Tigers of Ranthambore & Western India Landscape

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"Maybe T-110" to be shifted to Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve
Thursday | Jan 24, 2019 

The tiger captured in camera near Khedli Tawran village of Sultanpur forest range

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JAIPUR: After tranquillising and fitting GPS-enabled collar, tiger believed to be T-110 which strayed from Ranthambore National Park (RNP) to Sultanpur range in Kota will be released in Seljar range of Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) where T-91 was originally supposed to be released. Yesterday, the state forest department of Rajasthan made the decision of capturig & shifting the tiger as it was lurking in the fields & charged at villagers. Reportedly, he even killed a cow as well.

“We already have one hectare enclosure at Seljar for the soft release. The forest department informed police and district administration about the operation. The department had earlier obtained the NTCA permission to shift the tiger in the northern part of the tiger reserve (Seljar area, Borawas Range) where prey base augmentation was carried out by translocating spotted deer and sambar.”


Earlier, in 2017 relocation plan was altered from the Seljar to Darrah zone by standing committee members on wildlife owing to security concern of the animal, which sparked a months-long confusion with the NTCA.
It remains a challenge to the forest department to provide safe environment for tigers in MHTR as a majority of villagers living inside the protected forest are refusing to rehabilitation. Villages near the Seljar range including Borawas graze more than 50 thousand cattle inside the forest.

Of the 14 villages inside MHTR, which was notified as the the third tiger reserve in Rajasthan in 2013 only two, Lakshmipura and Kharli Baori, have been rehabilitated so far. “Residents of 12 other villages are not satisfied with the compensation,” said a forest official.

Sources:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...663966.cms
https://www.nyoooz.com/news/jaipur/13098...dra-hills/
https://www.patrika.com/kota-news/tiger-...t-4026122/ Reply