Panna reports new cub, two missing from Bandhavgarh

BHOPAL: While two tiger cubs have gone missing from Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh, Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) tiger has reported a new cub in the Mandla range.
PTR's field director R Sreenivasa Murthy said the cub was littered by a translocated tigress T-1. "It was spotted by our monitoring team on November 3," he added. This tigress had littered three cubs in April 2014.It is all smiles for the forest staff, wildlife experts and scientists at the Panna Tiger Reserve (PTR) as it observes the fifth successful year of Tiger Reintroduction Project. Devoid of tiger population that fell to poaching and other reasons, Panna is now a model in tiger reintroduction project with a population of 21 big cats (cubs and sub adults), including the new born. From zero tigers in Panna tiger reserve, the reintroduced 4 tigress have given birth to 17 cubs in less than three years.
It was on December 26, 2009 when the PTR officials rescued the T3 (male tiger), who was moving outside the park area, and released him in the park for the second time that paved the way for further success in the tiger reintroduction project, said the park director R S Murthy.
T1 (Tigress from Bhandhavgarh) and T2 (Tigress from Kanha) were brought into PTR in March 2009. But by the time they were shifted the resident male tiger in Panna, left the scene making Panna reserve a 'zero' tiger park. Thereafter, a comprehensive tiger reintroduction project was conceived in technical collaboration with Wildlife Institute of India and the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).