Large male tigers from India (Videos Only)

[Ashutosh]

@Roflcopters, Firstly, T3 wasn’t randomly selected. There were certain criteria that Panna Reserve director and NTCA had put forth, and he matched those. You say any other tiger could have done the same that T3 did, except we do have Sariska as a parallel example. Has any Sariska male have done what T3 did?

Secondly, you talked about the competition for Bajrang and lack of it for T3 and how he mated with 8 tigresses in a year. Fair point. But, even you would agree that it much easier to father cubs in a populated park than a deserted park on account of there being considerably less breeding females. T3 fathered cubs in a park with an almost non-existent population. Ask yourself this: How long did it take Panna to even get 8 breeding females? T1 and T2 were excellent in breeding but not T4 and T5. T5 only raised 1 cub. And, T4 died while raising her 3rd litter having abandoned her second litter. Unless he mated with his own progeny, he had to wait for other females to father his litter that is not an issue for Bajrang who had a park with over 50 females, while T3 had 2 to begin with.

Finally, you are counting the number of cubs of Bajrang as those he sired, I am counting T3’s numbers as those who made it to adulthood. Bajrang’s cub numbers who made it to adulthood would be lower than 40 that T3 managed. Not to mention, there were rumours that he had fathered a litter back in Pench, that is why he was going back.

This is a very similar situation to deciding who is more important to conservation : T15 aka Collarwali of Pench who raised 26 cubs or T2 of Panna who has raised 21 cubs. Reply