Madhya Pradesh

• 03 Feb 2025

Kanha Tiger Reserve

Why in News? 

Recently, a tigress was found dead in the Kanha Tiger Reserve in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh.

Key Points

• Discovery of the Carcass: 
  • Forest officials found the carcass of a two-year-old tigress in the Mukki Forest Range, located in the Parsantola Beat of Kanha Tiger Reserve. 
  • Authorities secured the site and initiated an investigation following the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) guidelines and directives from the Chief Wildlife Conservator of Madhya Pradesh. 
• Post-Mortem: 
  • A team of expert wildlife doctors conducted the post-mortem examination. 
  • Authorities confirmed that all body parts were intact, ruling out poaching as the cause of death. 
  • They suspect the tigress died in a territorial fight with another tiger. 
• Kanha Tiger Reserve: 
  • It stretches over an area of 940 square km in the two districts - Mandla and Balaghat - of Madhya Pradesh. 
  • The present-day Kanha area was divided into two sanctuaries, Hallon and Banjar. Kanha National Park was created in 1955 and in 1973 was made the Kanha Tiger Reserve. 
    • Kanha National Park is the largest National Park in Central India. 

National Tiger Conservation Authority

• National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) is a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. 
• It was established in 2005 following the recommendations of the Tiger Task Force. 
• It was constituted under enabling provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, as amended in 2006, for strengthening tiger conservation, as per powers and functions assigned to it.