Tigers of Central India

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Umesh Krishna
TOCI all members appreciate the work of Kanha FD, in being fast in tracking the happenings due to which further damage has been avoided.
Poachers at it again-Bush meat pushes another Tiger death.
This is really unfortunate that despite outreach programs by Kanha Forest department the villagers are still engaging in poaching for bush meat and such incidents happen by accident.
A Tiger cub was found dead during an elephant patrol in the morning around 7.30 am on 11th March 2017 in Mawala, Beat of Mukki Range in Kanha. Strangely the mother tiger and the other cub were seen feeding on the body. It was almost eaten up and only head and part of legs were seen as remains.
Prima facie it looked like a case of killing by another adult tiger. Once the mother and other cub moved, the remains of the dead tiger cub were collected. One metallic wire snare was also found close to the dead animal. The spot is close to Mawala village and village boundary is hardly one km. Dog squad was called and the entire area was scanned. Several more snares were found on the village boundary. Further investigation led to the arrest of two villagers from Baiga Tola of this village.
The procedures were done as per the protocol of NTCA. The accused were produced before the court and they have been sent to jail.
Villagers being greedy of bush meat have been venturing into forest and have been lying wire/snare traps in which even tigers are becoming victims.
The forest department under the eminent leadership and guidance of Mr. Sanjay Shukla has been making its best efforts to engage the villagers in conservation work and enlighten them of the importance of wildlife.
However, there will be always be soime rotten individuals who venture into this, resulting in great damage to wildlife.
We appreciate the work of Kanha FD, in being fast in tracking the happenings due to which further damage has been avoided.
Rituraj Jaiswal Imroz Baig Santhosh Narayan Romel Kumar Jitender Govindani Ajeet Gurditta Vinit Arora Imran Khan Soma Pradhan Lisha Patel Sush Bhokarkar Ananya Dutta Panda and many more wildlifers appreciate and salute to FD Kanha.

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[Ngala]

Photo and information credits: Krishanu Manna
Profile of Mr. ✖
Bamera son, T-37
Magdhi zone. 
Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve. 
March 2017

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Mrityunjay Kanwar

The Ruler...
T29 urf Chota munna
March17

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Jitender Govindani
Growling Couple

Bheema & Dhawajhandi Female ( T27 ), Feb 2016.

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Manoj Kumar Reddy

T 64 Bajrang
An angry hulk from Kanha
December
2016

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[Ngala]

Photo and information credits: Krishanu Manna
MR. ✖ aka Bamera son. 
Magdhi zone. 
March 2017. 
©Krishanu Manna.

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Shaurya Reshamwala
Absolutely amazing trip
Tadoba

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Bajrang

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[Pantherinae]

This is the giant who killed Bhima, this massive tiger is called the Uma male!

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R Reuben Fernandes‎
The bold and fierce Red Eyes male as spotted in Nov 2015 - Kanha Zone link 9

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Ramraj Uikey Pench‎
Raiyakass male
Tiger
Pench.MP. 10,3,2017,

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Pawan Jaiswal Pench
King of pench Raiiyakassa male tiger

Morning drive 15/2/2017 pench 

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Varun Thakkar‎
T67 or Dhamangaon male. Son of T2
March 2017
This guy came as a surprise as we were waiting at kisli talab for the female to come out, we decided to go ahead and check the nullah, while all other vehicles were waiting near the lake.
As we move ahed we saw some fresh pugmarks over the Tyre marks. and there he was, he stopped turned and started walking right towards us. And sat in the open ground. We left him and had to leave, and more to add was His father T2 or the karai ghati male, walking head on just a kilo meter before khatiya gate.

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Tigergarh

The muscular Bheem covers Khitauli and small portion of Magadhi

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Sarosh Lodhi


Some good news after all

http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-new...VdDXL.html


Four years on, missing male tiger of Tadoba reserve spotted

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Four years after wildlife observers said they lost track of a male tiger in the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) at Chandrapur near Nagpur, an image of Ookhan was captured via a camera trap far away from his home early this month.
Eight-year-old Ookhan was spotted 80-100 km away near Pathri, a village close to Ghodazhari area, where safaris recently began. The area and falls under the Brahmapur division adjoining TATR.
The stripe pattern of Ookhan from a 2012 photograph matched with tiger’s image recorded by the camera trap on March 2 this year. Stripe patterns are unique to every tiger.

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“It is a known fact that male cubs generally travel farther away from their mother’s territory to establish their own. This prevents inbreeding among tigers,” said Jignesh Patel, a naturalist, and who has been visiting TATR for six years. “It was assumed that Ookhan was killed by a dominant male tiger or was poached.”
Chief conservator of forests and field director GP Garad, however, refused to confirm that Ookhan was sighted.
“Who is saying this? I don’t know (about it), and won’t be able to confirm whether it was here (TATR) or not,” Garad told HT. “This was not recorded in Tadoba during my period. As a field director, I have no idea since I took charge in 2014. In 2012, there was no tiger missing, no poaching.”


Born in 2009 to Yeda Anna (also known as Crooked Tail) and mother Tara (or Nakkatti) in the Moharli range, Ookhan separated from his mother in 2011. Moving 15-20 km away, the two-year-old was regularly seen at Vasant Bhandara — his father’s territory. Vasant Bhandara was dominated by two older male tigers Katezhari (better known as Tyson) and Gabbar, making it difficult for Ookhan to establish his territory.
Local forest rangers and wildlife enthusiasts said Ookhan was last spotted in February 2013 while crossing the road near the Kumbhi tank in TATR.
“Tigers keep changing their territory. Tiger management is important; their population should not get reduced,” said Garad.
Ookhan’s 80 to 100 km journey, said Patel, is by no means an achievement since tigers have been recorded to travel more than 600 km.
“But the way TATR is set, surrounded by villages and fields on all sides, it is difficult for a tiger to survive outside the park. In the absence of the usual prey animals, they mostly have to kill livestock, which puts them on villagers’ radar, and there is a constant threat from poachers. For a tiger to survive cunningly against all odds is nothing short of a miracle,” said Patel, adding that Ookhan at eight years is in his prime. “This could mean that the area where he was sighted could be his territory. More photographs from the area are required to prove this.” Reply

[Ngala]

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"Magnificence."

