Two Newborn Cubs Enhances the Tiger Population in Ranthambore
Ranthambore National Park, Sawai Madhopur
News Update: 02-December-2018
The wildlife enthusiasts rejoiced with the addition of two cubs in the Ranthambore National Park recently. The CCTV cameras installed in the forest of Ranthambore have captured the images of Tigress T-63 with her two newborn cubs in the Lahpur range of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. Mother T-63 and two cubs have been spotted roaming together near the Odhi-Kho region. According to the forest officials, it is confirmed that the tigress T-63 has recently littered two cubs and the forest officials enhanced the security for the safety of the newborn cubs in the wake of the previous mysterious death of two cubs.
The CCTV trap camera installed in the park for monitoring the big cats has clicked two photographs of the mother-cubs trio. In the photographs, the tigress T-63 was captured with her two cubs in which one cub was walking along with the tigress while another cub was following them. This new addition of tiger cubs has further increased the tiger count in the park. Due to the efforts of the tiger conservation, the count of endangered tigers has been enhanced in many folds within a decade. The Tigress T-63 is the daughter of the Tigress Krishna, T-19.
The Ranthambore National Park is a popular tiger reserve zone in India and leading the tiger conservation campaign in the country to save the endangered tigers. One of the senior forest officials of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve confirmed the news of the birth of the two cubs in the park. He said that the tigress T-63 gave birth to the two cubs in the Odhi-Kho area which was confirmed by the footage captured by the CCTV camera installed in the region. He also said that the area where the mother and cubs were spotted has very little human intervention so the area is safe for the cubs.
However, monitoring has been increased and security measures have been accelerated in and around the region of their presence. As per the reports from the forest department, both the cubs and tigress are perfectly healthy. The officials of the Ranthambore forest department have been constantly monitoring the movements of the tigress and cubs.