Tiger T-64 likely to shifted from Ranthambore to Sariska soon
TNN | Apr 4, 2019, 06:31 IST
Representative imageJAIPUR: Tiger T-64 is most likely to be relocated from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) to Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR) soon.
According to forest department source, the teams have started the exercise to tranquillise the tiger and relocation can happen any time soon.
Born to Tigress T-19 (Krishna), the tiger is approximately eight-year-old. It was tigress Krishna’s first litter in 2011.
This tiger also shares a lineage with the world’s most photographed tigress Machlli as Krishna is her daughter.
A forest official said, “Though, attempts are made to tranquillise T-64, there is no certainty that this big cat will only be relocated. We have short-listed five tigers for relocation. All the tigers are aged between four and eight years that will be most likely to be relocated. There will be many factors that could influence to change our decision at the last minute,” he said.
Among the short-listed tigers, the department also identified tiger T-104 for relocation, which is a sub-adult. However, wildlife lovers are opposing the decision to shift a sub-adult at Sariska.
Dinesh Verma Durani, founder and general secretary of the Sariska Tiger Foundation and a member of the advisory committee of Sariska, said, “Sariska needs an experienced male that should be above five years of age. Shifting a sub-adult tiger might affect the relocation process as young tiger could not settle easily and make its territory in fringes,” he said.
The decision to relocate the tiger has been taken as skewed sex ratio has been hampering the re-population of big cats in Sariska. Currently, the park has three male and eight tigresses. There is an urgent need to relocate a male tiger to maintain the sex ratio.
Recently, male tiger ST-4 died in a territorial fight with ST-6. This was the third death after the reserve was repopulated in 2008. ST-1, the first tiger brought from Ranthambore, also a male, died in 2010 after villagers poisoned it. On March 19, 2018, four-year-old male tiger ST-11 died after it got entangled in a barbed wire fence laid by a villager close to a forest post adjoining Sariska.
According to forest department source, the teams have started the exercise to tranquillise the tiger and relocation can happen any time soon.
Born to Tigress T-19 (Krishna), the tiger is approximately eight-year-old. It was tigress Krishna’s first litter in 2011.
This tiger also shares a lineage with the world’s most photographed tigress Machlli as Krishna is her daughter.
A forest official said, “Though, attempts are made to tranquillise T-64, there is no certainty that this big cat will only be relocated. We have short-listed five tigers for relocation. All the tigers are aged between four and eight years that will be most likely to be relocated. There will be many factors that could influence to change our decision at the last minute,” he said.
Among the short-listed tigers, the department also identified tiger T-104 for relocation, which is a sub-adult. However, wildlife lovers are opposing the decision to shift a sub-adult at Sariska.
Dinesh Verma Durani, founder and general secretary of the Sariska Tiger Foundation and a member of the advisory committee of Sariska, said, “Sariska needs an experienced male that should be above five years of age. Shifting a sub-adult tiger might affect the relocation process as young tiger could not settle easily and make its territory in fringes,” he said.
The decision to relocate the tiger has been taken as skewed sex ratio has been hampering the re-population of big cats in Sariska. Currently, the park has three male and eight tigresses. There is an urgent need to relocate a male tiger to maintain the sex ratio.
Recently, male tiger ST-4 died in a territorial fight with ST-6. This was the third death after the reserve was repopulated in 2008. ST-1, the first tiger brought from Ranthambore, also a male, died in 2010 after villagers poisoned it. On March 19, 2018, four-year-old male tiger ST-11 died after it got entangled in a barbed wire fence laid by a villager close to a forest post adjoining Sariska.
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