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Male Tigers with Cubs
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7 months after their mother died, the Panna’s “orphaned” cubs are thriving. 3 males and 1 female are now 15 months old and started hunting for themselves. As mentioned on post #84, these cubs are being raised by the collared massive Panna male called P243.
P243 is a huge male (mother being T2 from Kanha while father T3 is from Pench). His territory is massive and only a small portion falls in the tourism zone. He has been courting 2 females T652 and T142. This has meant he has been in continuous conflict with males T431, T271, T621 and his brother from the same litter T241. Hence, the nasty gash on his nose. He has recovered just fine. About the cubs: The mother tiger had trained the cubs well before she died. She had marked out the territory within which they could roam and the cubs never transgressed that area. For about 10 months the cubs remained in the one square kilometre that their mother had introduced them to,” the forest official said. The limited area they frequent is called Cube Territory, he explained. But now with increased confidence levels, the tigers roam outside that area too, he said. “It will not be long before the four tigers will part ways and head out to mark out their own territories,” Uttam Kumar said. They are capable of protecting themselves from bigger animals such as the leopard and the bear. However, they can still be in danger from the other tigers in the jungles of Panna, he said. Meanwhile the tigers are now hunting their own prey such as wild pigs, sambhar, nilgai, etc. Even P243 has reduced his presence around the cubs as they have grown still checking up on them from time to time. A bit different to what we saw Zaalim do at Ranthambore. https://en.gaonconnection.com/panna-tige...te-collar/ |
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