Goa May Soon Get Its First Tiger Reserve

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 31 No. 6, June 2011

While the small coastal State may have only one resident tigress — who recently gave birth to cubs — it is located next to forests with larger tiger populations in Karnataka and Maharashtra. The Centre hopes that declaring this area as a protected reserve for the big cat will also stymie the rampant exploitation of mining resources. Read the full report here.

Source: Priscilla Jebaraj, The Hindu, New Delhi.

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