TIGER POACHING IN DHAKANA, MELGAT TIGER RESERVE

SHORT NOTE ON TIGER POACHING IN DHAKANA, MELGAT TIGER RESERVE)

POR NO: 10/10 DT 4/3/13)

CORBETT NATIONAL PARK - Dhikala Zone OPENS TO TOURISTS

The Dhikala Zone of Corbett National Park has opened to tourists from 15th November. The rooms inside the park are already booked to its full capacity due to the new online booking facility that has been launched. The park is famous for being the one of the highest tiger country along with other animals like Elephant, different kinds of deer and around 650 species of birds and several species of other flora and fauna.

CORBETT NATIONAL PARK OPENS TO VISITORS

Bijrani zone of Corbett National Park, Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, INDIA, opens.

The Bijrani Zone of Corbett National Park and Tiger Reserve opened on 15th October 2013, however, due to a strike by the Forest Guards, no entry was being allowed. Today, the forest guards agreed not to obstruct the entry gate after they were invited for a meeting by the Government to resolve their demands.

TIGER SIGHTED AT KALADUNGI

A tiger was sighted at midnight hours in light drizzle and mist at Hairpin Bend no.2 on Kaladungi Nainital road by the Divisional Forest Officer, Nainital, Mr.Bijulal IFS when he was returning from Dehradun to Nainital yesterday. It was a sub adult and was trying to chase a sambhur, which had just crossed the vehicle just a few metres away. The tiger stopped on the road side in the light of the vehicle and then went away into the jungle. Mr. Bijulal is also the person behind making of the feature film MISSION TIGER (www.missiontiger.com)  and said that this was the first tiger sighting in the wild during his tenure.
This area has been earlier also reported to be Tiger country, with the Bor river nearby and saltlicks also in the Sal forest. The Bubudham temple also has attached sacred value to the forest here. The nearby Camp Corbett Resort personnel has also sighted tigers here in the past and regularly sees pugmarks too.

MISSION TIGER - A Wildlife conservation Feature Film- created by an IFS officer

Mission Tiger is a 1 hr 20m feature film in Hindi on tiger conservation. The story revolves about a poacher being compelled to hunt a tiger due to his circumstances. Whether another tiger be killed ? See the film...
The film also unwinds various insights into the details of wildlife crime and how it is managed by the forest departments.
For details and link to the trailor,  see link:
http://www.flixya.com/blog/2867129/Mission-Tiger-The-feature-film-on-tiger-conservation