Rajasthan
Missing Tigers in Ranthambore National Park
- 07 Nov 2024
- 2 min read
Why in News?
According to Rajasthan's Chief Wildlife Warden, tigers in Ranthambore National Park (RNP) have gone missing since 2023.
Key Points
- Ranthambore National Park is currently home to 75 tigers, including cubs, within a 900-square-kilometer area, resulting in territorial conflicts.
- According to a Wildlife Institute of India study (2006-2014), the park can sustainably support approximately 40 adult tigers.
- This recent incident marks the first instance of such a high number of tigers being officially reported as missing in a single year.
- Efforts to reduce pressure on the park by relocating villages from buffer zones have been sluggish, with the most recent relocation occurring in 2016.
- Ranthambore National Park:
- Location:
- It lies in the eastern part of Rajasthan state in Karauli and Sawai Madhopur districts, at the junction of the Aravali and Vindhya hill ranges.
- It was declared a Tiger reserve in 1973.
- Parks and Sanctuaries Included:
- It comprises of the Sawai Mansingh and Keladevi Sanctuaries.
- Vegetation:
- The forest type is mainly tropical dry deciduous with ‘dhak’ (Butea monsoperma), a species of tree capable of withstanding long periods of drought, being the commonest.
- Wildlife:
- The park is rich in wildlife with tigers at the apex of the food chain in mammals.
- Other animals found here are leopards, striped hyenas, common or hanuman langurs, rhesus macaques, jackals, jungle cats, caracals, blackbuck, Blacknaped hare and chinkara, etc.
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