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"The fabulous Mahaman Male from Bandhavgarh."

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[Rage2277]

(03-21-2017, 10:20 PM)Pckts Wrote: Varun Thakkar‎
T67 or Dhamangaon male. Son of T2
March 2017
This guy came as a surprise as we were waiting at kisli talab for the female to come out, we decided to go ahead and check the nullah, while all other vehicles were waiting near the lake.
As we move ahed we saw some fresh pugmarks over the Tyre marks. and there he was, he stopped turned and started walking right towards us. And sat in the open ground. We left him and had to leave, and more to add was His father T2 or the karai ghati male, walking head on just a kilo meter before khatiya gate.

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Tigergarh

The muscular Bheem covers Khitauli and small portion of Magadhi

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Sarosh Lodhi


Some good news after all

http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-new...VdDXL.html


Four years on, missing male tiger of Tadoba reserve spotted

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Four years after wildlife observers said they lost track of a male tiger in the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) at Chandrapur near Nagpur, an image of Ookhan was captured via a camera trap far away from his home early this month.
Eight-year-old Ookhan was spotted 80-100 km away near Pathri, a village close to Ghodazhari area, where safaris recently began. The area and falls under the Brahmapur division adjoining TATR.
The stripe pattern of Ookhan from a 2012 photograph matched with tiger’s image recorded by the camera trap on March 2 this year. Stripe patterns are unique to every tiger.

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“It is a known fact that male cubs generally travel farther away from their mother’s territory to establish their own. This prevents inbreeding among tigers,” said Jignesh Patel, a naturalist, and who has been visiting TATR for six years. “It was assumed that Ookhan was killed by a dominant male tiger or was poached.”
Chief conservator of forests and field director GP Garad, however, refused to confirm that Ookhan was sighted.
“Who is saying this? I don’t know (about it), and won’t be able to confirm whether it was here (TATR) or not,” Garad told HT. “This was not recorded in Tadoba during my period. As a field director, I have no idea since I took charge in 2014. In 2012, there was no tiger missing, no poaching.”


Born in 2009 to Yeda Anna (also known as Crooked Tail) and mother Tara (or Nakkatti) in the Moharli range, Ookhan separated from his mother in 2011. Moving 15-20 km away, the two-year-old was regularly seen at Vasant Bhandara — his father’s territory. Vasant Bhandara was dominated by two older male tigers Katezhari (better known as Tyson) and Gabbar, making it difficult for Ookhan to establish his territory.
Local forest rangers and wildlife enthusiasts said Ookhan was last spotted in February 2013 while crossing the road near the Kumbhi tank in TATR.
“Tigers keep changing their territory. Tiger management is important; their population should not get reduced,” said Garad.
Ookhan’s 80 to 100 km journey, said Patel, is by no means an achievement since tigers have been recorded to travel more than 600 km.
“But the way TATR is set, surrounded by villages and fields on all sides, it is difficult for a tiger to survive outside the park. In the absence of the usual prey animals, they mostly have to kill livestock, which puts them on villagers’ radar, and there is a constant threat from poachers. For a tiger to survive cunningly against all odds is nothing short of a miracle,” said Patel, adding that Ookhan at eight years is in his prime. “This could mean that the area where he was sighted could be his territory. More photographs from the area are required to prove this.”

ookhan looks well..he must be handling things where he's at..glad to see him again Reply

[Bronco]

Vintage Kanha, you guys might be knowing these siblings K1 (on your left) & K2 from 2007. Is it just the angle or the tiger on the right was really big? 

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here's a picture of them as cubs

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(03-23-2017, 09:13 AM)Bronco Wrote: Vintage Kanha, you guys might be knowing these siblings K1 (on your left) & K2 from 2007. Is it just the angle or the tiger on the right was really big? 

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here's a picture of them as cubs

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Yes they are Junior Banda 1 and 2. They were also called Arjun and Bheem.
They were fathered by the Lengendary Banda.
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[Rishi]

Hey don't you guys think that Bheem here...

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...looks a lot like good ol' Charger??!!!

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And Bheem's face...

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...looks kinda similar to Bamera's!!!

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(I don't know Bheem's ancestry, can anyone tell??!!!.. ) Reply

[Rage2277]

(03-25-2017, 06:48 PM)Rishi Wrote: Hey don't you guys think that Bheem here...

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...looks a lot like good ol' Charger??!!!

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And Bheem's face...

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...looks kinda similar to Bamera's!!!

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(I don't know Bheem's ancestry, can anyone tell??!!!.. )

here's a vid of mangal a half bro of bamera son of reshma and b2 he comes in at 3:24 he's most likely  bheem and chinkoo paps

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Chandresh Rathor‎
Umerpani Male
October 2015
Mukki zone, near Baagh pulia

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Bhawana Jaiswal‎
Amazing Kanha..
Chota Munna
4.12.2016

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Kankatta Male
Jay Modak

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Jay Modak Jan 16
Jay Modak Kanakatta was dead by tht time I guess

Mahesh Ghadshi But it was not Confirmed no body has any Idea what happened to him

It was rumored that Kankatta was dead by this time but it looks like he was still alive and well.

Sanjay Shukla‎
MP-KTR-T 67 Male
Kanha Tiger Reserve, Mandla, MP
March 2017

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