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Two newborn tiger cubs bring good news for Sariska National Park
Apr 30, 2018

The Sariska Tiger Reserve, struggling with loopholes in security and upkeep, now has something to cheer about. With the birth of the cubs, number of tigers in the reserve has risen to 14-15.

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A tigress named ST-14 has given birth to two cubs, first spotted by cameras on Saturday night, in the Sariska National Park in Rajasthan’s Alwar. The cubs are two-months-old now.

“A forest tracker spotted the tigress with her cubs on Saturday morning. He was there for 20 minutes for confirmation. Later, he shared the news with us,” said Sariska Tiger Reserve deputy conservator of forest Balaji Kari. Security have been beefed up in the Sadar Range forest area where the newborns are with their mother.

The probable father of the cubs, officially identified as ST-11, died on March 19 after getting entangled in a barbed-wire fence.

Another tigress, ST-5, went missing since February 21 and is yet to be located.

Cubs were born in Sariska after more than two years. Tigress ST-9 had given birth to ST-15 in 2016.
The re-population plan was started in 2008, with eight tigers being brought in from Ranthambore. One of these tigers was poisoned in 2010. Tigress ST-2, ST-9 and ST-10 have given birth to seven cubs between 2012 and 2017. The park is now home for eight tigresses, four tigers and two cubs, officials said.
The state of Rajasthan presently has almost 85 tigers.

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