Tigers of Central India

[Rishi]

(08-01-2018, 09:47 PM)Pckts Wrote: ...I'd assume all parks in C. India have genetic diversity from most other parks, obviously less so now than in the past like you see in Ranthambore, since their corridors aren't what they once were and the human interference probably disturbs their natural search for new territories. 

Regarding that:

Quote:Rajasthan fails to ensure genetic diversity of tigers at Mukundara: NTCA to High Court
July 10, 2018

JAIPUR: The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has pointed out that the state forest department not only violated law in the relocation of tiger T-91 to the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) but also failed to ensure ‘genetic diversity’ of the big cats.

In an affidavit filed before the Rajasthan high court on behalf of NTCA and MoEFCC, it has been mentioned that in 2015 the then Chief Wildlife Wardern of Rajasthan requested NTCA to translocate tigers from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra to MHTR, as there was no natural population in the reserve.

The state government seeking NTCA permission for translocating tigers from other states had noted:
“At present there are no tigers in the Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve. Efforts are required to rehabilitate tigers in this area by translocation from other tiger reserves in order to bring in genetic diversity. For this purpose tiger reserves of MP and Maharashtra may be considered.”

While senior forest department officals claim that NTCA recently gave in-principle approval to shift two tigress from Ranthambore National Park (RNP),...

MP option might be back on the tables if the present wind holds (& WII permits). Closest tiger habitat to Mukundara is Ratapani Sanctuary in MP, about 350kms away. 
The corridors aren't much damaged though, but the intermediate tiger populations are gone. Ratapani males have been known to travel out few hundred kilometres & return. Reply