Tigers of Ranthambore & Western India Landscape

[Pckts]

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RIP Pacman
Sandesh Guru
A tiger once seen as a cub grows to become an adult. He leaves his territory and moves on to face new challenges. The challenges that are never ending and competitions that are difficult to win. Its the fate of every tiger that decides the life of a tiger. The fate that is brutal yet makes a tiger, a healthy competitor in the Indian jungles. If the tiger fails in competing, then he might have to leave his territory or die.

A tiger whom most of us have seen and photographed, often known to be the dearest of the mother Krishna, had a long way to go and survived for a couple of years. Wandering and foraging, he had made a place for himself deep in the woods, until he had to face a much stronger tiger.

Today, his carcass was found by the forest department and the cause of the death was known to be a territorial fight - a natural cause! (Sources).

He was called ‘Pacman’! A tiger whom I always loved to sight while I was at Ranthambhore. His notorious behaviour with siblings, timidness when he shared the kill with his sister, crazily charging at crocodiles and innocence when he had caught the spotted deer fawn and played with it has left me spellbound.

What lasts today, is only his memories! Not being emotional, but an expression of how much I have enjoyed watching him!

R.I.P Pacman (T-85).
A post dedicated to him!!

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The Ranthambhore Bagh
An old night picture of a male tiger (we use to call him "Chips') around the lake in Ranthambhore. This was an interesting story: In the winters of 2000-2001 there was a tigress who had four 8-9-month-old cubs. Her range was around Chiroli. One day one of her cubs was found dead near the forest track. The body had no visible injuries. Forest staff started looking for the mother and the other three cubs and did not find any evidence of them. The Field Director got together a team of volunteers, including Aditya Singh - our resident photographer, gave them vehicles and asked them to find the family. After spending almost a few full days and nights, Aditya Singh's team did find the family on the second day and even got some really bad pictures around midnight. The tigress had shifted her territory to another area near Bhid and that's why she could not be found. A few weeks later she once again shifted her territory to a place known as Sakri and hen stayed there till she died, which is another very interesting and sad story.

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