tiger from Panbari Range of the Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam. https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/2-bhutanese-nationals-arrested-with-tiger-skin-from-manas.html
A tiger was found dead in Mudumalai Tiger reserve which is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve of southern India. The body was found intact, so poaching was ruled out. The team also found porcupine spines and bones inside the tiger’s stomach.
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/tiger-found-dead-in-mudumalai-771662.html
A 2019 survey by the Center of Biological Diversity found the construction of the wall to have a devastating impact on the ecosystem, with construction coming perilously close to the San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, and an active migration corridor for the North American jaguar, as well as already damaging habitats in sites such as San Bernardino Slaughter Ranch. The survey also found unrestricted pumping of groundwater from local aquifers in order to produce concrete for the wall, which will have a destructive habitat on subterranean ecosystems as well as surface ones that are sustained by groundwater: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/p...019-10-31/, https://www.azpm.org/p/home-articles-new...n-arizona/
On the positive side, the impeachment inquiry Trump govt. has began, so let's see whether or not it can save San Bernardino and the jaguars that migrate between Mexico and the USA: https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-ne...index.html San Bernadino, Arizona; credit: Ariana Brocious  *This image is copyright of its original author
A young tiger which slipped and fell and was somehow stuck between a couple of rocks was rescued and taken to a rehabilitation centre in Chandrapur of Maharashtra state. https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/others/tiger-trapped-between-rocks-successfully-rescued-from-chandrapur/articleshow/71940427.cms 
he was never captured, Sarosh Lodhi of Claw and Conservation group just posted an update and unfortunately the poor rescue attempt contributed to his death. a sad loss.
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author as you can see in this video, after 12 hours of being stuck. the male finally managed to free himself up. the rescue team tried to pull him out of there with a cage and when the tiger attempted to enter the cage, the cage door fell on his face, severely injuring him further and the rescue operation was called off because it was too dark out, he later succumbed to his injuries at night. poorly handled situation lead to the death of this male. Rip
Just read about him now. Sad. Apparently, he had no territory of his own and his range actually had no forest cover and he was surviving by killing cattle. The rescue effort was hampered because of it possibly having broken it’s spine. The autopsy will tell us all.
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