Tigers of Central India

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New young male appears in Kolara buffer.

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A male tiger was seen in Kolara buffer during the June 15 morning safari near Veergaon Camp. Initially the tiger was thought to be V7, as his territory is close by. But a closer look reveals that this is a much younger tiger than V7.

On comparing the stripes, the tiger turned out to be one of the cubs of Shivanjhari female, from Kolsa range. In her last litter, born in 2015, Shivanjhari had 4 cubs. This male cub separated from his mother around 2017 and spent some time near Karwa village, before moving towards Veergaon area. He is still a young tiger, trying to find a territory. So he might just use this area to move to another location, and not stay here.

Tigers from Moharli range (e.g. Bajrang), Tadoba range (e.g. Madkasur) and Kolsa range (e.g. male cub of Shivanjhari) use Kolara buffer area, in addition to two male tigers (V7 and Kankajhari) from Katezari area having their territory there, revealing how strategically Kolara buffer is located, and how tigers are using the area to disperse within TATR.

Image Credit:- Kails Photography , W Ganesham & Rohith Bhandari(Svasara Guest) — with Maithili Waishampayan Joshi and 49 others.


Credits to Jignesh Patel, for those of you that aren’t aware. his father is Dewada male also known as Piperphetti/Ambeutra male.

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when he first appeared in Dec/2016, many people (including myself) thought V7 wouldn’t survive the competition but it looks like we were all wrong. two years later, he’s still going strong around Katezari area and parts of Kolara buffer. June/2018 Reply