The Village Wildlife Volunteer Program - TOFT - Travel ...toftigers.org/documents/resources/Village-Wildlife...1 The Village Wildlife Volunteer Program Highlights Ranthambhore Tiger

1

The Village Wildlife Volunteer Program Highlights

Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve

July 2016- March 2017

&

Tiger Cell

Ranthambhore Forest Department

Sawai Madhopur

Rajasthan

Tiger Watch, Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan 322001. www.tigerwatch.net

http://www.tigerwatch.net/

2

Realizing the Vision of

Supporters of VWV team

Travel Operators for Tiger India Wildlife Association, New Delhi TOFTigers Initiative UK

Mr. Jaisal Singh Ms. Anjali Singh Mr. Ishan Dhar

Mr. Anshuman Jain Mr. Vidya Chander Mr. John Singh Mr. Iskander Laljee Mr. Subhro Bhattacharya Mr. Nithin Nagraj Ms. Aritra Banerjee Ms. Tapati Bhattacharya Mr. Supratik Mitra Mr. Rahul Khosla Mr Anshuman Jain Mr. Shrirang Purohit Mr. Yuvraj Narain Ms. Meghna& Amrish Wadekar Mr. Arjun Gupta

Mr. Aditya Singh

Mrs. Nancy Zubin Mehta

Mr. Ashok Mahindra

Mr. Siddarth Date

Ms Katie, Jemma and Tasha Aitken-Quack UK

Mr Travis Hunt, Eye of the Tiger Tattoos USA

Ms Jennifer Haddow, Wild Women Expeditions USA

3

4

Mission

To enable the sustainable co-existence of man and wildlife through the participation of local

communities with the ethical use of science and technology.

Background

Major threats to wildlife, especially tigers are poaching, habitat degradation and man-animal

conflicts. The law protects wildlife in India

and specific areas are designated for tigers

in the form of Tiger Reserves. These areas

usually share boundaries with heavily

populated villages and often become a

challenge to manage these as there are

free ranging animals, in this case Tigers.

Poaching, Man-animal conflict, habitat

encroachment need constant surveillance by which park managers and staff are often stretched

thin on ground zero. Hence, in 2013, Tiger Watch pioneered a very innovative program called

the Village Wildlife Volunteer Program in collaboration with the Forest Department of

Rajasthan, with the assistance of various supporters. The initiative was developed under the

guidance of Mr. Y.K. Sahu, the Field Director – Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve. The village wildlife

volunteers are a vigilant task force constituted by local villagers living around the

Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, chiefly engaged in rearing livestock and subsistence agriculture

and but they now also defend the forest and the wildlife around their villages on a part time

basis. Tiger watch financially remunerates these volunteers.

Geographic Focus

Ranthambhore is one of the most popular tiger reserves in India, cushioned in and around the

Aravalli & Vindhya hill ranges in the state of Rajasthan. ‘Project Tiger’ was launched here in

5

April 1973. ‘Project Tiger’, as a concept, seeks

to sustain tiger populations in natural habitats

by demarking specially constituted ‘Tiger

Reserves’ throughout the country. Therefore,

this also means freeing parks from the

burdens of human exploitation and other

biotic disturbances. Unfortunately, the conflict

between people and the tiger has always had

a devastating impact on every protected habitat of the tiger in the country. Ranthambhore was

no exception. Being one of the first nine parks to be created as a Tiger Reserve meant that the

tiger’s habitat had to be managed efficiently in order to prevent further damage to the

ecosystem and to facilitate the recovery of the ecosystem back to its inviolate natural state.

Historically, Ranthambhore has always been a populated area with several villages scattered

within the periphery of the reserve. Implementation of the fundamentals of tiger conservation

therefore meant embarking on a collision course with the human population living and

sustaining itself within its boundaries.

The Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve lies between latitudes 250 41' N to 26022' N and longitudes

76016' E to 77014' E. The reserve is situated in the S-E part of Rajasthan and spreads over 3

districts viz. Sawai Madhopur, Karauli & Bundi. On the eastern side of the reserve is the mighty

river Chambal. The river Banas divides the reserve in 2 parts. The N-E part being Kaila Devi WLS

is also a part of the reserve.

The total area of the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve is 1473.554sq.km, out of which 1113.364

sq.km. Has been notified, as critical tiger habitat in the official gazette of the state wide

Notification No. F.3 (34) forest / 2007 dated December 28, 2007. Apart from this remaining

360.19 sq.kms of RTR will be buffer area.

The Concept

The Village Wildlife Volunteer Program is conducted within the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve. It

is operational in the 3 protected areas of the Ranthambhore National Park, the Sawai Mansingh

6

Sanctuary and the Kaila Devi Wildlife Sanctuary, which, all of which are Critical Tiger Habitat.

Local villagers were hired from adjoining villages to help the forest department monitor wildlife

activity outside the protected areas. Their task was to report information relevant to the

movement of wild animals especially tigers and leopards. But fortunately, they also started

providing information regarding poaching and other illegal activities like mining and logging.

These villagers then came to be known as the ‘Village Wildlife Volunteers’ (VWV). They are

mainly subsistence farmers or pastoralists, who were being remunerated by Tiger Watch for

assisting the forest department in such situations.

Legally the forest department cannot hire villagers without following certain government

recruitment protocols. Secondly, the villagers may not meet the government’s most basic

criteria for the post of a forest employee. In the past the forest department hired similar

individuals for forestry work but these individuals soon petitioned the court for permanent

employment. In this particular program, Tiger Watch hires individuals on a part time basis;

therefore the volunteers continue to be engaged in their professions. This is in sharp contrast

with the forest department which hires villagers for such purposes, and then preoccupies them

with routine chores as a result of which they simply become extra bodies in forest guard

outposts and also become detached from the very villages they were to provide information

from. This program allows the volunteers to move about freely thereby allowing them to collect

information, and also helps develop a positive public opinion about the conservation of wildlife

in their respective localities.

