Terai vs Assam

[Jimmy]

@sanjay, thank you so much. I will try my best for the inputs. @parvez, yes i think u're right, Kaziranga tigers seems to be more heavily built. They live in the land of the giants and seems to becoming the giant themselves. Terai, i feel is certainly lacking in big prey for the tigers, the biggest availble to them are-nilgai, sambars and barahsinghe, and of course wild boars. Nepal government is proposing a transfer of some species of mammals to Chitwan atleast to revive 'a historic assemblage of large mammals' keeping with the view that tigers are increasing and dispersing to new areas and poaching has been curbed for quite some time. there are some big prey base at present and in the future; Gaurs- 473 individuals (Census conducted in June 2016) wild water buffaloes are present in Koshi tappu reserve- 432 individuals (May,2016) and some will be brought to Chitwan-this year or the next year. Also Barahsinghe will be brought from Shuklaphanta reserve. I hope this will continue to the rest of the reserves in Nepal and also to Indian Terai Arc. Here is a nice video of a male tiger of Chitwan cooling off.

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