Tigers of the High Himalayas

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@Rishi  @sanjay  I completely agree with the point that geologist are being paranoid about spotting a tiger at 12,000 ft.

1. I mean tigers are the most adaptable animals. From hills to the Sunderbans they are everywhere. Besides none of the population is translocated, theses tigers no matter which area of India were always there. We as humans created the disturbance and isolated population into small national parks and as a result we see alot difference in tigers from different parks.

2.Talking about Uttarakhand ,there is no part of the state where tiger didn't roamed in previous times.
In Jim Corbett times when jungle cover was good tigers always crossed from Nepal to indian side and vice versa. And same happens now just that the jungle corridor has shrunk.but ask any local who is born and brought up around upper regions of the state they will tell you that tigers were and are present in the upper hills of Uttarakhand.

3.This is also the reason I always believe that Corbett park's estimation of tigers is completely wrong.because even though low in numbers but tigers are still present in the upper hills right upto the himalayas.i believe this as I know many people who have seen them.and being born here I know people are telling the truth or not.

4.Also, I have seen tigers around Nainital when I was young, although not very high in terms of altitude yet Nainital is steep yet tigers never had any problems living there.my point is they are highly adaptable and are extremely agile and their big size never poses a problem for them.

5. Uttarakhand's tiger population needs to studied in a different way
The state is special in terms of its location and landscape setup. I know there are plenty of tigers living outside the Jim Corbett national parks boundaries. The jungle corridors through hills and mountains still protects them .but we need to understand the whole thing and instead of being surprised about finding one tiger pic in high altitude, start to realise that there are many more tigers there. And so need is to protect them.

I wrote such a long post just to explain my point. I also have an eyewitness account of my uncle who lives in Pithoragarh and his dog was killed by a tiger in daylight.know many other stories.but I think this data should be enough.

Hope this helps. Reply