B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

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@Ashutosh 
The Rhino Introduction program does have a minimal number of specimens but predation on them is significant for the amount they have.
Elephant seem to be doing much better there now with an estimated 225 individuals in 2019
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/dudhwa-shows-jumbo-surge-count-goes-up-by-80-in-three-years/articleshow/69614658.cms
And while adults should be immune for the most part, young and sub adult should contribute a bit a long with carcasses from natural deaths. 
While I am also under the impression that Dudhwa Tigers look larger than Kanha, that hasn't been confirmed. I've asked people who've seen both and I haven't gotten a straight answer more so than implications. According to
Dr. Y. V. Jhala the largest tiger weighed by him was in Kanha and that was a 290kg, full bellied male. That would be a modern day record other than Wasif's 300kg+ Males which aren't confirmed but do come from a valid source.

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In regards to Panna Tigers, maybe once they were the largest in C. India,  but they were decimated and now their population is too low to be considered in that Tier in my opinion. The females to me look more like Bandhavgarh females than Kanha, they seem more robust but smaller in frame and muscle definition. Maybe the elevation of Kanha contributes to a more muscular tiger?
I know P212 was a 218kg Male

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and he was killed by SD005


They used to say the largest Male in Panna in 2018 was this fella, P112

Jignesh Gada
"It was my Dream to Photograph PTR Biggest Male Tiger & it was sucessful after 4 yrs and on my 12th Visit to Panna.

As this Male is T1 Tigress 1st Litters 2nd Cub called as P112 is one of the king of Panna Forest and he is male dominat of the Park. Till date he have no challenger and hence freely roams all the part of the Park.

P112 Male Tiger
Panna Tiger Reserve, MP
29th April"

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But their weights don't seem anything extraordinary now a days, at least when compared to Kanha

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