Analysis of tiger conservation in Project Tiger Reserves

An Evolutionary View of Tiger Conservation

Status and conservation of the tiger in Uttaranchal, Northern India.

The land that is now the state of Uttaranchal has a glorious history in tiger conservation; it was in the Corbett Tiger Reserve (TR)—one of the country’s most priceless reserves—that one of the most credited conservation programs of the century, Project Tiger, was launched in 1973 (1). While most tiger habitats in the country are experiencing severe anthropogenic pressures leading to degradatio...

Characterizing human-tiger conflict in Sumatra, Indonesia: implications for conservation

Human-tiger conflict occurs in Indonesia but mediate disturbance areas such as multiple-use forests where tigers and people coexist. In Indonesia there is a there is little recent information about the scope of the problem, and adequate policies are not in place to address need to develop a definition of problem tigers, a database to track conflicts, and a process to respond immediately to the ...

Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae): a review of conservation status.

The majority of wild Sumatran tigers are believed to live in 12 Tiger Conservation Landscapes covering approximately 88,000 km(2) . However, the actual distribution of tigers across Sumatra has never been accurately mapped. Over the past 20 years, conservation efforts focused on the Sumatran tigers have increased, but the population continues to decline as a result of several key threats. To id...

Probable Tiger-to-Tiger Transmission of Avian Influenza H5N1

During the second outbreak of avian influenza H5N1 in Thailand, probable horizontal transmission among tigers was demonstrated in the tiger zoo. Sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of those viruses showed no differences from the first isolate obtained in January 2004. This finding has implications for influenza virus epidemiology and pathogenicity in mammals.