Wildlife
Pench Tiger risks life by crossing highway in broad daylight
Wildlife lovers, conservationists and enthusiasts in Vidarbha are horrified to see a video captured by a traveler of a full-grown tiger, identified as T1 from Pench, crossing highway NH-7 near Chorbahuli after jumping the crash barrier and crossing over to the other side. The video has since gone viral on social media.
The danger to the life of the tigers and other animals is real as the flow of traffic on NH-7 is quite heavy. This is the same spot where The Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, suggested a 2,000 metre underpass to enable animals to cross over to the Mansinghdeo forests. However the underpass was reduced to a mere 750 metres. NH-7 passes through dense forests near the Mansinghdeo reserve forest posing danger to wild animals crossing it in the absence of a long underpass.
The danger to the life of tigers in the region is a major issue that needs to be taken up on priority by the wildlife authorities. The loss of as many as 7 tigers in just 12 days in Maharashtra is a message that is loud and clear.
Two men were killed by a mother sloth bear on June 11 after she found her two cubs axed to death inside Ambabarwa Wildlife sanctuary, which is part of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR).
As per forest officials, the incident occurred at 7:30 am on June 11 in compartment number 357 under Sonala forest range in Akot wildlife division of MTR. A press release by Deputy Conservator of Forest (DCF), MTR, informed that the victims Ashok Gavte (52) and Mana Gavte (42), residents of Nimkhedi village, had illegally ventured deep inside the core area of tiger reserve with an intention of poaching.
Forest officials found two six-to-eight-month-old cubs of the sloth bear lying 15 metres away from the bodies of the men. The cubs had marks of axe injuries on their bodies as per the press release. An official from MTR told TOI: Sloth bears are very protective about their cubs and defend them from any predator, including humans. It is possible that the bear attacked the two after they axed her two cubs to death.
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar along with his family on Friday visited Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur for a tiger safari.
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In an unusual case, Nagpur forest department rescued a python, which had got entangled in nylon manjha and was immediately taken to Transit Treatment Centre.
The manjha had got entangled nearly two feet below the snakes mouth. Since the python had consumed a crow earlier, it got rotten and happened to be stuck inside, exactly where the manjha had got entangled.
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The doctors including Dr Mayur Kate cut the manjha and removed the crow and operated the snake. However, the condition of the reptile has improved since then.
Watch the video of the operation below:
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