Good news for tiger lovers. Three more tiger cubs have arrived in the Ranthambore National Park at Swaimadhopur, on Thursday. With this the total number of tigers cubs in the park has risen to ten within six month. The wildlife experts branded it as rare thing that had happened.
The number of tigers (with the three cubs) in this world famous park has gone up to 36. This park was in news last year, when in November2005, census report on tigers revealed that the number of tigers in sanctuary was dwindling and reached to 26.
The park authorities were yet to ascertain the gender of the cubs. They are also planning to put radio collars on the cubs to monitor their movements. Special contingents of Rajasthan Armed Constabulary, have been deployed in the park to save the wildlife from poachers.
The reasons for the decrease of tigers was mainly attributed to the illegal poaching of and also inefficient management of the park, which is one of the favourite tourist destination.
Alarmed by the situation, Central and the State Government formed three task force for different purpose to improve the conditions in the park and to restrict and regulate the flow of visitors.
The State Government claimed that during the past three years, over three dozen poachers have been arrested. At the same time steps were taken to protect the tiger in this forest and its environment so that tiger could have better conditions for matting.
Only in last week, one tiger from the park, strayed to the adjoining jungles in Bundi district, however, return to the party within in few days.
Steps are being taken to revive the Sariska Tiger Sanctuary in Alwar district. The Government is waiting for a green signal from the Centre to bring two tigers - one female and one male, to this sanctuary from Panna Tiger Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh.
The tiger census carried out last year had shocked the tiger lovers as not a single tiger was found in the forest, where once there use to be at least a dozen tigers. The illegal poaching was stated to be the reason behind vanishing of the tiger.
The experts said that the villages situated in the Ranthambore Park and Sariska Sanctuary were posing constant threats to the tiger population. Recently centre has approved to evict four villages from Sariska Sanctuary and relocate some villages in Ranthambore Park.
