Jaipur: The Ranthambore tiger T-136, which reached Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh nearly 8 months ago, has been spotted again. In March, the big cat travelled nearly 600 km to reach KNP, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Project Cheetah. Since then, the tiger has been living in Kuno.
Mohit Gupta, DFO, Ranthambore, said, “There is constant correspondence between the forest departments of the two states.Two days ago, the MP department sent us photographs to identify the tiger. We have confirmed it is the male tiger T-136 that ventured out from Ranthambore.”
An expert mentioned that in March, tiger movement was recorded near the Pohri village trijunction of Shivpuri and Sheopur, nearly 25 km from the enclosure that houses 20 cheetahs. Similarly, in May, pugmarks were detected in the Basantpura area, which is in the unfenced region towards Palpur East, approximately 5 km from the cheetah enclosure. “After moving out of RNP, the tiger travelled a long way to reach Kuno and has settled there since then. It had earlier ventured close to human settlements near Gangapur city before it reached Dholpur forest.”
A senior biologist in RNP said, “The tiger traveled approximately 600 km.”
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Mohit Gupta, DFO, Ranthambore, said, “There is constant correspondence between the forest departments of the two states.Two days ago, the MP department sent us photographs to identify the tiger. We have confirmed it is the male tiger T-136 that ventured out from Ranthambore.”
An expert mentioned that in March, tiger movement was recorded near the Pohri village trijunction of Shivpuri and Sheopur, nearly 25 km from the enclosure that houses 20 cheetahs. Similarly, in May, pugmarks were detected in the Basantpura area, which is in the unfenced region towards Palpur East, approximately 5 km from the cheetah enclosure. “After moving out of RNP, the tiger travelled a long way to reach Kuno and has settled there since then. It had earlier ventured close to human settlements near Gangapur city before it reached Dholpur forest.”
A senior biologist in RNP said, “The tiger traveled approximately 600 km.”
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