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Tigers of South India & Western Ghats
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Tigers of South India & Western Ghats
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Some good news from upper western ghats, there hasn’t been much recently. A tiger from Sahyadri Tiger Reserve has made a 250 kilometre journey through the ghats to make his home at Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka.
Tiger (T-31) photographed in Sahyadri Reserve in Maharashtra and Kali Reserve in Karnataka.  *This image is copyright of its original author Kali Tiger reserve has had issues with tiger numbers but in 2020, there have been 25 tigers camera trapped. https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2020/jul/29/tigers-from-maharashtra-make-uttara-kannada-their-home-2176118.html  (07-29-2020, 11:42 AM)Ashutosh Wrote: Some good news from upper western ghats, there hasn’t been much recently. A tiger from Sahyadri Tiger Reserve has made a 250 kilometre journey through the ghats to make his home at Kali Tiger Reserve in Karnataka. While this isn't exactly "good news" pe se, as it shows lack of either breeding females at Sahyadri (habitat is alright), it atleast prooves that the north-south Konkan corridor is still intact.  *This image is copyright of its original author
That is exactly the good news I was referring to because most experts believed that the corridor is too fragmented for movement.
Also heartening is Kali tiger reserve and their newfound initiative. In March, they fired 16 personnel mostly for corrupt practices and there were lots of eyebrows raised. This had been coming for sometime as in the 2018 census, only 4 tigers were camera trapped living in the reserve while 7 more were seen being dependent on it. That number has gone up significantly in a couple of years. For years, Anshi Dandeli- Kali landscape has been mismanaged. If done correctly and with some vision, you could form another corridor from Bhadra Tiger Reserve (which itself has started doing well). Nagarhole has 127 tigers, Bandipur has 126 but on the fringes they have another 80 tigers living which comes to about 330 tigers living in 2000 sq.km. That is much more densely packed than Corbett!! In the medium term, you are looking at Tadoba chandrapur like scenario. So, restoring these corridors is vital.
Parambikulam tigers. ©Kerala Tourism
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Survival of tigers at risk in Goa’s forests, says report
Rajendra P Kerkar | TNN | Updated: Jul 29, 2020, 09:12 IST File photo of a tiger on a camera trap in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary.  *This image is copyright of its original author KERI: In January this year poisoned carcasses of a tiger family were found in & around the Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary. This triggered a national uproar. Debates on how safe the big cat was in the state’s protected forests followed.A February 2020 report submitted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, Bengaluru had highlighted the apathy of the state’s forest department in safeguarding the tiger. “It was observed that there were no proper protection mechanisms in place within the sanctuary, like a network of well-connected anti-poaching camps at strategic locations manned by forest guard/watchers 24x7, which is a very common feature of well managed protected tiger reserves,” the report had stated. There are only four camps at Codal, Nagargao, Valpoi and Caranzol for a sanctuary spread over an area of more than 200 km², the report stated. However, nearly 6 months later, nothing much has been done by the forest department to rectify shortcomings in the system. Additional principal chief conservator of forests, Santosh Kumar told TOI that his department is still in the process of establishing anti-poaching camps and watch towers in the sanctuary. “We have already taken steps for creating critical tiger breeding habitat inviolate areas. Systematic patrolling for safeguarding tigers, their prey and habitat has been initiated. In spite of the Covid-19 pandemic, our staff is making necessary arrangements for providing infrastructure required for efficient management of the tiger habitats,” he said. The report, submitted by a team headed by Rajendra Garawad, additional inspector general of forests with the Bengaluru authority, had laid stress on the importance of an organised anti-poaching camp network and regular patrolling. “It is highly possible that tigers, their prey base and other flora, fauna might be subjected to varying degrees of poaching pressure, but there is no way to know unless a good protection and information network is put in place,” the report had stated.  *This image is copyright of its original author Goa's forest being a narrow strip along the outer regions of Western Ghats, function as a buffer area for the tiger populations in Karnataka.  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author  *This image is copyright of its original author Nagarhole tigers
Biligiri ranganathaswamy tigers,
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Mudumalai tigers,
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