Steppes Beyond Talk - Bristol Zoo

1. WILDLIFE OF INDIA
JARROD KYTE | STEPPES BEYOND
Tigers & Serpents

3. Snake iconography in the West

4. The Hindu goddess Manasa
and the Festival of
Nag-Panchami

9. LATEST CENSUS FIGURES BELIEVE THERE ARE 1,706 TIGERS IN INDIA
NEW CENSUS – RESULTS SHARED IN JANUARY 2015 – 2,226 TIGERS –
30% INCREASE
The reluctant “poster boy” of endangered species…

10. 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

11. Number of tigers poached in India

12. • 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

13. DOMESTIC TOURISM
PERMITS FOR EARLY ACCESS

14. St. LuciaTadoba Andhari National Park

15. Where is Tadoba?
APPROX 3 HOUR DRIVE FROM NAGPUR TO TADOBA

17. • FLEXIBILITY ON ROUTES (1,700 SQUARE KMS)
• BUSY ROAD RUNNING THROUGH
• RELOCATION PROGRAM FOR LOCAL VILLAGERS
• ECO-SENSITIVE ZONE
What gives Tadoba the edge?

18. High prey density ie. Tiger Food
Tiger numbers – approx 100 (Ranthambore approx 40)

22. 3 HOURS DRIVE FROM MANGALORE
MONSOON – MEANS WET CAMERAS & LEECHES
Western Ghats

23. Kalinga Centre for Rainforest Ecology

25. Gowri Shanker and his friends

26. How close can you get…?

30. 1 million snake bites – 50,000 deaths in India each
year

31. SINGLE SHOT ANTI VENOM
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES IN VENOM
Irula cooperative – Madras Croc Bank

32. Snake safari with the Irula
KALI – MORE THAN USED TO THE CAMERAS KALI CALLING HIS AGENT – PHONE IN ONE HAND, SNAKE IN THE OTHER

34. Common Bronzeback

35. Indian Rat snake

37. Spectacled Cobra