The Latest Breaking News from Pench

What Dead Animals on Indian Highways Tell Scientists About the Wild

The Carcass as a Data PointA mongoose on NH-48. A star tortoise on the Mysuru-Bengaluru expressway. A wolf spider the size of a palm on a rural district road in Vidarbha. None of these deaths made news. Each one, if recorded with GPS coordinates, a timestamp, and a species ID,…

Times Life · 22h ago

Why Human-Wildlife Conflict Compensation Claims Fail in India

The Distance Between the Attack and the ChequeWhen a leopard takes a goat from a village bordering Corbett or Pench, the family has 24 to 48 hours to report it to the forest department. Miss that window and the claim is void before it starts. The animal is gone, the…

Times Life · Oct 1

Project Tiger at Fifty: How India's Reserve Model Saved the Predator and Erased the Forest Dweller

The Count That Changed EverythingIn 1973, the All-India Tiger Census recorded fewer than 1,800 tigers across the country. The number was a shock, not because it was surprising to people who lived near forests, but because it was now official. Project Tiger launched that year under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,…

Times Life · Sep 30

India Wildlife Safari Planning: What First-Timers Miss Before Booking a Tiger Reserve

The Permit System Will Confuse You the First TimeEvery national park in India divides its core zone into numbered safari zones, and each zone has a fixed daily quota of jeeps. Ranthambore, for instance, has six zones in its core area. Zones 1, 2, and 3 sit closer to the…

Times Life · Jul 10

6 Indian National Parks Beyond Ranthambore That Every Tiger and Wildlife Safari Fan Must Visit

Jim Corbett National Park, UttarakhandJim Corbett has been hosting tigers since 1936, which makes it the oldest national park in India and the site where Project Tiger was formally launched in 1973. The Dhikala zone, set inside a broad riverine grassland called the chaur, gives you the kind of unobstructed…

Times Life · Jul 10

Rare leopard cat spotted in Maharashtra’s Pench Tiger Reserve for the first time!

In a huge news, Maharashtra's Pench Tiger Reserve has recorded the sighting of an elusive leopard cat, scientifically known as Prionailurus bengalensis. It has been sighted for the first time, as confirmed by a senior forest official on Sunday.

The Times of India · May 13, 2024

Explore India’s wild side with these luxury wildlife safaris

Explore India's wild side with luxury safari experiences in national parks, offering wildlife encounters and bespoke adventures.

The Hindu · Mar 28, 2024

Pench Tiger Reserve starts dairy project in buffer zone to reduce pressure on forest areas

Under the project, 40 high-yielding milch cattle have been distributed in Awaleghat, Makardhokda and Chargaon villages and a milk collection centre has been established at Awaleghat, a release by Pench tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, deputy director Prabhu Nath Shukla said on June 3.

The Hindu · Jun 4, 2023

Madhya Pradesh: Tiger found dead in Pench river, officers suspect 'occult practice' behind missing paws

BHOPAL: The Carcass of an adult tiger was found floating in a river in the buffer zone of Pench National Park in Chhindwara district with its paws missing, triggering a panic among the forest department on Saturday when all six parks and reserves in the state were opened for tourists…

The Times of India · Oct 1, 2022

Maharashtra: Nagpur despite SC ban, Bawankule bats for fishing in Pench tiger reserve

NAGPUR: Former minister and BJP MLC Chandrashekhar Bawankule has written to Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav to de-reserve part of the Totladoh reservoir on Maharashtra and on Madhya Pradesh sides for fishing by locals.

The Times of India · Jun 17, 2022