Umbrella Species

Now to the part – Why Tigers??? Whats the deal with tiger conservation and all that hungama????
 
Simple… because it is an umbrella species. What is an umbrella species?? – the next question! There are many species known and identified, man being one of the most abundant! And to estimate the population of the lesser abundant [...]

Numbers!!!

Total tiger population in India is accessed to be around 1411, with a lower limit of 1165 and an upper limit of 1657! with a majority in Madhya Pradesh(thanks to its reserves, there are around 300 of them there), followed by Karnataka(290).
The major densities of the Tiger population is in around Central India [...]

White tigers.

White tigers are individual specimens of the ordinary tiger (Panthera tigris) with a genetic condition that nearly eliminates pigment in the normally orange fur although they still have dark stripes. This occurs when a tiger inherits two copies of the recessive gene for the paler coloration: pink nose, grey-mottled skin, ice-blue eyes, and white to [...]

Tiger Today….. Tmrw??????

With all the hype about the “Save the Tiger” campaign, and the PM acknowledging the need for it, what better than the Tiger to start off the blog with  Before I start out to writing, let me warn you forehand, that my exposure to four legged animals is merely through zoo, for want of [...]