B2 and Other Great Tiger Pics from India

[Vijay Rajan]

Yours truly happens to be one of a handful of guys to have not only sighted but also photograph this extremely shy Tigress ! This one-eyed female looks to be around 4-5 yrs old and is a resident of the Agarzhari buffer zone of Tadoba. After spending 3 full days in Agarzhari, I finally managed to track her down, courtesy fresh scat as well as pugmarks in December 2013. Fresh pugmarks of Wagdoh besides her trail also suggested she might perhaps have been courting him too. She runs for cover the moment any vehicle approaches and hence is seldom sighted. Her eye injury which looked quite recent, could perhaps have been sustained during a hunt. Hope she litters this coming season and goes onto become the Queen of her domain despite the handicap, a la Kankati (with a happy ending of course).

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