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A couple of big news stories for big catsSanctuary Asia11 hours agoThe Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar, announced the approval of a sixth tiger reserve in Maharashtra in response to a request sent by the state government. The Bor Tiger Reserve in the Wardha district becomes India's 47th tiger reserve. This will bring much-needed funding and technical support to the 13,812 ha. Bor forest, thus strengthening tiger conservation. This critical declaration greatly enhances the link between the Tadoba-Andhari and Pench Tiger Reserves and enables an estimated 100 tigers to make use of this corridor.

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and it looks like gir lions are finally going to get a new location to expand

I can't find the link unfortunately, if anybody has seen it I would appreciate you posting it.
But it also looks like Gir lions and at least one wild tiger are going to be sharing a habitat.
Very interesting to see how the co exist
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