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Hey All,

The 2013-2014 season has come to a glorious end at Ranthambhore and the park re-opens in October after the monsoons. Ranthambhore has been blessed with a baby boom and all its denizens seem to have pulled through the year without any fuss. Our next few posts shall highlight the current status of each Tiger family of Ranthambhore & what is expected next season. Here is an update # 2 on another family of Ranthambhore.

T-24 (Ustad) : Happy & content as ever in his own domain. He is a prolific hunter and apparently, it seems he doesn't mind sharing food with either his mate Noor or son Sultan. Ustad has been a doting Dad to Sultan and looks all set to spend quality time with the new arrivals. How long both parents tolerate Sultan's presence remains to be seen.

T-72 (Sultan) : Still a young brat, although he does manage to hunt on his own, he has often been sighted in close proximity to his mother Noor & her 2 new-born cubs. This grown up boy loves hanging around his parent’s area rather than seek out a territory for himself. As long as he doesn't venture out of the park, he looks all set to remain in his parent’s territory a bit longer than expected and keep putting on a show to his ardent admirers.

T-39 (Noor) : A proud mother of 2 young cubs, she remains one of the star attractions of the park and we bet she will raise the new litter to adulthood without any hiccups and also impart lessons to remain oblivious to the presence of tourists. Her cubs shall be at least 7 months old by the time the park re-opens in October and she looks all set to be a show-stopper next season. It remains to be seen as to how long would Sultan, her offspring from the first litter, lurk around her territory.

We wish to thank our good friend Vipin Sharma for letting us share this image of Noor feeding her cubs.— with Minh Ha and 38 others.

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Hey All,

The 2013-2014 season has come to a glorious end at Ranthambhore and the park re-opens in October after the monsoons. Ranthambhore has been blessed with a baby boom and all its denizens seem to have pulled through the year without any fuss. Our next few posts shall highlight the current status of each Tiger family of Ranthambhore & what is expected next season. Here is an update on the first family of Ranthambhore.

T-19 (Krishna) : The star attraction of the park and the current Lady of the lakes is a proud mother of 3 young cubs. Her beau Star Male (T-28) does pay her an occasional visit or two. She currently occupies a large territory and does tend to make an occasional foray into her mother Machli’s territory to imply who’s Boss. She doesn’t have a challenger to her throne as yet and looks all set to consolidate her position and rock next season as far as sightings are concerned.

T-28 (Star Male) : Although he has made an area out of tourism zone his home, he does visit his mate T-19 (& cubs) at the lake area occasionally and also seems to tolerate the presence of his son from their previous litter, T-64. As most dominant males do, this guy loves putting on a show whenever he turns up.

T-64 (Aakash) : Like Sultan, this Big boy does tend to hang around his mother’s territory adjoining the lake area. However, his stepping into adulthood and longing for a mate might perhaps urge him to venture into adjoining territories held by other Males. As long as he doesn't wander out towards the periphery of the park, he does look all set to establish a territory of his own.

Tigress Krishna (T-19) with her 3 cubs, photographed by our resident Naturalist Subhash Gautam, June 2014.— with Minh Ha and 33 others.

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