The Village Wildlife Volunteer

An ideal Volunteer should be a villager who lives close to the park boundary and should

primarily be engaged in subsistence agriculture or a pastoralist. The remuneration provided is

not the main source of income for the individual, but a specific task oriented payment. If the

individual is not able to fulfill the role desired of him, remuneration can be halted by the

agency. One agency should maintain contact with them, it could be the forest department or

the NGO, which maintains a cordial relationship with the forest department; this will help

directing information to the right channel and will help in accomplishing objectives on time.

7

Among the volunteers, a coordinator should be selected to monitor, train, guide and help them

overcome challenges whilst working. The coordinator should analyze critical intelligence and

make sure it reaches the correct channel on time.

Training

The Volunteers receive some informal training from the forest guards in the installation of

camera traps, the use of GPS and the construction of POP pugmark casts to track tigers, when

they are outside protected areas. They are not only monitor tigers, but also convince their

fellow villagers to help the forest department in their respective capacities with this

momentous task. The village wildlife volunteer is now also a village based forest representative

and acts like a buffer or point of liaison between the forest department and villagers.

Immobilizing and rescuing a stray tiger does not have to be nearly as monumental a task, if the

villagers are cooperative with the forest department.

8

Current Status

Tiger Watch renewed the Village Wildlife Volunteer program in 2015 under the guidance of Mr.

Y.K.Sahu, Field Director- Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve. The major highlight of this program was

that the Forest Dept. recruited Tiger watch and the Volunteers to monitor tigers in and around

Ranthambhore Tiger reserve directly. Tiger Watch trained the Volunteers in the use of camera

traps, provided them with smart-phones and taught them the easy transmission of critical

intelligence using applications like whatsapp etc. Farmers who continued practicing subsistence

agriculture as well as herders are now well versed in the most modern technology available to

save the tigers and wildlife of Ranthambhore.

At the moment, there are 28 Village Wildlife Volunteers. 3 coordinators selected from the

group, who report directly to Tiger Watch on a daily basis, index the information transmitted by

them. One of the coordinators is from the Gurjar community and did not even finish high

9

school, but is now using a smart phone to transmit real time data provided by the volunteers

every day. Tiger Watch further shares crucial information with the Tiger Cell of the forest

department with additional information such as locations of Tigers etc.

Highlights

1. The deliberate use of explosives might be heard of in war zones but intentionally placing a

gunpowder bomb on a wild animals path is a disturbing reality. During a camera trapping

exercise near Hinoni Ki Talai, one such incident was reported and a significant series of

images was picked up by volunteer Roopchand Berwa on the 13th of December 2016, in

which a Nilgai with a broken lower jaw was photographed wandering in pain. He informed

his coordinator at once as well as the forest department officials.

These bombs are usually fabricated and concealed in a way that they are camouflaged. Such

explosives are extremely cruel as they don’t often just kill wild animals but may physically

incapacitate or impair them, sentencing them to slow and agonizing death.

10

2. On the 20th of December 2016, a tragic incident was reported to volunteer Naresh Gurjar by

a local resident of Sanwta Village (unable to distinguish between a Gharial and Muggar) that

a diseased Muggar is lying beside the bank of Banas River. The volunteer found to his

dismay that an incapacitated Gharial was sprawled lifeless on the bank, it was blinded by

and its iconic snout was detached. Examining the scene, he was sure that this was a case of

man-animal conflict and that the Gharial was probably mutilated by irate fishermen. The

volunteer immediately relayed the bad news to the Forest Dept., which rescued the animal.

In addition to playing a key role in rescuing the animal , the volunteer also found the

detached snout of the Gharial, which he post-haste submitted to the nearby Talda Chowki.

3. Illegal poaching near Nai Ghati, Maram was camera trapped on 30th of December 2016. The

images were procured by Volunteer Hanuman Gurjar , and showed three men armed with

11

guns were captured strolling about the area. They also had a sack with them and were

suspected to have been trafficking illegal bush meat. The Forest Dept. was instantly notified

about the case and was assisted by our volunteers in identifying of the poachers. The

suspects were later released on the chance of doubt.

4. On the 30th of December 2016, another team of Volunteers comprising of five members viz.

Ramsingh, Roopchand, Kailash, Pradeep and Harimohan were able to capture a series of

images of Tigress T-11’s cubs through a camera trap in Nidar Dang area, Karauli (Kaila Devi

Division). The coordinator was informed of some tiger pugmarks being frequently noticed in

the area for two to three months but officials were not able to track the animal. The team

eventually reached the location thinking that the pugmarks could be of the Tiger T-72

(Sultan) who was previously residing in the Kudka Kho area and went missing around a

month before. The team followed the pugmarks to the opposite side of the water body,

where they found a two-day old kill. They installed 12 camera traps in the nearby area to

monitor the tiger’s movement. To their delight, the images of the long disappeared (since

December, 2015) T-11’s female cub were captured the same night. It was the now

experienced volunteers who efficiently helped the Forest dept. in finding and identifying the

animal. Later, they also camera trapped T-72(Sultan) in the same region , leading us to

believe that the two tigers are co-existing in the area.

12

5. Another improvised explosive was spotted lying near a tiger pug mark in the Banpur area

within the range of Khandar by volunteer Kamlesh on the 30th of January 2017. Suspecting

an assault on the animal, he informed his coordinator at once as well as the Forest Dept.

and appropriate action was taken. These explosives are extremely dangerous for both

humans and wildlife; this was indeed threatening for an already critically endangered

species.

13

6. Wildlife today faces various anthropogenic pressure, one such problem is agricultural

malpractices around the park, which have a direct and fatal impact on the health of wildlife,

especially during the winter when Rabi is sown. The Village Wildlife Volunteers, on the 3rd of

February 2017, reported one such unfortunate incident when some peafowl were found

dead in Sanweta Balaji area. The case was suspected to be of poisoning. This could have

been due to a dangerous local agricultural practice called bichwa ,in which seeds are soaked

in insecticide (which prevents termites from eating the seeds) prior to sowing. These

dangerous insecticides contaminate the food chain and affect the food web through

biotransformation and accumulation.

