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The Sundarban Tiger
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 (01-31-2017, 10:19 AM)parvez Wrote: This tiger rishi posted seems to be the ultimate specimen. Stocky robust, huge forearms, big head. Surely he must be byproduct of breeding of sunderban tiger and 250kg + tiger. Hence the ultimate features.Those Sundarban tiger pics. are the largest of specimens.. We have one here in Kolkata zoo (captured man-eater  ) & he is smaller than both d mainland tigresses in his adjoining cages...So, I for one don't think their small size is a myth!!!Dey even look different.. (& live 500kms apart, So can't mate) Surely, this guy was born of a source population somewhere in Bhutan, roaming the near-tigerless forests of North Bengal in search of females.. Happens all the time, the 2006 cencus identified 12 males & 4 females here...but FEAR NOT for i have good news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  . . Tiger relocation move for Buxa - NTCA gives nod to bring big cats from other forests, says minister Our Correspondent  *This image is copyright of its original author Buxa: How many big cats?
Alipurduar, Jan. 6: The National Tiger Conservation Authority has approved a proposal to bring in tigers from other forests in the country and release them in Buxa at a time the number of big cats is declining in the reserve in north Bengal, state forest minister Binoy Barman has said. In 2005, the number of tigers in Sariska Tiger Reserve came down to zero. A similar relocation project was taken up and big cats were brought into the forest from other places. "Now, the number of tigers in Sariska is 11," a forest official said. In Bengal, the state forest department had sent a proposal to the NTCA a couple of months ago stating that tigers could be relocated to Buxa and a 200sqkm area had been identified to develop a prey base for the predators. "We believe that there are tigers in the BTR but the number has come down. According to experts' advice, we have decided to restock tigers. We have already received the approval of the NTCA. Tigers will be brought in from other forests. Everything will be done according to the NTCA's instructions," said Barman. In 2012 and 2013, scat samples from Buxa were sent to the Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad and the reports said there were at least 12 tigers in the forest. But last year, according to a report published by the NTCA, there are only three big cats in north Bengal (Buxa is the only forest that boasts tigers in the region). "This time, we are sending 45 scat samples to the Wild Life Institute of India for DNA analysis. We are yet to receive their report on the 54 scat samples that were sent last year. We have set up 100 pairs of automatic trap cameras in sensitive locations but we are yet to receive any direct evidence of tigers in Buxa," said Buxa field director Ujwal Ghosh. Last year, the NTCA has asked the state forest department for an explanation on why the status of a "tiger reserve" should not be withdrawn from Buxa and why it should not stop funding tiger projects in the forest prompting foresters to increase the number of camera traps to capture images of tigers. The state forest department also submitted a Tiger Conservation Plan to the NTCA mentioning that at least 15 villages had to be shifted out of the core area of the forest to increase the area where the animals could breed. According to a forest officer, an area of almost 200sqkm has been identified on the eastern side of Jayanti road in Buxa where a grassland would be developed for herbivorous animals - a pray base for tigers. . . OH, WAIT..THERE'S MORE!!! . . NTCA gives nod to West Bengal to get three new tigers at Jaldapara National Park Since Jaldapara National Park and Buxa Tiger Reserve also come under the same landscape, the tigers will be brought from a forest in Assam. Written by Aniruddha Ghosal | Kolkata | Updated: January 4, 2017 4:48 am  *This image is copyright of its original author The approval to get tigers was received last year. (Archive photo)The state forest department’s proposal to bring in three new tigers to the Jaldapara National Park as part of a programme to increase the animal’s population in the area has got a green signal from the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). The forest department had sent the proposal to NTCA last year and got permission in December, officials said. In October, the body had given a similar approval to the Buxa Tiger Reserve, which is adjacent to the Jaldapara forest. While Buxa hasn’t seen a tiger in almost 10 years, Jaldapara — once known for its rhinoceros, elephant and tiger population — has also seen a loss of wildlife due to habitat loss and poaching. Officials, however, remained hopeful that they would be able to reverse the situation with the new arrivals — one male and two females tigers. “Initially, the tigers will be kept in an enclosure and deer would be released inside it to create a prey base. Once the tigers adjust to the conditions in Jaldapara and BTR, we will think of releasing them in the wild,” said an official. According to an NTCA report published last year, there are two tigers in the North Bengal landscape, which includes Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Gorumara National Park, Champramari Wildlife Sanctuary. Since Jaldapara National Park and Buxa Tiger Reserve also come under the same landscape, the tigers will be brought from a forest in Assam. Last year, after official estimates maintained that there had been a 30 per cent increase in the wild tiger population, many conservationists had raised concerns over the government’s ability to manage the increased number of tigers. Tiger density, officials explained, had in some reserves surpassed their carrying capacity. “The idea is that a number of tigers needed to be dispersed since they were often found living outside the reserves, leading to cases of conflict with people and also becoming easy targets for poachers,” said an official. Till last year, the government did not have a strategy to look beyond tiger reserves and manage the big cats at a landscape level. But now, the NTCA has come up with a set of guidelines to rehabilitate tigers that are “dispersing” from densely populated source forests and bring them to suitable forests with low or no tiger density. On March 18 last year, the NTCA had released a “Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for rehabilitation of tigers from source areas at the landscape level” and presented it to chief wildlife wardens of tiger-range states and field directors of tiger reserves. The SOP identifies population clusters with surplus tigers across the country and suggests areas where they can be relocated, the procedure of which has also been explained. |
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