Tigers of Ranthambore & Western India Landscape

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NTCA's green signal to relocate 2 tigresses to Mukundara,
June 26, 2018 

2 mates set to join the lone MT1 in Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve

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Kota: The NTCA has approved on Monday evening to send two tigresses in the Mukundara hills tiger reserve Kota district from Ranthambore. With this, the ongoing legal dispute between the state government and the NTCA ended.

The Rajasthan Forest Department had earlier released male tiger from T-91 (renamed MT-1) from Ranthambore's buffer into the Darah Zone instead of the planned Seljar Zone, without notifying the governing body National Tiger Conservation Authority or NTCA. The tussel went to Rajasthan High Court & a meeting of the two bodies was ordered.

The meeting was held in New Delhi on Monday, Chief Wild Life Warden G.V.Ready, Field Director of Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, Conservator of Forest Ghanshyam Sharma and Deputy Conservator of Forests T. Mohan Raj took part in the meeting. At the meeting Mukundara hills tiger reserve kota was discussed in the dispute over the shift of tiger. Reddy told NTCA that there was a problem in shifting the tiger to the Seljar area. The villagers were also opposing and were not ready to leave the jungle. In such a situation, they had to make plans to release the tigers in Dara region for now. Where the enclosures were made for the safety of the tiger. The NTCA agreed and allowed the release of two more tigers in the tiger reserve.

Now selection of tigers

Th work on will be initiated for selecting the females now. According to Chief Wild Life Warden Rajasthan G.V.Reddy, it has not yet been decided that which tigresses will be released in the Mukunda Hills, it is important that the shifting of tigers has gotten approval. Reply