The Village Wildlife Volunteers immediately informed the Forest Department about the

incident, they in turn collected the bodies of the birds and took further action.

14

7. An attempt at poaching was nipped in the bud by our Village Wildlife Volunteers on the

20th of February 2017 morning, when they caught a poacher before the act in Kudka Kho.

Volunteers Ramsingh Mena and Kailash Meena were on their way to retrieve a camera trap

they installed the previous day, for a tigers movement was noticed in that area. They

suddenly saw an armed man walking downhill towards them. The volunteers confronted

him and in the process he made it clear that he was a poacher, Kailash tried to physically

restrain him while Ramsingh took several pictures of him secretly with the camera trap. The

poacher turned out not is alone and in the scuffle managed to get the attention of two of

his armed comrades who suddenly appeared on the scene. Outgunned and outnumbered,

volunteers were forced to let the poachers flee, nevertheless, they instantly informed the

forest officials and sent the photographs of the culprit. The forest officials circulated the

photographs of the culprit through both the print media and wanted posters, in addition to

a bounty of 10,000 rupees was also put-forth for individuals providing information

regarding the suspects.

It was a gallant effort by these wildlife warriors, which prevented tragedy. Poaching is one

of the most serious threats to the survival of wildlife populations and has a detrimental

effect on biodiversity both within and outside protected areas.

15

8. Several camera-trapping surveys conducted by the volunteers revealed some of the

most elusive wildlife of the Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve. Many rare species were

camera trapped by the volunteers. Please fine some of the best photographs to come

out of these surveys below.

16

17

18

Appreciation & visits

On the 23rd of March 2017, Joanna Lumley, a

veteran Hollywood actress of “Absolutely

Fabulous” and “James Bond” fame visited us.

She is an active philanthropist and has been a

benefactor of various causes in the past. At the

moment she is working on a documentary on

India. She met our Village wildlife volunteers

who explained their raison d’etre and work in

detail. She was impressed by their work and dedication and also by the concept behind the

Village Wildlife Volunteer Program.

19

Annexure-1

July 2016-March 2017

Attack on Humans Attack on Humans Killed Injured

Tiger 0 1

Sloth bear 0 1

Total 0 2


Wildlife related Crimes

Total Poaching or Wildlife related crimes reported

23

Poachers arrested 2


Village Wildlife Volunteers Report

Fact File

July 16-March 17 - Man Animal Conflicts

Kill Tiger Leopard Wolf Total Buffalo (Total) 21 5 0 26

i) Adult 16 2 0 18

ii) Calf 5 3 0 8

Cow (Total) 28 53 23 104

i) Adult 21 28 5 54

ii) Calf 7 25 18 50

Goat 7 48 21 76

Sheep 0 5 24 29

Bull 4 0 0 4

Total 109 169 91 369

20

Annexure-2

July 2016-March 2017 Village Wildlife Volunteers - Wildlife related crimes reported

S.No. Date Poaching/Hunting Cases Location V.W.V Name Course of

Action

Oct

1 13/10/16 1 Hyena with Snare Maram

ghati ke pas Ram singh

meena Reported to Forest Dept.

2 25/10/16 3 man with bike n with 3 Gun

(RJ 34 _ 2042)

Shri nathpura

area Battilal Gujjar

Reported to Forest Dept.

Nov

3 8/11/16 1 Hyena in serious condition

Radha mohan khet-

Govindpura

Roopchand Reported to Forest Dept.

4 21/11/16 6 man with 3 Gun were

hunting in night Bhairopura area

Bhairopura dohri

Ramsingh meena


Dec

5 13/12/16 One nilgai Mouth affected by

Bomb Hinoni ki

talai Roopchand

Berwa Reported to Forest Dept.

6 18/12/16 One Nilgai with Snare Kanseri ka danda, Mai kalan area

Bhawani Shankar Berwa


7 22/12/16 A dead nilgai found who was

killed by gun Dhadi wala

kachla Roopchand

Berwa Reported to Forest Dept.

8 30/12/16 3 men on bike armed with 3

Guns

Nayi ghati maram ka nala, Bajoli

area

Hanuman Gujjar


9 30/12/16 Gun powder bomb near

Baniya ke khet Banpur

area Kamlesh Gujjar


Jan

10 19/1/17 50 people were caught

engaged in illegal smuggling of Satavari herb

Galendi Area

Giriraj Gurjar Reported to Forest Dept.

11 20/1/17 Three Armed hunters were

caught, belonging to mogiya community

Kudka kho area

Kailash Meena Reported to Forest Dept.

12 27/1/17 Practice of hunting of Wild

boar, done by Devilal Mogya s/o Laddu Mogya

Jakhoda Area

Roopshand Bairwa


21

13 27/1/17 Ram Thakur, Raghuveer

Thakur and Lakkhu Meena etc. hunting

Roopshand

Bairwa Reported to Forest Dept.

14 28/1/17 One bomb was found Hakila ka

naala Ramsingh

Meena

Reported to Forest Dept., team came in one hour and

took necessary actions

15 31/1/17 one porcupine was found * Bhawani

Shankar Bairwa

Feb

16 8/2/17

40 men belonging to M.P. used to reside in Parsipura area and were engaged in

hunting and illegal smuggling of Satavari Herb.

Galendi Area

Hanuman, Roopchand,

Giriraj

Informed forest dept.team, on

inspection caught around

200kg dried Satavari roots,

a snare, Sambhar

Meat;a case was filed

against two men and were

jailed

17 3/2/17 ten peafowls were killed

through poisoned grains by hunters

jogipura area, near

hanumanji, sawta

Harikesh Gurjar Strict actions

were taken by Forest Dept.

