Two tigers, offspring of T-17, missing in Sariska

Jaipur: Just before the opening of the core zone of the state’s Tiger Parks, a news from Sariska Tiger Reserve has disappointed wildlife lovers. Both the sub-adult cubs of tigress ST-17, born in January last year, have been missing for the last 12 days and the forest department has neither found their pug marks nor their photo in the camera track.

After this news, Sariska Tiger Reserve management has formed 8 different teams and started searching for both the sub-adult cubs. In fact, out of the 5 tiger reserves of the state, safaris are conducted only in Ranthambore, Sariska and Ramgarh Vishdhari, whereas tourism has not been started yet in Mukundara and Dholpur Tiger Reserves.

In all three tiger reserves, tourism activities remain closed in the core zone during monsoon from July 1 to September 30. Now the core zone is to be opened for tourism from October 1, hence the disappearance of both the sub-adult cubs has become a cause of concern for the forest department.

Both the sub-adult cubs of ST 17 were last seen on September 11, while one of the two sub-adults was seen in the camera trap on September 17, since then there has been no movement of either of them.