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 (06-25-2019, 11:42 PM)Pckts Wrote: Kasim photography That is a tiger you don´t want to meet in the dark alley  Quite a photo!
Kathik
Bamera son Bandhavgarh | 2019  *This image is copyright of its original author Mangu Spotty 28 June 2019 Photo @Ajay namdev  *This image is copyright of its original author Rumor: Panalal is said to have been poached.  *This image is copyright of its original author Sameer Sonawane He is dead .... I have interacted with the Villagers of Sorrounding region to get his info .. he is surely poached as no info on electrocution I received Ajay Tiwari P 151 Panna tiger reserve Panna MP India Jun 2019  *This image is copyright of its original author
Neelam from Kanha
Wildlife Safari Pench Sillari PENCH TIGER RESERVE SILLARI CT MALE TIGER JUN 19  *This image is copyright of its original author Rahul Pandit Love in Air Mahamaan male with female  *This image is copyright of its original author
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city...share_tray
VDO on above link. Tigers fight it out for tigress in Tadoba-Andhari reserve (07-02-2019, 01:32 PM)anand3690 Wrote: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city...share_trayGreat Video! Munna Uma Sangam CM
Kheoni tigers,
 *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author https://indiasendangered.com/first-tiger...a-pradesh/  (07-07-2019, 09:44 PM)parvez Wrote: Kheoni tigers, For those that are unaware, Kheoni is west of Ratapani. It sits in Dewas district of Madhya Pradesh & recieves the spillover cats from saturated Ratapani. Night-vision camera set up in the wildlife sanctuary trapped a streak of tigers comprising 1 tiger, 2 tigresses and 2 cubs (around one and a half-year-old) drinking water near a waterhole in the sanctuary. Released last week these photos are new westernmost breeding population of MP. https://www.tourmyindia.com/blog/tigers-...sanctuary/  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author
A video recorded by travellers going in a car from Paoni to Ramtek via 4-lane national highway NH-7, shows a tiger waiting to cross the road near Chorbahuli. They had the decency to stop & they recorded the incident.
The tiger has been identified as T1 of Pench, the dominant male of the area on Pench Kanha corridor, also known as Mystery male. After its proposal in 2008 for four-laning of NH7 between Seoni (Madhya Pradesh) and Nagpur (Maharashtra) faced scrutiny, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) told a Supreme Court panel that it was ready to build a 9.3-km flyover over the Pench tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh so that wildlife movements are not disturbed. However, in 2014, NHAI said it could afford only a 1-km flyover. By 2015, the plan had been further downsized to building just a few ecoducts (landscaping above the carriageway for wildlife movement).  *This image is copyright of its original author “The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, in its first report in 2012 had suggested a 2,000m underpass in that patch. However, under political pressure, it was reduced to 750m,” said wildlife conservationist Prafulla Bhamburkar. “We had discussed with NHAI the issue of removing the crash barriers but these can’t be removed as they prevent accidents. Of the 37 km patch between Chorbahuli-Deolapar, 18 km is a dense forested patch but mitigation structures are built in 2,000m area only, leaving animals to use open patches to cross over,” said RS Govekar, CCF & field director, Pench. The spot from where the tiger crossed the highway is 500 metres away from a 750m and 50m underpass. 
that’s the resident male of Chorbahuli, Pench. (Code name T1, people also call him Chorbahuli Male or Mystery Male). good to see how cautious he was. made eye contact and got out of there fairly quick. sad and harsh reality of all the tigers in India. tfs!
