Big leap for big cat: TN has 37 of them today
Next time you visit the Mudumalai sanctuary, you may just have a better chance of sighting the elusive tiger.
By Radha Venkatesan, TNN |
COIMBATORE: Next time you visit the Mudumalai sanctuary, you may just have a better chance of sighting the elusive tiger. For, the count of the big cats has almost doubled in the sanctuary, which was recently designated as a tiger reserve.
In the latest tiger census carried out from March this year in the 321-sq km Mudumalai forests, the researchers of the Wildlife Institute of India and the state forest department have found as many as 37 tigers prowling the deciduous jungles.
The last census conducted two years ago showed just about 21 tigers in Mudumalai sanctuary, nestled in between the Bandipur national park of Karnataka and the Wynad sanctuary of Kerala.
As the authorities are concerned over the alarming drop in tiger population in the country, here in lush Mudumalai, the big cats are making big strides.
With the latest count, south India���s first wildlife sanctuary has the highest density of the big cat population in the country. For every 8.67 sq km, now, there is at least one tiger in Mudumalai, which was a famous hunting ground of the British and also during the post-Independence years.
In the latest tiger census carried out from March this year in the 321-sq km Mudumalai forests, the researchers of the Wildlife Institute of India and the state forest department have found as many as 37 tigers prowling the deciduous jungles.
The last census conducted two years ago showed just about 21 tigers in Mudumalai sanctuary, nestled in between the Bandipur national park of Karnataka and the Wynad sanctuary of Kerala.
As the authorities are concerned over the alarming drop in tiger population in the country, here in lush Mudumalai, the big cats are making big strides.
With the latest count, south India���s first wildlife sanctuary has the highest density of the big cat population in the country. For every 8.67 sq km, now, there is at least one tiger in Mudumalai, which was a famous hunting ground of the British and also during the post-Independence years.
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