WILDLIFE OF INDIAJARROD KYTE | STEPPES BEYOND

Tigers & Serpents

Snake iconography in the West

The Hindu goddess Manasa and the Festival of Nag-Panchami

LATEST CENSUS FIGURES BELIEVE THERE ARE 1,706 TIGERS IN INDIANEW CENSUS – RESULTS SHARED IN JANUARY 2015 – 2,226 TIGERS – 30% INCREASE

The reluctant “poster boy” of endangered species…

Tigers come roaring back

YEAR

Tamil Nadu Kerala Karnataka

All of India

2006 76 46 290 1,411

2010 163 71 300 1,706

2014 229 136 406 2,226

INDIA’S TIGER POPULATION INCREASED AT THE AVERAGE RATE OF 6% PER ANNUM FROM 2006; LARGEST RISE RECORDED IN WESTERN GHATS

Number of tigers poached in India

• SPOTLIGHT ON POACHERS• HELPS PREVENT ILLEGAL LOGGING• BOOST TO LOCAL ECONOMY • THE HIGHEST DENSITIES OF TIGERS CAN BE FOUND IN THE MOST HEAVILY VISITED RESERVES

Ban on Tiger Tourism in 2012

Ban on Tiger Tourism in 2012

DOMESTIC TOURISMPERMITS FOR EARLY ACCESS

St. LuciaTadoba Andhari National Park

Where is Tadoba?

APPROX 3 HOUR DRIVE FROM NAGPUR TO TADOBA

• FLEXIBILITY ON ROUTES (1,700 SQUARE KMS)• BUSY ROAD RUNNING THROUGH• RELOCATION PROGRAM FOR LOCAL VILLAGERS • ECO-SENSITIVE ZONE

What gives Tadoba the edge?

High prey density ie. Tiger Food

Tiger numbers – approx 100 (Ranthambore approx 40)

3 HOURS DRIVE FROM MANGALOREMONSOON – MEANS WET CAMERAS & LEECHES

Western Ghats

Kalinga Centre for Rainforest Ecology

Gowri Shanker and his friends

How close can you get…?

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1 million snake bites – 50,000 deaths in India each year

SINGLE SHOT ANTI VENOMREGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN VENOM

Irula cooperative – Madras Croc Bank

Snake safari with the Irula

KALI – MORE THAN USED TO THE CAMERAS KALI CALLING HIS AGENT – PHONE IN ONE HAND, SNAKE IN THE OTHER

Common Bronzeback

Indian Rat snake

Spectacled Cobra