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Asiatic lions test COVID positive
Around eight Asiatic lions have tested positive for COVID-19 at Hyderabad Nehru Zoological Park. This is the first time that transmission of virus to animal has been detected in India. Asiatic Lions Asiatic Lions are one of the five Pantherine cats that are native to India. The other four are Indian Snow Leopard, Bengal Tiger, ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Asiatic lion • Bengal tiger • canine distemper virus • CITES • Gir National Park • IUCN • plague • Snow leopard • Wildlife Protection Act 1972
10,000 cameras to be used in Gujarat Lion Census, 2020
The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is to conduct Asiatic Lion Census in May 2020. The Institute will use 10,000 cameras to conduct the census. Highlights In 2015, the WII counted 523 lions in Gujarat. It is expected that the numbers have risen phenomenally and the population must have crossed 1,000. The census is to ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Asiatic lion • Bengal tiger • Census Data • Gir National Park • IUCN Red List • IUCN Red List Status • lion census • NTCA • Snow leopard
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) releases study titled “Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India: A Value+ Approach”
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has released a study titled “Economic Valuation of Tiger Reserves in India: A Value+ Approach”. The study is authored by the Centre for Ecological Services Management at the Indian Institute of Forest Management (Bhopal). It estimates the economic valuation of Bandipur Tiger Reserve and 9 other tiger reserves in ..
Topics: Bengal tiger • Book:Tiger Reserves in India • Conservation in India • Conservation-reliant species • Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests • Environmental conservation • Felids • National symbols of India • Tiger reserves of India • Tigers in India
Royal Bengal Tigers may not survive Climate Change: UN Report
According to a recent UN report, Climate change and rising sea levels may eventually wipe out ‘The Sundarbans’, which is one of world’s last and largest tiger strongholds. The studies of report rely on climate change scenarios developed by Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for its simulation models. Key Findings of Report As per ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Bangladesh • Bengal tiger • Bhutan • Chin • Endangered • GHG • Greenhouse gas • India • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change • IPCC • IUCN • Nepal • Project Tiger 1973 • Red List • Sundarbans • World Wide Fund for Nature • WWF
Last captive White Tiger named Bajirao dies
The last captive white tiger named Bajirao died recently at Sanjay Gandhi National Park, in Borivali (Mumbai suburb). He was 18 years and died due to old age related issues. He was born at national park in 2001. Reason: He suffered from chronic ankyloses (fusion of bones leads to abnormal stiffening and immobility of joint) ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Assam • Bajirao • Bengal tiger • Bihar • Bleached Tiger • Madhya Pradesh • Pheomelanin Pigment • Sanjay Gandhi National Park • Sunderbans • West Bengal • White Tiger
New Programmes Launched under Asiatic Lion Conservation Project
The Gir National Park in Gujarat will be provided dedicated ambulances and veterinary hospitals for injured and sick lions as part of the Asiatic Lion Conservation Project. This decision comes after 39 lions tested positive for the viral disease called canine distemper, out of which 24 died last year. What is the Asiatic Lion Conservation ..
Topics: Asiatic lion • Bengal tiger • Felids • Gir National Park • Gujarat • India • Indian leopard • Kuno National Park • Lions • Mammals of Nepal • Project Snow Leopard • Species reintroduction • States and union territories of India