18 20/2/17

three armed men were caught,(who revolted against

VWV and fled the scene later) strolling around the

area where tiger's pugmarks were sighted;these people

belonged to Mogya community

Ramsingh

Meena, Kailash Meena

Photos of one faulter was

taken and send to Forest

Dept.(Search of these culprits is still going on)

19 20/2/17 Five men belonging to

Mogya community found residing

near Kudka kho

Lakhan niwaira Reported to Forest Dept.

20 11/2/17 one deadbody of sambhar

hunted by Mogya Community was found

Fatehpur Jhopadi

area

Pradeep singh and Dharam

singh Maharro


March

21 4/3/17 A mogya (Sohanlal

Mogya)who used to live in Simir area


22

Gaher, moved to Simir area

22 19/3/17

In morning, four hunters (two armed with gun and

two armed with lathi) resident in Lakshmi pura area

and belonging to Mogya Community, were found

strolling

Bhairavpura k ainikat k

paas

Suresh(aamand area),

Hanumansingh, roopchand

Bairwa


23 30/3/17 a bomb was found Gota

chambal kinare

Roopshand Bairwa,

Ramveer

Reported to Forest Dept. and ranger

Vikramsingh meena

23

Annexure-3


Village Wildlife Volunteers - Man animal conflict-Tiger

S.No Date Animal

responsible Kill owner name Location VWV

Jul-2016 1 3/7/16 Tiger Buffalo Natha Gujjar Dangda Pathar Vijay Singh

2 5/7/16 Tiger Cow Kalu Gujjar Dangda Pathar Vijay Singh

3 10/7/16 Tiger Cow F Condkiya k pas Pardeep singh

4 10/7/16 Tiger Cow F Dholighant, Govindpura

Hanuman, Roopchand

5 13/7/16 Tiger Buffalo

calf Naresh Gujjar

Bhan baba k paas, Sanwata ki

atri Naresh, Hanuman


calf Naresh Gujjar Sawta Naresh Gujjar

7 22/7/16 Tiger Nilgai F Sawta Naresh Gujjar

8 24/7/16 Tiger Nilgai F Neemhaadi-

sawta

Naresh Gujjar, Harikesh, Hanuma bbn, Roopchand

9 27/7/16 Tiger Buffalo Chotiya Gujjar Bheelpura area Battilal Gujjar

10 28/7/16 Tiger Cow Kamelesh s/o Nemji Gujjar

Banpur ki Talai Kamlesh Gujjar, Ramkesh Gujjar

11 28/7/16 Tiger Human Hanuman

Gujjar Berna ka bhid

Hanuman Gujjar, Badri

12 28/7/16 Tiger Cow Calf

Siyaram Gujjar Gota area Roopchand

13 28/7/16 Tiger Cow F Tunni ki talai Ramkesh Gujjar

14 30/7/16 Tiger Cow Ramswaroop

Gujjar Banpur ka nala Ramkesh Gujjar

Aug-2016

15 1/8/16 Tiger Buffalo Parbu s/o

Chotiya Gujjar Peeli talai k pas

Talawada Ramkesh Gujjar

16 2/8/16 Tiger Cow F Vijay nagar k nala me, Mei

kalan

Bhawani shankar Berwa

24

17 5/8/16 Tiger Cow Gir raj s/o ramsingh

Gujjar

Aatri ka rasta, Talawada

Ramkesh Gujjar

18 7/8/16 Tiger Goat Chuttan koli Naypur, Sita

mandi Vijay singh Naypur


calf Lapur Gujjar Talda Amarsingh

20 14/8/16 Tiger 2

Buffalo Harikesh

Gujjar Holey ki khirkadi

k pas Ramswaroop jaga


calf Mukut Gujjar,

Karis baba , Chirchiri

Hanuman, Roopchand

22 15/8/16 Tiger Ox Badrilal S/o Jugal Berwa

Kuredi area, Bhilwasa

Roopchand Berwa, Kailash Gujjar

23 16/8/16 Tiger Buffalo Parbhu Gujjar Sawta ki talai Harikesh , Naresh

24 22/8/16 Tiger Buffalo Ramswaroop mali s/o Moti

mali Sanwas ka nala Ramesh Mali

25 22/8/16 Tiger Buffalo Meetha lal S/o

Girdhari Gujjar

Banpur area Kamlesh

26 22/8/16 Tiger Buffalo Gir raj s/o

Sitaram Banpur area Kamlesh

27 29/8/16 Tiger Goat Mannu kewat Sita mandi,

Naypur Vijay singh Naypur

28 29/8/16 Tiger Wild boar

F Kudka kho,

Patore Ramsingh meena

29 30/8/16 Tiger Buffalo Sukaram mali Bhero pura Ramsingh meena

30 30/8/16 Tiger 2

Buffalo Sukaram mali Bhairopura Kailash Meena

Sep-2016

31 1/9/16 Tiger Cow calf

F Kalakhora ki

daang Amarsingh gujjar

32 1/9/16 Tiger Cow F taldakhet ki

daant Vijaysingh dangda

pathar

33 9/9/16 Tiger Goat Radheshyam

nath Sitamata k pas

naypur Vijay singh

34 11/9/16 Tiger Buffalo Suresh gujjar,

Baanpur Heeraman ki

pathar Kamlesh gujjar

35 23/9/16 Tiger Buffalo Girraj gujjar Sawta Nareh gujjar

