26 Sep 2022

Tigers will be reintroduced in the Madhav National Park (MNP) of Madhya Pradesh more than six decades after they were last seen there, an official told Down To Earth September 26, 2022.

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has given the green signal to relocate five tigers from three national parks of the state to MNP.

“We will be bringing the tigers from Panna, Bandhavgarh and Satpura National Parks to the MNP of Shivpuri. This is to ensure genetic diversity. If the need arises, we will move more individuals from forests near Bhopal where sightings of tigers are very frequent,” JS Chouhan, principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF), Madhya Pradesh, told DTE.

Three tigers – one male and two females — will be moved to MNP in the first stage with the stated aim of boosting tourism. MNP already has leopards.

Chouhan said the relocation was likely to happen sometime in winter and that the park was already prepared to receive the animals.

“These are wild animals and to ensure their health and well-being, it is necessary to move them from one place to another at regular intervals to promote more genetic diversity.

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