A melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger was killed by poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve, the world's only habitat for these rare tigers. Authorities arrested four men and seized the hide, nails ...

But they did not confess to their crime,” STR Director said. The skin of melanistic tiger was recovered when forest department personnel had raided a few houses in Tentulia village on January 12.

BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Forest department grapples with the poaching of the melanistic tiger, investigation has revealed the sub-adult big cat, skin of which was recovered from a fringe village ...

Baripada: Days after two persons were arrested on poaching charges along with seizing claws and teeth of a melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger from Similipal in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, forest ...

BHUBANESWAR: The special enforcement wing of the Similipal South wildlife division probing the melanistic tiger poaching case has found that the accused arrested so far were in contact with at ...

Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha is home to the world's only population of melanistic tigers, a rare genetic variant of the Royal Bengal Tiger. Melanistic tigers, with their distinct coat pattern ...

“Competent authorities have accorded clearances for the proposed tiger safari, a first of its kind in the world. Of the three mandatory seal of approval, the National Tiger Conservation ...

A melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT), one of the rarest subspecies, was killed by poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve, a habitat that is home to an estimated 20 of these unique black-striped cats.

Baripada: Forest department officials have seized the skin of a rare melanistic tiger and arrested four poachers from Similipal wildlife sanctuary in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. As per sources, the ...