Logistics: Four-yr-old Tigress Shifted To Ramgarh From Ranthambore | Jaipur News
Tigress T-119, nearly 4 years old, was darted in the evening to be taken to its new home. Wildlife enthusiast Abhishek Chaudhary said, “The big cat was an inhabitant of zone-2 area and was tranquilized near Kali Doongri. Her territory was shared by her mother, T-60.”
With this, RVTR now has six big cats, including three adults and three cubs. RVTR in Bundi witnessed the birth of cubs for the first time a year after a tigress was relocated to the park. The forest department recently released a picture captured on a camera trap of tigress T-102 with her three cubs.
Wildlife enthusiasts claim that it was necessary to relocate another tigress at the reserve as there was the threat of a male tiger killing the newborns. “When tigress T012 was shifted to Ramgarh, she reportedly gave birth to cubs, but they were killed by male tiger T-115 or some other wild animal,” a source said.
“As there was a delay in shifting another tigress and there was only one pair, the tiger was not leaving the tigress alone. There is a possibility that the tigress moved away from the cubs and other wild animals killed them, or the male tiger killed the cubs,” the source said.
The forest department had planned to relocate two tigresses for male tiger T-115, which established its territory in Ramgarh after moving out from Ranthambore. After tigress T-102 settled in her new abode, the department completed the necessary paperwork to bring in another big cat and received approval from the NTCA.
