Resettlement of tigers started in MP / Panna Tiger Reserve in 2009; 55 tigers buzzing today
Emerald A decade of tiger rehabilitation scheme in Panna Tiger Reserve has been completed on November 2019. In fact, in November itself, T3 male tiger was brought to Panna from Pench Tiger Reserve, which again buoyed the tiger-less Panna Tiger Reserve. At present the tiger population in the tiger reserve has reached 55 (as per census). It is said that at this time the number of tigers has reached 70 of which most of the male tigers are children of T3.
The story of settling tigers in Yeh Panna
: The number of tigers in Panna Tiger Reserve was reduced to zero in 2009. The then field director R Srinivas Murthy planned a tiger resettlement and, executing it, a tigress from Kanha Tiger Reserve, a helicopter from Bandhavgarh Brought by The tiger was about to change history after T3 returned to the tiger reserve. In 2010, tigress T-1 gave birth to cubs in April and T-2 gave birth to cubs in October. Now the tiger population in the reserve was increased to 8. T1 first gave birth to cubs on 16 April. This day is still celebrated loudly in Panna Tiger Reserve. After this, a pair of 5-year-old tigers were also brought here from Kanha National Park by the Forest Department.
Such an example is not found anywhere in the world
In 2013 also, a tigress was transferred from Penna to Panna. It is estimated that there have been 70 tigers in Panna so far, some of which have also reached the forests of Vindhya and Chitrakoot regions. There are now 55 tigers in the Panna Tiger Park Reserve. KS Bhadoria, the current director of Panna Tiger Reserve, claims that such a huge success in the restoration of tigers is not seen in any country in the world. Breeding tigers in a buffer forest zone is a highly laborious task, which involves risk at every step. It was not even in emerald.
When the tiger T-3 was difficult to find, the
then field director R Srinivas Murthy said, “The tiger reestablishment was a very difficult task. We also found successes step by step but we did not give up. We kept experimenting one after the other. Local People were also made aware. The results that have come, are in front of the world today. Finding the tiger T-3 for the second time was an extremely difficult task. A cig with a VHF collar worn by him Nulls were not found. The people of our staff not only ran in all four directions, but were vigilant for 24 hours. Finally, after trying many measures, we finally adopted a trick. We sprayed the tigress’s urine on the trees, which attracted the T-3. We got it back. Naturally the tiger reaches the tigress using this scent. ”
Tiger reserve status was found in 1994,
there used to be tigers in the emerald forests, due to which the status of Tiger Reserve was also received in the year 1994. Then came a time when in the year 2009, there was not a single tiger left in this tiger reserve. Wildlife experts and Panna citizens were surprised to see this situation. The current director of the tiger reserve KS Bhadoria told that two tigresses were brought to Panna from Bandhavgarh and Kanha tiger reserves in March-2009. They were named T-1 and T-2. After this, the tiger was brought from Pench Tiger Reserve on 6 December, which was named T-3. This tiger did not mind in the emerald tiger reserve and went back towards the south. The vigilant park management at all times pursued it continuously for 19 days with great difficulty and difficulty and on 25 December brought it back to the park unconscious.
The slogan of tiger conservation with public support
has been completed only in November, 10 years of the success of Panna Tiger Restoration Scheme. The event has been organized in Panna in honor of Tiger T-3. On this occasion, every officer, employee, friends of Panna who contributed to Panna Tiger Re-establishment were honored and rewarded. The then field director R Srinivasa Murthy said that the tiger rehabilitation scheme in Panna was a great success because the Panna dwellers made all kinds of sacrifices to regain their lost glory. Like, no industrial factory of any kind has been set up in Panna till date.
Stepping Stones for Tiger
concept is being worked on in Madhya Pradesh to save the growing population of stepping stones for tigers. In this scheme, we are developing sanctuaries in Dhar, Burhanpur, Harda, Indore, Narsinghpur, Sagar, Sehore, Sheopur, Mandla and Omkareshwar to make safe corridors for tigers. These sanctuaries will be developed between two forests at a place where there is no greenery and villages and there is potential for biodiversity development. With the increase of area for tigers, the increase in greenery will increase the ground water level, the area will become fertile, the number of herbivorous animals will increase after getting fodder. Man-animal duality will also be prevented by the Tigers getting a safe corridor.
