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(01-08-2019, 03:05 PM)Rage2277 Wrote: Tigress pregnant with Mahabir cubs
Mahabir may be dead, but it seems the legacy of the tiger from Madhya Pradesh is here to stay.

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Published: 08th January 2019 06:27 AM  |   Last Updated: 08th January 2019 06:31 AM  |  A+A A-

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By Express News Service
ANGUL: Mahabir may be dead, but it seems the legacy of the tiger from Madhya Pradesh is here to stay.
A 10-year-old resident tigress in Satkosia Tiger Reserve has reportedly conceived after mating with Mahabir. Expecting birth of cubs, authorities of STR have taken precautionary measures in the core areas, where the tigress is reportedly staying, to prevent any untoward incident.
The authorities, however, denied the tigress giving birth in the forest as of now. “We have no information about the tigress delivering any cubs in the core areas. She might have mated with Mahabir. We have taken all precautions for the protection of the tigress,” said Field Director Sudarshan panda.Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Satkosia Rama Samy also said he had no knowledge of the tigress giving birth in the forest.
Mahabir was relocated from Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh to Odisha under India’s first ever inter-State tiger relocation in June last year. After its release into the wild, the tiger went deep into the forest and acclimatised well with his new territory. Since Mahabir was staying in the core areas, it is believed that he mated with the resident tigress and impregnated her, sources said.
Sources said the authorities have put in place tight protection measures and deployed adequate manpower in core areas to track the tigress.The pregnancy of the tigress has raised hopes for Satkosia which is facing a sharp decline in the big cat population. The region was home to 11 tigers in 2010. However, all but one have died under suspicious circumstances.



Mahabir, which was brought to revive the tiger population in the State, was found dead in November following a a maggot-infested wound on its neck. The NTCA opined that Mahabir carried the injury after being trapped in a snare set up for wild pigs in the area.
Satkosia DFO Samy, who is also the investigating officer in Mahabir’s death case, is yet to submit report to the Field Director .“It will take some more time to submit the investigating report to the authorities,” Samy said.

(01-08-2019, 01:20 PM)Sanju Wrote: For first time, Sikkim traps a royal Bengal tiger on camera

By Rajeev Ravidas in Gangtok| Published 8.01.19, 1:53 AM | Updated 8.01.19, 9:19 AM | a min read

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The picture of the royal Bengal tiger captured by a camera trap at the Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary. The big cat was caught near Goru Jurey at an altitude of 9,583ft. Source: Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary


The Sikkim forest department has for the first time captured on camera a royal Bengal tiger roaming the Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in East district.

Quote:The big cat was caught on camera near Goru Jurey at an altitude of 9,583ft at 6:23pm and again at 7pm on December 6.

“The visual capture of the royal Bengal tiger roaming the forests of Sikkim calls for celebration. The presence of tigers in Sikkim forests is an indication of a healthy eco-system flourishing in our state,” said Dechen Lachungpa, the divisional forest officer of East wildlife division.

The forester said there had been oral narratives of tigers freely roaming the forests of Sikkim until the late 1980s, but the first ever picture of the animal could be the concrete base on which a detailed study on migration of tigers to the Himalayan state could be undertaken.
The tiger was captured on camera traps laid by the field forest officers of the North Pangolakha wildlife range in the East wildlife division.

Quote:“The foresters led by range officer Roshan Tamang spent days positioning camera traps at strategic locations inside the Pangolakha sanctuary and they deserve credit for the visual capture. The cameras were laid with funds provided by the JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)-assisted Sikkim Biodiversity Conservation and Forest Management Project,” said Lachungpa.

Quoting from her conversation with a retired forest officer with vast knowledge of the Sikkim forests, the DFO said till the late Eighties, tigers were known to migrate to high-altitude forests in Sikkim from neighbouring Neora Valley National Park in Kalimpong district of Bengal.

Quote:“At that time, wildlife expert N.D Jayal had remarked that migration of tigers to forests at altitudes of 10,000ft was unusual and attributed it to the big cat developing a taste for yaks,” she said.

A tiger had been spotted on the fringes of the Neora Valley park in January 2017. A driver on his way from Pedong to Lava had spotted the tiger near the national park and photographed it. 

https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/no...id/1681158

This is how a new year should start!!!

Sidenote:
In future all tigers to relocated should be from buffer/fringe areas, animals who know better. These tigresses have been surviving humans for a decade, what pampered MV2 & Sundari couldn't for even a few months! Reply