Oct-2016

36 5/10/16 Tiger Buffalo Kailash S/o Ramphool

Gujjar

Theep plot banpur

Kamlesh Gujjar

25

37 6/10/16 Tiger Cow F Kho Pradeep singh

38 23/10/16 Tiger 2 Cow F Aamlideh ka

nala Dharamsingh

kalakhora

39 24/10/16 Tiger Buffalo Kailash S/o

Nathu Gujjar Jamooni k pas Roopchand

Nov-2016

40 3/11/16 Tiger Goat Kamlesh S/o Bansi gujjar

Hodi me Mei kalan area

Bhavani Shankar

41 15/11/16 Tiger Calf F Parsipura ke pas Girraj gujjar

parsipura

42 15/11/16 Tiger Cow F Phooti tanki

berwa basti k pas-Dabich

Ramkesh talawda

43 17/11/16 Tiger Nilgai F Udaan mataji ke

pas Roopchand +

Hanuman

44 18/11/16 Tiger Cow Rameshwar

keer Nadi ke pas Vinod meena

45 18/11/16 Tiger 2 Cow F Hinoni ka rasta Roopchand

46 20/11/16 Tiger Cow Gopal Gujjar Peepli ka nala

aamlideh Naresh +

Dharamsingh

47 25/11/16 Tiger COW

Mangilal berwa S/o Laddulal berwa

Pandi gaon me Bhavani shankar

48 30/11/16 Tiger Nilgai

jamooni ka nala, Vinod meena

Dec-2016

49 2/12/16 Tiger Spotted

deer F Plantation area Vinod meena

50 3/12/16 Tiger Nilgai F Plot me Vinod meena

51 5/12/16 Tiger Gcow Radhe shyam

Gujjar Doob ka nala

Aatri Harikesh , Naresh

52 17/12/16 Tiger Nilgai F Gadhin ki aatri

me Dharmsingh Gujjar

Kalakhora

53 22/12/16 Tiger Calf Vijendar singh

Fatehpur Baasdeh area Harimohan

54 25/12/16 Tiger Nilgai F Nadi ke kinare Vinod meena

Jan-2017

55 12/1/17 tiger Bull Phoolji Meena,

Dangariya Kudka khoh Raam singh meena

56 13/1/17 tiger bull f Kudka khoh Battilal Gurjar

26

57 21/1/17 tiger nilgai F maggardeh Ramesh Maali

58 23/1/17 tiger goat Mukesh Gurjar

talda khet ka katla

Amar singh gurjar ,dharamsingh gurjar

59 25/1/17 tiger goat Ramji lala

gurjar khet , talda harikesh gurjar

60 30/1/17 tiger nilgai f needar ki khoh Roopchand bairwa

Feb-2017

61 4/2/17 tiger buffalo

calf Ramniwas

gurjar,nivera kudka kho kailash meena

62 14/2/17 tiger nilgai f khudal ki dagar Giriraj Gujjar

63 21/2/17 tiger cow f beherda ki ghati lakhan gurjar

64 22/2/17 tiger goat Mukesh Gurjar,

Devpura Chiraul ka nala Kamalsingh gurjar

65 23/2/17 tiger bull f jakhoda mod pr shivkumar meena

Mar-2017

66 5/3/17 tiger cow f taal ke kua ke

paas shivkumar meena

67 7/3/17 tiger cowcalf siyaram mali

sawas magar dah ramesh mali

68 9/3/17 tiger 2 cow

calf Migratory sawta ki antri naresh gurjar

27

Annexure-4


Man animal conflict-Leopard

S.No Date Animal responsible

Kill owner name Location VWV

Jul-2016

1 7/7/16 Leopard Cow calf F Kheri Ramkesh

2 10/7/16 Leopard Cow F Kheri Ramkesh

3 14/7/16 Leopard Cow F Pokhar ka nala,

Patore Ramsingh

meena

4 15/7/16 Leopard Goat Pappu Gujjar Mojipura Ramkesh

5 16/7/16 Leopard Cow Calf Badri saini Goatbihari Badri Saini

6 17/7/16 Leopard Goat Mintu s/o

Mohan Gujjar Banpur ka nala

Kamlesh Gujjar

7 17/7/16 Leopard Goat Dharmsingh S/o

Badri Peeli talai

Ramkesh Gujjar

8 17/7/16 Leopard Goat Radheshyam

Gujjar Bhairopura Ramkesh

9 19/7/16 Leopard Cow Calf F Hindwad Harisingh

10 19/7/16 Leopard Cow F Maharaj pura Roopchand

11 21/7/16 Leopard Goat Ramkrishan

Gujjar Talawada

Ramkesh Gujjar

12 21/7/16 Leopard Buffalo

calf Badrilal gujjar Bajoli Ramswaroop


calf Ramswaroop

jaga Bajoli Ramswaroop


calf Jansi Gujjar

Bagodeh ka nala, Hindwad

Harisingh

15 25/7/16 Leopard Cow Calf Chotulal Gujjar Kheri Ramkesh

16 26/7/16 Leopard Cow Calf Ramlal S/o

Chotiya mali Sanwas Ramesh Mali

28

17 26/7/16 Leopard Cow Calf Roopsingh S/o

Sultan singh Sanwas Ramesh Mali

18 29/7/16 Leopard Sheep Hanuman Gujjar Haripura Vinod meena

19 31/7/16 Leopard Goat Dharmsingh S/o

Badri Talawada

Ramkesh Gujjar

Aug-2016

20 1/8/16 Leopard Cow Calf Siyaram Gujjar Khateki Pradeep

singh mali Kho

21 4/8/16 Leopard Cow F Unchi paat ki khirkadi k pas

