Maha tigers to roam in Similipal reserve

BHUBANESWAR: Tigers from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve may soon roam the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha as the state government has decided to bring two tigers from there to supplement the big cat population.

A team comprising field director of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) Prakash Chandra Gogineni and other forest officials has already left for TATR in this connection. The Forest department has also sent a separate team of frontline staff and officials from Similipal to undergo training at Nawegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Maharashtra to support the translocation and supplementation project.

According to highly placed sources in the department no timeline has yet been finalised for the translocation. The TATR has been chosen for the supplementation programme as tigers from this area have some genetic similarities with Similipal tigers. Notably, STR at present has around 27 tigers and 12 cubs.

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