Melanistic male T-12, Zeenat likely to mate in Similipal
Bhubaneswar: A male melanistic tiger’s (T-12’s) consistent movement close to tigress Zeenat’s enclosure and courtship behaviour indicates a high chance of mating between the pair More...
‘Plan to release Zeenat into the wild in a month’ | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Tigress Zeenat is set to roam free in Similipal Tiger Reserve once again within a month, as wildlife authorities prepare for her final re-release into the wild. The big cat, currently More...
20-acre enclosure ready for Zeenat: Forest dept | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: The wildlife wing of the forest department on Friday revealed that a new and larger enclosure, spanning eight hectares (around 20 acres), is ready to accommodate tigress Zeenat, who More...
Zeenat in mating mood, wildlife wing plans her release into the wild | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: The wildlife wing is considering releasing tigress Zeenat from her enclosure into the wild of Similipal Tiger Reserve to help her find a mate. Zeenat is undergoing hormonal changes and wildlife experts More...
STR implements diverse diet plan for tigress Zeenat | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Amid concerns from wildlife experts that feeding wild boar regularly to tigress Zeenat will make it obese, authorities at Similipal Tiger Reserve have assured that her diet is being carefully managed More...
NTCA team to take call on releasing Zeenat in the wild | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: A team from National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has arrived in Similipal to study tigress Zeenat’s behaviour and decide when she will be released into the wild.Earlier, More...
Presence of elephants in Similipal may have spooked Zeenat: Experts | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Since there are no elephants in Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari reserve, from where tigress Zeenat was translocated to Similipal, she might have got frightened by the presence of pachyderms and More...
‘Presence of elephants in Similipal may have spooked Zeenat’ | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Since there are no elephants in Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari reserve, from where tigress Zeenat was translocated to Similipal, she might have got frightened by the presence of pachyderms and More...
‘Zeenat not a potato’: Odisha forest minister’s jibe at Bengal govt for keeping her in zoo | Bhubaneswar News
BHUBANESWAR: Forest minister Ganesh Ram Singkhuntia on Friday made a veiled dig at the West Bengal govt saying that “tigress Zeenat is not a potato”. The statement was in response to More...
Zeenat Tigress: Zeenat released in soft enclosure after return to Similipal
Bhubaneswar: More than three weeks after tigress Zeenat went on a sojourn from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) to Jharkhand and finally to West Bengal before being darted and brought More...