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(03-07-2017, 09:24 AM)Rishi Wrote:

(03-03-2017, 09:29 PM)Roflcopters Wrote: that's definitely a great start! also on the side note, I heard tiger population is growing North West of India and even in areas like BETLA, Valmiki, Simlipal, Neora Valley and Rajaji. hopefully things stay this way.

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If you have any such reports from Betla/Palamau, please share...  

Tiger spotted at Betla National Park after 2 years

TNN | Updated: Feb 23, 2017, 11.03 AM IST

d boar, the Indian gaur and bison. "While the population of sambhar has decreased a little others have sufficiently increased in recent years," the official added.









A tiger census by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) had recorded presence of three tigers in the 1,026 square kilometre PTR area.









Not agreeing completely with the WII study, the state wildlife department had claimed that there may be more than five tigers in the entire reserve. The forest department, thereafter, mooted its plan of installing camera traps along the PTR's core for sighting and documenting of the big cats. Besides monitoring the camera traps the forest officials have also resorted to scat analysis to ascertain the exact number of tigers present in the forest.








The tiger count in PTR, which stood at 38 in 2005 and decreased to 10 in 2010, was recorded at a mere three in a census conducted in late 2014.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/tiger-spotted-at-betla-national-park-after-2-yrs/articleshow/57299806.cms

even though it's just a few sightings but i have hopes that the population will rebound in these areas.

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