The first tiger from Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand was relocated in the Rajaji Tiger Reserve on December 24, 2020.
- It is the first such relocation in Uttarakhand aimed at tiger population management.
- A total of five big cats from the Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve are scheduled to be translocated from Jim Corbett to Rajaji. Two males and three females in Corbett, which has 252 tigers, are being translocated. These five tigers are aged between 4 to 6 years and physically fit for reproduction.
- The Rajaji Reserve is spread over 557 sq km and has has 37 tigers against a capacity of 83.
- Its western part spread over 380 sq km ( more than 60 per cent of the total reserve area) has only two tigresses —codenamed T1 and T2. Forest authorities do not expect any reproduction as they are aged above 18 years.
- The eastern part of the reserve cannot increase numbers in the western part as the two sides are divided by a traffic corridor (National Highway 58) which makes it difficult for the tigers to migrate.
(Source: Indian Express)
