Cub sightings to raise tiger count in Sunderbans

Written By Unknown on Senin, 16 September 2013 | 22.34

KOLKATA: There's big news for wildlife lovers.

With a sudden spurt in cub sightings in the Sunderbans, officials say there could actually be more tigers in the mangroves than what the latest camera trap study revealed — 103.

The successive sightings of two cubs — in the forests of Pirkhali under Sajnekhali tourism zone and Arbesi under Basirhat range — have given a new boost to the animal's critical habitat and conservation efforts in the single largest block of tidal mangrove forest in the world.

"In the recently-concluded camera trap study, no tiger image was captured in the forests of Arbesi in North 24-Parganas. Last week, a beat officer clicked the snap of a cub with its mother. A big male, which has possibly fathered the cub, was also sighted near the spot. We hope the three will be the newest additions to the figure of 103, the minimum number of tigers in the mangroves," said Sunderbans Tiger Reserve field director Soumitra Dasgupta. A final call could be taken only after comparing their stripe patterns with those of recorded images, he added.

The good news doesn't end here.

Foresters have also photo-captured another cub, hardly 3-4 months old, with its mother in the forests of Pirkhali I during a routine patrol. "We were all euphoric at that time. The moment the tigress spotted us, she tried to take the cub away from our sight. But the cub was in no mood to hang up on the new-found adventure in its life. He kept staring at our lenses and we had enough scope to take their snaps. Later, the tigress shooed away the cub and again appeared from behind the bushes to have water," said a forester, who was present at the spot.


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