Milton.Wrencemysuru: Karnataka has witnessed 15 tiger deaths in 2021.
All deaths occur in tiger reserves and no rotten games.
Bandipur has seven deaths, Nagarahole has six while reserves of Bhadra and Biligiri Rangatha Temple (BRT) each has one death.
Of the total death, three are their children – while two were found dead in the bandipur Tiger Reserve, one child was found dead in BRT.
Karnataka has five tiger reserves with more than 524 big cats with bandipur and Nagarahole have the highest tiger population.
Karnataka finished second after having the highest tiger population in the wild after Madhya Pradesh, which has 526 tigers.
According to statistics available at the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the country saw 126 deaths last year, the highest in the past decade.
Karnataka is ranked third after Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
In March, the carcass of a male and female tiger girl was found in a country unraveled in the series of Nugu Bandipur Reserve while another CUB was found in June in the birth of Gudi in BRT.
Brt Deputy forest conservator G Santhos Kumar said the reserve witnessed the death of a tiger child because of natural causes.
About 86 tigers utilize tiger reserves, he said.
Director of Nagarahole D Mahesh Kumar said there were no cases of tiger hunting reported in reserves in 2021.
‘Prey Base Causes of Growth – Forest Degree Conservators (Wildlife) and Head of Wildlife, Karnataka, Vijayakumar Gogi told TOI that an important role in preserving tigers.
Secretly, a good and developing prey base in Karnataka.
As a result, the number of large cats has increased from 300 to 400 and is now 524 in the last decade of one and a half decades.
Naturally, there are challenges related to the increase in the number of tigers.
Large young cats in an effort to mark their territory in national parks or tiger reserves of old tiger or sub-adults from their territory.
As a result, injured or weak tigers become vulnerable, he said.
Regarding death, Gogi said the majority of tigers died due to natural causes such as disease, injuries supported in conflict, and old age.
Sometimes tigers put themselves in danger by trying to prey on animals such as Gazur Bulls or elephants that are beyond the size.
When the tiger numbers increase, it is a dynamic situation for authority, and ensures 100% survival literally challenging, he added.