Bengal Tiger

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photographing tigers in wild is one lucky mission....though they dont bother about being in frame ...fleeting moment with Bengal tiger in forests of bordering kerala-tamilnadu....... Thirty per cent of the tiger population lives in areas outside the government's reserves, giving conservationists a new challenge in the effort to protect them. The celebrations, however, were muted by the decrease in land area where tigers can thrive. “Tiger occupancy areas shrunk from 9 million hectares to less than 7.5 million hectares over the last four years,

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The most heartening tale in tiger conservation comes from Mudumalai and the adjoining forests stretching up to Sathyamangalam. In Mudumalai Tiger reserve alone, camera traps had captured at least 39 tigers. And in all, at least a 100 tigers are estimated to be prowling the contiguous forests of Mudumalai Tiger reserve, Sigur plateau, Nilgiris, Moyyar valley and Sathyamanglam forests in western Tamil Nadu. "The Mudumalai-Moyyar belt has emerged as the key tiger habitat of Tamil Nadu,"says the forest official. For the first time in tiger census history, cameras were placed in 100 places in Mudumalai and adjoining jungles to get visual evidence of the presence of the big cats. "We have launched several initiatives from patrolling on elephants to involving the tribals in conservation," says Mudumalai Tiger Reserve field director,. However, tiger experts in the country are sceptical about the tiger census figures and caution against complacency in tiger conservation. They argue that the census was carried out this time in new areas like the Sathyamangalam and Sigur plateau thus potentially providing a boost to the tiger figures