Poster kids
The animals involved were poster kids for the relocation programme. With no tigers left in Panna, the government had last year shifted two tigresses from Bandhavgarh and Kanha, and a tiger from Pench, in an attempt to revive the Panna reserve.
The tiger had mated with the Bandhavgarh tigress around New Year, and in April, four cubs were born.
However, repeated fighting between the parents in late August and early September left the tigress with wounds on the face and right foreleg.
While it is now recovering, officials have not been able to spot all four cubs together since July 25.
“Why these fights take place at all between the tiger and the tigress is an intriguing question that needs to be answered for further success of Tiger Reintroduction Programme at [Panna Tiger Reserve]," said a report submitted by Panna field director R. Sreenivasa Murthy. Read the full story here.
Source: Priscilla Jebaraj, The Hindu, New Delhi.
