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Census over in Tamil Nadu's Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve on Nilgiris that had 25 tigers by previous one, & there's GOOD news..

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Satyamangalam reserve has 55 tigers, finds census
TNN|Nov 17, 2017, 11:00 IST

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ERODE: 21 males, 32 females and 2 unclassified adult tigers have been spotted in a census conducted for 60 days from August to October this year at the Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) in Erode district of Tamil Nadu.
Situated on Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border, the reserve forest is spread to an area of nearly 1,411km² & is the largest protected area in Tamil Nadu.

The census was conducted by the forest department and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - India using CCTV cameras at 356 locations across the STR.

Chief conservator of forest and field director of STR I Anwardeen said, "55 tigers were identified in the STR with the help of CCTV cameras." During the census, the officials had given a unique identity to each tiger based on stripes pattern. Besides 55 tigers, 11 cubs were also spotted in the STR, he added.

STR is one of the safe and potential carnivore habitats in South India.
With the constant effort by the forest department, the numbers in wildlife is constantly increasing. Wild animals such as leopard, deer, Indian gaur and elephants are living in the reserve forest.

According to the statistics available with the forest department, the number of animals has been increasing gradually. In 2012, 1,021 elephants were spotted in in STR. Now the number has increased to 1,900. Similarly, the number of Indian gaur has increased to 1,200 from 1000 and 111 leopards from 58. He hoped that the number of animals will increase further in the coming years.

Ecotourism in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, the largest protected habitat for tigers in Tamil Nadu, received a boost on Sunday with the launch of a vehicle safari.
The officials have pressed into service two vehicles, a 15-seater and a 10-seater to start with and would increase the number of vehicles if the demand increases. Reply