 *This image is copyright of its original author May/2016  *This image is copyright of its original author April/2018  *This image is copyright of its original author Dec/2018  *This image is copyright of its original author July/2019 (07-11-2019, 01:29 PM)Rishi Wrote: A video recorded by travellers going in a car from Paoni to Ramtek via 4-lane national highway NH-7, shows a tiger waiting to cross the road near Chorbahuli. They had the decency to stop & they recorded the incident. Actually, recent findings have said that the tigers have become increasingly adept at navigating using these underpasses. But, not only tigers, but also other animals like dhole are seen using these passes and in one rare instance also making a kill here showing that they are kind of accepting it as part of their new environment. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/animal-underpasses-on-maharashtra-highway-a-life-saver-tigers-turning-out-to-be-regular-users-5831309/
However, a report by Wildlife Institute of India (WWI) scientist Bilal Habib and his team shows that over March, April and May, 17 different species of animals started using these underpasses along the 16-km patch of forest on the Maharashtra side of the highway — including T1. Tigers have been among the most frequent users of at least one of these underpasses, says the report that is part of a study titled ‘Ecological impact assessment of existing and proposed road infrastructure in important wildlife corridors in India’. The study found animals displaying “peculiar behavioural patterns” that could help in devising mitigation measures required to be undertaken in other similar projects. For instance, between March and May, the study undertaken with the help of 74 trap cameras showed that T1 used Animal Under Pass (AUP) 9 at least twice. In another case, the study showed, a sloth bear took two months to decide that it would use the underpass. The study found that while some animals passed through the underpasses, some used them for playing or resting. Most animals used the underpasses during night, it showed. The study showed 27 events involving 11 individual tigers using AUPs 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 — they used AUP 8 the most, frequenting it on 20 occasions.“These are the first-ever wildlife mitigation measures in the country and the world’s biggest. Our study has found that 17 species have started using them... Tigers have been preferring the AUPs, which is very reassuring,” says Habib. Other animals found using the AUPs were: leopard (1), chital (237), gaur (20), hare (30), jungle cat (50), mongoose (16), bluebull (15), palm civet (15), porcupine (1), sambhar (6), small Indian civet (2), sloth bear (1), wild dog (five) and wild pig (41). Langurs (6,255) and rhesus macaques (2,315) were found to have used the AUPs. However, 10,493 people and 264 livestock also used the AUPs during the same period. “We need to restrict non-wildlife movement to exploit the full potential of these structures,” says Habib. According to Habib, two specific developments have been encouraging:11 individual tigers have started using these underpasses. “This could well be the entire tiger population residing in the vicinity of NH 44 that needs to cross the road,” says Habib.
Around 10 am last Sunday, AUP 8 witnessed a first-of-its-kind event: a pack of 5-6 wild dogs killing a chital (spotted deer). “This is very exciting since it means the dogs have started treating the AUPs as part of their habitat and are feeling at home there,” says Habib. The underpasses, which are essentially the space beneath elevated portions of the highway, are 50-750m wide — AUPs 7 and 8 are the largest at 750m. They were constructed about a year ago, at sites most frequently used as crossing points by animals in a survey conducted by Habib in 2015, and were ready for use early this year. In their long legal battle demanding adequate mitigation measures, in the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, activists accused the WII of succumbing to pressure from the NHAI and allowing smaller underpasses than originally suggested. After the recent video of T1, the High Court directed the litigants and their lawyers to visit the underpasses along with officials from the Forest Department and NHAI to assess the situation. The team visited the spot Saturday. On T1 using the underpass and the road above, Habib says: “That’s a question of behaviour. Maybe, he found crossing the road on that occasion possible due to no traffic in sight. Every animal has its own calculation and response to a situation.” Habib says the WII team has “suggested raising fencing on the road in stretches between AUPs” to deter animals from crossing. “Over the next few years, traffic will be much higher, increasing animal mortality on the road,” he says. (07-16-2019, 01:42 PM)Ashutosh Wrote:(07-11-2019, 01:29 PM)Rishi Wrote: A video recorded by travellers going in a car from Paoni to Ramtek via 4-lane national highway NH-7, shows a tiger waiting to cross the road near Chorbahuli. They had the decency to stop & they recorded the incident. From Ashutosh's link, T1 himself crossing via underpass...  *This image is copyright of its original author ... although despite presence of underpass, he clearly still crosses directly over the road as well.
I would be more interested to see the footage of that sloth bear which took two months to decide whether it wanted to use the underpass. That would be quite hilarious actually, just seeing a bear all indecisive, flummoxed really. Ha!
Nikhil Gaikwad
Chhota Matka... Son of Matkasur and Chhoti Tara... Camera Gears: Canon 7 dii + 100-400 ii EXIF: f/4.5 | 1/500 sec. | ISO-400  *This image is copyright of its original author |
what a waste...it's really looking that way too
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