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[Shardul]

(09-08-2015, 09:40 PM)Pckts Wrote: A side note, the two males confirmed from Ranth have been 220kg at age 4 for T10 and 240kg @ at age 3.5 for Ustad/T24 and Jhumroo at 280kg (?)
Does this mean that we need to start looking at Ranth Tiger weights as the upper limits of tigers per population?


Jhumroo was said to be 280kg

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But I never saw any real confirmation on this.

"T20 aka Jhumroo a 11 year old male tiger was finally tranquilized and later released deep inside the protected area. As per eye witness Jhumroo, who is otherwise very shy in  nature was probably enjoying his meal of cattle when a villager got too close to his comfort and was attacked. As  news started spreading & place was full of tamasha viewers, one  more man got entangled in the bushes and fell, he was also attacked  by  tiger leaving him with multiple injuries to nurse. By this time more villagers had gathered at the spot, approximately 700 in number making the rescue operation more difficult. Before things could turn ugly, forest department under leadership of DCF (Core) Mr. Y.K Sahu along with one forest guard Rajveer & tourism driver Raees Bhai swiftlytranquilized the tiger and moved him away to safety of protected area. Mr. Sahu lead his team from front-reached the spot himself & directed the entire operation, he wasinfact first to walk towards tiger post darting to ensure that this gentle beast was sedated properly . Sensing mood of crowd, he also moved the tiger immediately from spotto avoid any undesired incident. Since the department personnel were clearly outnumbered & crowd had already man handled the local SDM & some police officials during theoperation, this surely was a wise move. The tiger has been sighted by forest department today afternoon in the area he was released yesterday & seems to be doing fine. During monsoon time village cattle startsflocking the forest for grazing, as the natural prey base shift to higher places these animals become an easy catch for big cats. The search for easy prey had probablytaken this 280 kg giant to forest periphery on the eastern side of Park boundary. "

Do you know if this is verified @Shardul?

I have only read this particular article regarding Jhumroo's weight. He stays mostly out of the tourism areas so remains out of spotlight.

Since this tiger has been tranquilized, the vets must have weighed him or at least have an accurate estimate because of calculating the tranquilizer dosage. Remember, it is not a generic estimate of 220 or 250 kg that is normally used for male tigers, but a more unusual one of 280, which points towards this being the actual weight.

However, the only people who can verify this are those who did the tranquilizing. May be you could ask the person who wrote the article. Reply