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B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

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( This post was last modified: 10-23-2019, 10:44 PM by Ashutosh )

It really is an end of an era. Not sure if Forest Department should be doing this, though. Like Machli should have been left to her own devices, but tourists and wildlife lovers put so much pressure on them to prolong her life and it sort of robbed her of that dignity of being truly wild till the end. 

I see the other side of the argument as well, and I get that iconic individuals should be around for as long as possible because there are symbolic of the few success conservation stories and in this instance humans are in some peril as well, so, maybe fair enough that Munna is being moved. But how much human intervention is really necessary in such cases has to be discussed for other cases in the future?

Anyway, we need to find a new tiger that can spell it’s scientific family name on it’s forehead now.

FYI: A very young T17 was injured by a bigger male and had a distinctive limp which matched the limp of a forest guard called Munna (hence the name). He was named to annoy the guide, little did they envisage a male dominating for over 15 years, written off many times (every year since 2015) only to somehow make a comeback in core area and later in buffer zone strategically avoiding younger tigers, so much that the guides began to revere him.
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ST2 tigress of sariska - Rage2277 - 04-07-2014, 01:58 PM
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Mahaman subadult may 2014 - Rage2277 - 05-24-2014, 10:26 AM
Lyla T41 may 2014 - Rage2277 - 05-25-2014, 05:39 PM
RE: B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India - Ashutosh - 10-23-2019, 07:34 PM
Big Kaziranga Tiger - sanjay - 04-05-2014, 10:02 PM
RE: Big Kaziranga Tiger - Apollo - 04-12-2014, 07:26 PM
RE: Big Kaziranga Tiger - Apollo - 04-13-2014, 10:00 PM
RE: Big Kaziranga Tiger - Wanderfalke - 04-13-2014, 10:43 PM
RE: Big Kaziranga Tiger - Pckts - 04-15-2014, 02:56 AM
RE: Big Kaziranga Tiger - Pckts - 10-05-2014, 01:27 AM
RE: Big Kaziranga Tiger - Roflcopters - 10-09-2014, 01:28 PM
RE: Big Kaziranga Tiger - Pckts - 10-11-2014, 12:45 AM
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RE: Bamera - Pckts - 06-05-2015, 09:11 PM
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