14 tigers will be translocated to Rajasthan, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh by the Madhya Pradesh government under the animal exchange program.
According to the state forest department, four tigers will be relocated to Rajasthan, two to Odisha, and eight to Chhattisgarh.
These tigers will be relocated from Bandhavgarh, Panna, Kanha, and Pench tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh.
The tigers and tigresses will be relocated under the supervision of an authorised veterinarian.
Recently, two Bengal tigers (one male and one female) from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) were provided to Gujarat under the exchange of animal’s program.
Two Asiatic (Gir) lions—one male and one female—were received by Madhya Pradesh from Sakkarbaug Zoological Park in Gujarat’s Junagadh.
According to the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), Madhya Pradesh has retained its tag of ‘Tiger State’ for the past few years as home to more than 785 tigers out of the 3,800 tigers across the country.
Madhya Pradesh is famous for six tiger reserves: Kanha, Bandhavgarh, Panna, Pench, Sanjay Dubri, and Satpura.
Recently, two more tiger reserves—Ratapani Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhopal and Madhav National Park in Shivpuri district—have been approved by the Centre.
