India is facing a serious 'problem of plenty'. Rising tiger population in many parts of the country is creating conflict zones. And the tiger- human clashes are going up, alarmingly in many landscapes. The Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) needs to take initiatives to control the situation. Fifty years after the project tiger as India moves on from dwindling tiger population to surplus numbers of the big cats, the nation needs an active tiger population management plan. As MoEFC&C yet to become proactive, a team of tiger catchers continue to carry out search operations for the past over five months to capture a tigress with four cubs. Thge team members are scanning Tadoba Andhari Tiger Landscape in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, grappling with the issue of over population of 200 tigers. As many as 53 people lost their lives in Chandrapur in 2022 in tiger attacks while 14 tigers have also died from January 2022 to January this year. This
Gharial (Gavialis Gangeticus) has found a new home in Kuno, a tributary of Chambal river in the upstream. Over a year after a female gharial showed way to a safe haven to it's threatened reptile species, 25 gharials were released in the river , the lifeline of Kuno Palpur national park . Continued to be threatened by the illegal sand mining in National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary in Morena, the forest department decided to introduce the reptiles in the river. Five males gharials and 20 female-reptiles were released, said the divisional forest officer of Kuno wildlife division PK Verma .Besides, threatened chambal turtles were also released. Are Gharials Threatened by Illegal Mining in Chambal? One of the six female gharials, who was radio tagged in 2017 swam over 40 kms upstream last year for nesting in Kuno sand-bed. The scientist studying the reptile behavior revealed to the authorities about the female reptile’s journey leading to the discovery of the new habi