Solo with her cub Any news
about the death of a tiger always hurts.
Suspected poisoning of a tigress, one of the most popular, big cats of
Bandhavgarh national park, surrounded by about 100 villages , shocked the
wildlife lovers earlier this week. Before the exact reason of her death is
known and viscera were sent for forensic analysis, various theories started
floating by the mushrooming tiger experts over the suspicious death of Solo,
the 10 year tigress.A latest picture of
the tigress showed wound marks on her body-a deep wound near her neck exposing
flesh, caused, perhaps, after fight with Chakardhara male, a ferocious tiger of
the park. Tragic End
of Solo: Who Killed the Tigress Solo Officially
known as T42, the name Solo was given
bya crew of the BBC some years ago
while shooting for its documentary ‘The Hunt’in the tiger reserve. Solo was born to the legendary female Rajbehra and
Jobhi -male in 2011. It was Rajbehra’s first litter of cubs. Solo dethroned her
mother in 2018 and …
The dispersing tigers
of Bhopal seem to be watching helplessly as their habitat grows smaller, food getting scarcer
while a smarter set of predators, the land sharks, increasingly devour their
habitat. As you read this, prowling somewhere in the fast-dwindling forests of
Kaliasot- Kathotia-Kerwa , on the city outskirts, are 18 magnificent tigers, whose future hangs on the
pen tips of Bhopal’s babudom.Pending Tiger Issues Many times, some of these dispersing tigers have left the
balding jungle cover and strayed into the National Judicial Academy at Bhadbhada , as if knocking its doors for
justiceTwo tiger issues have been pending for long. After the National Tiger Conservation
Authority (NTCA) accorded a status of
tiger reserve to Ratapani sanctuary, the source population of Bhopal tigers, in
2013, the state government needs to issue a notification. The matter has been pending for the past 7
years. In fact, Ratapani was first recommended as a tiger reserve 17 years ago
by the …