The new Tiger Baby born in sariska (Ranthambore National park) after four year
After an anxious wait of four long years, a tigress has given birth to at least two cubs. Perhaps never in the annals of conservation history in India was the birth of an animal offspring awaited with so much expectation and excitement — if not apprehension, considering the high stakes involved in the re-introduction of tigers in the Sariska wild. National Park to decide on the strong measures to be taken for protection of the country’s tigers after the disappearance of all the wild cats from Sariska in 2004-2005. “This is great news for the conservation community in Rajasthan and elsewhere. The birth of the cub should be termed a new lease of life for Sariska,” ST 2, flown by an Indian Air Force helicopter from Ranthambhore to Sariska on July 4, 2008, was the first tigress to join the reserve in Alwar district. Thereafter two more tigresses were introduced — in February 2009 and July 2010. While the first tiger released in Sariska on June 28, 2008 was found dead over a year back, there are two males in the reserve now.
After an anxious wait of four long years, a tigress has given birth to at least two cubs. Perhaps never in the annals of conservation history in India was the birth of an animal offspring awaited with so much expectation and excitement — if not apprehension, considering the high stakes involved in the re-introduction of tigers in the Sariska wild. National Park to decide on the strong measures to be taken for protection of the country’s tigers after the disappearance of all the wild cats from Sariska in 2004-2005. “This is great news for the conservation community in Rajasthan and elsewhere. The birth of the cub should be termed a new lease of life for Sariska,” ST 2, flown by an Indian Air Force helicopter from Ranthambhore to Sariska on July 4, 2008, was the first tigress to join the reserve in Alwar district. Thereafter two more tigresses were introduced — in February 2009 and July 2010. While the first tiger released in Sariska on June 28, 2008 was found dead over a year back, there are two males in the reserve now.
