Tiger cub sighted in Sariska reserve

Alwar: Sighting of a tiger cub at Sariska Tiger Reserve has brought wide smiles on the faces of the forest authorities and wildlife enthusiasts.
Tigress ST-9 and her cub were caught on a camera trap, pictures of which were released by the forest officers. With the arrival on more cub, the total number of tigers in Sariska rises to 14, of which seven were shifted here from Ranthambore National Park while the same number were born here."A new cub has been caught on a camera trap on Wednesday. Prior to this, the pugmarks of a pub had raised our hopes about its arrival. It is likely that there might be more cubs but for now, only one has been sighted," confirmed R S Shekhawat, field director, Sariska.
The tiger reserve, in 2005, was left without any tigers, mainly because of the poaching. Following this, a tiger re-population programme was introduced in 2008. Of these, tigress ST-2 had littered four cubs - two in 2012 and two in 2014. In 2014, another two cubs were littered by another tigress ST-10. The gender of the freshly sighted cub is yet to be determined, while of the other 6 which were born at Sariska - four are females and two males.
Of the seven shifted from Ranthambore, five were tigresses and two were tigers. One more tiger - ST-1, which was the first tiger to be moved to Sariska in 2008 - was poisoned to death by villagers in November 2010. Of the 14 present in the reserve today, 9 are tigresses, four tigers and one cub. ST-3 and ST-5 are two tigresses which were brought in from Ranthambore but have not yet reproduced.
The forest officials have increased the security in the area where the cub was sighted and have also installed more come cameras. The authorities have also dug four more water holes to ensure the tigress does not have to wander in search of water.