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[Apollo]

Name              : R17=Wakeeta=Banbehi female
Location         : Bhandavgarh National Park
Year of Birth  : 2007
Ancestry        : Daughter of B2 male and Reshma tigress
Status            : Live
Sex                 : Female
Species           : panthera tigris tigris

 
Wakeeta, or “beautiful flower" in Hindi was born in Banbehi along with her sister and two brothers. One of these male cubs died at a very young age due to illness.

Reshma raised the three cubs until they were about 17 – months -old when she tragically died in mysterious circumstances in early May 2009.
Wakeeta survived her mother’s death, and blossomed into a beautiful and petite female and establishing her territory in Banbehi and Amma Nallah as well as outside the reserve. Her siblings however vanished and no info on them till now.

In 2011, Wakeeta was found in a distressed state by forestry workers. A Poisoned goat left outside the park was suspected as the cause of her illness and the Forest Department tranquillised her and administered antidote. Wakeeta recovered, dashed off back into the jungle, and lived to tell the tale.

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