Tigers of Central India

[Ashutosh]

@Rishi, I know of one other case of an adult tiger living with his mother way beyond dispersing age and it is from Bandhavgarh. The last successful litter of Charger(the original one who ruled from 1991-97 and died in 1999) and Sita had a cub who had a bum hind leg and was called langru (naturally, what creativity). 

Anyway, since this cub was from Sita’s 3rd litter (she lost her 4th litter while she was allegedly poached when she was raising her fifth) and Charger’s power had shrunk to a small range because of his own son B2 (Sundar), this cub (Langru) was seen with his parents till he was 4 years old when his mother Sita disappeared from suspected poaching after which Charger himself survived by scavenging. Sita and Charger both didn’t mind Langru sticking around with new litters on the scene. But, during this familial setup, Charger was seen to bring food for Sita and Langru and it was the only time I had seen a tiger parent couple take care of a tiger way beyond their maturity. Plus, tigresses themselves leave cubs born with a handicap to starve and die, so it was an exception in this sense as well.

@Pckts the second tiger you posted on #1542 has a hell of a ruff. Reply