Ramswaroop jaga

22 5/8/16 Leopard Sheep Ramkesh Gujjar mojipura ka nala k pas

Ramkesh Gujjar, Kheri

23 5/8/16 Leopard Cow Gir raj Gujjar Maram ka Ram lakhan

Gujjar

24 9/8/16 Leopard Cow Calf F Ghanteshwar

kho Harimohan

Gujjar

25 9/8/16 Leopard Cow F Kaproth ki ghati Ramsingh

meena

26 10/8/16 Leopard Cow Calf F Mojipura k nale

k upar Ramkesh

Gujjar, Kheri

27 18/8/16 Leopard Nilgai F Nayi ghati k pas Ramswaroop

jaga

28 20/8/16 Leopard Cow Calf F Mareti ka nala,

Patore Ramsingh

meena

29 23/8/16 Leopard Cow Calf F Khaan k pas Kailash meena

30 27/8/16 Leopard 5 Goat Ramphool s/o Madhya Berwa

Sawta Naresh Gujjar,

Harikesh

31 30/8/16 Leopard Cow Calf Kailash Gujjar Plantation area Ramkesh

Gujjar, Kheri

Sept-2016

32 7/9/16 Leopard Nilgai f Patore bhairoji

ka nala Ramsingh

meena

33 7/9/16 Leopard Cow F Ghanteshwar

kho Pradeep

singh

29

34 7/9/16 Leopard Goat No Jindbaba ka

sthan Vinod meena

35 7/9/16 Leopard Goat Laddu gujjar Peeli talai, Talawada

Ramkesh gujjar

36 18/9/16 Leopard 7 Goat Battilal gujjar,

kalakhet Maharo ki aatri

Dharmsingh gujjar

maharo

37 20/9/16 Leopard Cow F Patore bhairoji

ka nala Ramsingh

meena

38 26/9/16 Leopard Goat Nainji gujjar

talada Talda

Dharamsingh kalakhora

39 28/9/16 Leopard Cow Ballu ram gujjar,

ajitpura Ajitpura ka

jungle Ramlakhan

gujjar

Oct-2016

40 7/10/16 Leopard Goat Sita ram Keer Azaad ka nala

Daang me Vijay singh

Gujjar

41 9/10/16 Leopard Dog F Khirkada Mangilal Khrkada

42 11/10/16 Leopard Goat Puniya Gujjar Gaon ka badaa Vijay singh

Gujjar

43 14/10/16 Leopard 2 Goat Parabhulal gujjar

Sawta Dongar me

Naresh Gujjar

44 18/10/16 Leopard Goat Ramkesh Gujjar Teer khorra

khedi Ramkesh

45 19/10/16 Leopard Nilgai F Bandha ka nala Ramlakhan

gujjar

46 21/10/16 Leopard Buffalo F Hadiya kho Pradeep

singh

Nov-2016

47 8/11/16 Leopard Nilgai F Naseer kuaa Pradeep

singh kho

48 9/11/16 Leopard 3 Cow F Purani Guwadi Harimohan

49 9/11/16 Leopard 2 Cow F Hadiya kho Pradeep

singh kho

50 10/11/16 Leopard Buffallo Ramsingh meena Horey me Ramsingh

meena

51 15/11/16 Leopard 2 Sheep Roopchand

meena Plot me Vinod meena

30

52 23/11/16 Leopard Goat Bada darra Ram lakhan

Gujjar

53 27/11/16 Leopard Sheep Roopchand

meena Plot me Vinod meena

54 30/11/16 Leopard Cow F Parna ka nala Satyanarayan

Gujjar

Dec-2016

55 4/12/16 Leopard Calf F Pator area Ram singh

Meena Pator

56 8/12/16 Leopard Calf Ganpath meena Talab ka nala Ram singh

Meena Pator

57 14/12/16 Leopard Cow F Kheradi ka nala Vijay singh

Gujjar

58 14/12/16 Leopard Nilgai F Khorra me Harimohan

59 17/12/16 Leopard Goat Madhya Gujjar,

Bhaopur Gadhin ki aatri

me

Dharmsingh Gujjar

Kalakhora

60 18/12/16 Leopard Calf Meethalal Gujar

Kalakhora Maach

Kalakhora Hanuman

Gujjar

61 19/12/16 Leopard Calf Ram lakhan

Gujjar Maach

Kalakhora Hanuman

Gujjar

62 22/12/16 Leopard Goat Prakash Gujar Khedi ke pas

plantation me Ramkesh

gujjar (Khedi)

63 23/12/16 Leopard Calf F Pator ka nala Ram singh

Meena Pator

64 30/12/16 Leopard Cow F Chuha ki me Vijay singh

Gujjar

65 30/12/16 Leopard Goat Mangilal Gujjar

Taldakhet Taldakhet ke

kheto me Harikesh

66 30/12/16 Leopard Calf Gappu meena,

Chaurghaan Dhaab ka nala

Kailash meena

Chaurghaan

Jan-2017

67 2/1/17 leopard cow f Raundeen ki

khidkari Harimohan

Gurjar

68 3/1/17 leopard cow calf Hazarilal gurjar,

Bhaopur paniyari ka nala

harikesh gurjar

69 4/1/17 leopard cow f Bhairav ji ki

talai Harimohan

Gurjar

31

70 13/1/17 leopard goat Kunjilal, narauli naraouli,bhanga

ka nala mahesh gurjar

71 15/1/17 leopard goat Ramsingh Gurjar dangda raste k

paas Harimohan

Gurjar

72 15/1/17 leopard cow f jharak ka

nala,nagda Harimohan

Gurjar

73 18/1/17 leopard goat Hemraaj gurjar;

talda khet mach me

harikesh gurjar

74 19/1/17 leopard cow f paris ka nala Battilal Gurjar

75 22/1/17 leopard nilgai f behraki ka nala raam singh

meena

76 24/1/17 leopard nilgai f beri k paas Battilal Gurjar

77 28/1/17 leopard cow calf f Guadin khidkari Harimohan

Gurjar

78 29/1/17 leopard cow f Lambe cheele k

paas Harimohan

Gurjar

Feb-2017

79 1/2/17 leopard nilgai f raundeen ka

jharna harimohan

gurjar

80 4/2/17 leopard cow f khirkadi k pas dharamsingh

maharro

81 10/2/17 leopard cow calf & goat

f+ Shivji Gurjar, Guadi

dangda kho harimohan

gurjar

82 10/2/17 leopard cow f bada dhonk k

paas Batua Maali

83 12/2/17 leopard cow Ramprasad

gurjar, kalakhet Ada nala me

battilala gurjar

84 12/2/17 leopard sambhar f dangda kho

nala battilala

gurjar

85 12/2/17 leopard calf birbal gurjar, ghati ka khurra harimohan

gurjar

86 14/2/17 leopard goat Birbal Meena,

pataur Guaniri ka nala

ramsingh meena

87 16/2/17 leopard goat Gopal meena,

Amrapur ghinauti ka nala

kailash meena

88 17/2/17 leopard goat vijaysingh

gurjar,dangda pathar

ghasghati vijaysingh

gurjar

89 17/2/17 leopard cow calf f patha ka nala vijaysingh

gurjar

90 18/2/17 leopard goat hansraj gurjar,

sawta ghr k baade me naresh gurjar

32

91 18/2/17 leopard goat MadanMohan

Gurjar, jogipura Sawta ki antri

me Harikesh

gujjar

92 20/2/17 leopard 3 female cow calf

f umar ghati ka

rasta Harikesh

gujjar

93 20/2/17 leopard nilgai calf

f paris ka nala battilala

gurjar

94 21/2/17 leopard goat Raju

meena,Ajeetpura ka bandh

Ajeetpura ka banda

Mangal Singh

95 21/2/17 leopard goat Hansraj Bairwa,

khidarpur jadaun Dehpura k nikt

k pas Kamalsingh

gurjar

96 21/2/17 leopard 2 cow f umar ghati k

ooper vijaysingh

gurjar

March-2017

97 1/3/17 leopard 2 goat mangilala s/o

Shankar Gurjar, talda khet

Umarghati k pas

harikesh gurjar

98 3/3/17 leopard goat kadu

gurjar,jogipura ghr k baade se naresh gurjar

99 3/3/17 leopard goat narain s/o surjan gurjar,sawtatalda

ki dang

harikesh gurjar

100 7/3/17 leopard goat f mahadev kho

me lakhan gurjar

101 11/3/17 leopard cow f mareti ka nala

me ramsingh

meena

102 18/3/17 2leopard goat f babda ka nala daramsingh

gurjar maharoo

103 19/3/17 leopard goat kedar gurjar

sawas gar par ramesh mali

104 21/3/17 leopard calf Ramkhiladi,talda

khet ghr k baade se

harikesh gurjar

33

Annexure-5


Man animal conflict-Wolf

S.No Date Animal responsible

Kill owner name Location VWV

July

1 25/7/16 Wolf Cow Calf

F

Neem ka Danda

Dangda pathar

Vijay singh


F Dangda pathar

Vijay singh


F Chor ghan

area Kailash meena

Aug

4 7/8/16 3 Wolf Cow Calf

F Dande par Pradeep singh

mali Kho


F Maharo ki khirkadi k

pas

Dharam singh(Maharo)

6 11/8/16 5 Wolf Sheep Madan Gujjar Guwadi Harimohan

Gujjar

7 17/8/16 Wolf Goat Ramkrishan Gujjar Mojipura ka

nala Ramkesh

Gujjar, Kheri

8 18/8/16 Wolf Cow F Tipkkan ka

nala Vijaysingh

Gujjar

9 21/8/16 Wolf Goat Bharat S/o Ramet

Gujjar Galendi Ramdayal


F Jamoon k

pas Vijaysingh

Gujjar

11 28/8/16 4 Wolf Sheep Gaonki

khirkadi k pas

Battilal Gujjar

12 30/8/16 Wolf Goat Radhe shayam s/o

Murari Gujjar Galendi Ramdayal

34


F

Taldakhet ki dante par,

Dangda pathar

Vijaysingh Gujjar

Sep

14 1/9/16 Wolf Goat Ramkesh Gujjar taldakhet ki

daant Vijaysingh

dangda pathar

15 12/9/16 Wolf Goat Harikesh gujjar

dangda

Gond ki talai-Dangda

pathar

Vijaysingh dangda pathar

16 12/9/16 Wolf cow F Damdama

ka nala Battilal gujjar

17 16/9/16 Wolf Goat F Patore

bhairoji ka nala

Ramsingh meena

18 22/9/16 Wolf Cow F Dangda pathar

Vijaysingh dangda pathar

Oct

19 2/10/16 Wolf Goat Bhairo ji

nala Ramsingh

Meena

20 10/10/16 Wolf Goat Harkesh Gujjar Gaon ke pas Vijay Singh

Gujjar

21 20/10/16 Wolf Calf Suresh gujjar Gaon ke pas

Dangda Vijay Singh

Gujjar

22 23/10/16 Wolf Cow F Gond ki

talai-Dangda pathar

Vijay Singh Gujjar

Nov

23 2/11/16 Wolf Sheep Khirkada ke

bhed me Mangilal

Gujjar

24 7/11/16 Wolf Calf F Pattha ka

nala Vijay singh

25 12/11/16 Wolf Goat Ramdyal meena Hakila ka

nala Kailash meena

26 20/11/16 Wolf Calf F Sakronda ki

khirkadi Battilal Gujjar

27 23/11/16 Wolf Nilgai F Gond ki

talai-Dangda pathar

Vijay singh

35

28 28/11/16 Wolf Sheep Ramswaroop gujjar Dangda

Bheel k pas kothe me

Vijay singh

Dec

29 1/12/16 Wolf Sheep Shyamuli Gond ki

talai-Dangda pathar

Vijay singh Gujjar

30 5/12/16 Wolf Calf F Pator area Ram singh

Meena Pator

31 6/12/16 Wolf 2 Sheep Ram prasad Gujjar

Dangda Kundi ka

khaal Vijay singh

Gujjar

32 8/12/16 Wolf Goat Harikesh Gujjar, Dangda pathar

Kher ka nala Vijay singh

Gujjar

33 11/12/16 Wolf Goat Ramkesh Gujjar

Talawda dagar me Battilal Gujjar

34 13/12/16 Wolf 4 Sheep Ram kalyan

Gujjar, Kalakhorra Gaon me

kalakhorra

Dharmsingh Gujjar

Kalakhora

35 16/12/16 Wolf Cow F jamun ka

nala Battilal Gujjar

36 18/12/16 Wolf Sheep Ram kalyan

Gujjar, Kalakhorra Gaon me

kalakhorra

Dharmsingh Gujjar

Kalakhora

37 21/12/16 3 Wolf Calf F Ghaas ghati

ke upar Vijay singh

Gujjar

38 22/12/16 Wolf Nilgai Calf

F Bhakola ka

nala Ram singh

Meena Pator

39 29/12/16 Wolf Sheep Unknown Gond ki

talai-Dangda pathar

Vijay singh Gujjar

Jan

40 7/1/17 wolf

8 sheeps

Motilal Gurjar,pahadpura

mawesh bada Battilal Gurjar

41 9/1/17 3 wolf

1 calf female f

kedar baba kho Battilal Gurjar

Feb

42 16/2/17 wolf goat

rampal yogi, jogipura

ghar ka baada

Harikesh gujjar

43 16/2/17 3 wolf 3 sheep

Chatru gurjar, srinathpura

damdama ka nala battilala gurjar

36

44 21/2/17 7 wolves

2 cow calves f

jamuni ka nala

vijaysingh gurjar

45 23/2/17 4 wolves 2 goats

Surgyan Gurjar,dangda gond ki talai

vijaysingh gurjar

46 23/2/17 2 wolf goat

Rampal gurjar, srinathpura mendaki me battilala gurjar

47

25/2/17 wolf cow calf f

khate ki khidkari k

pass vijaysingh

gurjar

Mar

48 4/3/17 2wolf goat

ramprasad gurjar dagnda neem danda

vijaysingh gujar

49 6/3/17 3wolf goat

surajan gurjar dagnda patta ka nala

vijaysingh gujar

50 8/3/17 3wolf cowcalf f

godaki area me

vijaysingh gujar

51 11/3/17 3wolf 2goat laddulal gurjar dhok ka nala

vijaysingh gujar

52 11/3/17 3wolf

cow calf f

mahadev kho me lakhan gurjar

53 12/3/17 3wolf goat chiranji gurjar amouch me

vijaysingh gujar

54 19/3/17 3wolf cowcalf f

jamuni ka nala

vijaysingh gujar

55 27/3/17 5wolf cowcalf f khod ka nala

ramsingh meena

56 27/3/17 2wolf heeran f

aam ka nala me lakhan gurjar

57

31/3/17 wolf goat amarsingh meena

chorgan bada me

ghav andar kailash meena

chorgan

37

Annexure-6


Village Wildlife Volunteers-Attack on Humans

Report

S.No. Date Attack on Humans Location V.W.V. Name

Jul-2016

1 28/7/16

Hanuman Gurjar was returning with buffaloes when a tiger

charged and injured him.(Tiger was previously present there with

its kill)

Berna ka Bhid Hanuman Singh

Gurjar, Badri

1 16/12/16

A bear attacked Manraj Gujar, a goat herder, when he was

returning with his goats to his village-Sawta, Jogipura.

Gular Ghati Area Harikesh Gurjar

38

39

Village Wildlife Volunteers Team Profile

1

Name: Father's Name: Age: Village: Contact No.:

Hanuman Singh Gurjar Shri Devi lal Gurjar 28 Bangda Kalan 9950917383

2


Pradeep singh Shri Brijraj singh 25 Kho 9772724208

3


Ramkesh Gurjar Shri Laddulal Gurjar 19 Talawda 8290371497

40

4


Naresh Gurjar Shri Parbhu Gurjar 28 Sawta 9649194402

5


Dharam Singh Shri Kallaram 23 Maharo 9672490050

6


Harimohan Shri Ramkrishan 23 Guwadi 9549142938

7


Roopchand Berwa Shri Gyarsha Berwa 40 Govindpura 9672632899

41

8


Amar Singh Gurjar Shri Badri Gurjar 32 Kalakhora 9587021375

9


Vijay Singh Gurjar Shri Ramswaroop Gurjar 26 Dangda Pathar 9587870539

10


Ramesh mali Shri Kalyan Mali 30 Sanwas 9660626272

11


Badri Sain Shri Shambhu Dyal Sain 32 Goatbihari 8058075446

42

12


Dharam Singh Gurjar Shri Laxmi Narayan Gurjar 27 Kalakhora 9783592090

13


Harikesh Gurjar Shri Prabhulal Gurjar 22 Taldakhet 9672437219

14


Battilal Gurjar Shrinathpura 8003502431

15


Bhawani Shankar Berwa Ramphool Berwa 23 Mei Kalan 8875504892

43

16


Girraj Singh Gurjar Madanlal Gurjar 37 Parsipura 9549646395

17


Ram singh Meena Sitaram Meena 28 Patore 9116958398

18


Vijay singh Naypur 9549932809

19 Name: Kailash meena

Father's Name: Mohan Chand Meena Age: 38 Village: Chaurghan Contact No.: 7581031678

20 Name: Sitaram Gurjar

Father's Name: Ghanshyam Gurjar Age: 25 Village: Visthapan Padra Contact No.: Visthapan Padra

44

21 Name: Harisingh Gurjar

Father's Name: Ramniwas Gurjar Age: 29 Village: Berna Contact No.: 9983148076

22 Name: Suresh Gurjar

Father's Name: Chotulal Gurjar Age: 25 Village: Awand Contact No.: 7725975657

23 Name: Kamal singh Gurjar

Father's Name: Bacchusingh Gurjar Age: 38 Village: Devpura Contact No.: 9672607544

25 Name: Ramveer meena

Father's Name: Ramswaroop Meena Age: 26 Village: Gota Contact No.: 7623141623

26 Name: Shiv kumar meena

Father's Name: Buddu Meena Age: 40 Village: Nidar Contact No.: 9694480930

27 Name: Lakhan Gurjar

Father's Name: Prabhulal Gurjar Age: 26 Village: Nibhera Contact No.: 7742797773

28 Name: Ramsingh Gurjar

Father's Name: Kaduram Gurjar Age: 22 Village: Badalganj Contact No.: 9784821726

Documents

The Village Wildlife Volunteer Program - TOFT - Travel ...toftigers.org/documents/resources/Village-Wildlife...1 The Village Wildlife Volunteer Program Highlights Ranthambhore Tiger