Hyderabad: A tiger named ‘Gabbar’ from Sanctuary Wildlife Tipeshwar (TWS) in Yavatmal Maharashtra was seen near Bhemeempur Mandal in the Adilabad district, making it the first tiger sighting in the region after one year.
The three-year-old sub-adult was identified as Gabbar from the Pilkhan family from TWS by the wildlife photographer S Ajinder Singh after forest officials shared a picture of a camera trap from a large cat with him a few days ago.
Singh, who has monitored the pattern of large cat migration from Maharashtra to Telangana, Gabbar said across the Pengaha River, which acted as a border between the two countries.
It was identified by a typical line pattern on one of his legs.
From Bheeempur, it has now moved to Pengiaa Wildlife Sanctuary (PWS) in Maharashtra, which is also part of the tiger corridor which eventually leads the reserve of Tiger (KTR).
“Now it has entered the PWS, it is possible that it might find its own territory in this particular forest which is around 400 square kilometers but more likely to face face with other male tigers currently in the area and enter the territorial fight.
If there is a conflict, a loser Will move from the forest and advance naturally towards KTR, “Singh said.
After that heading south, the tiger will continue towards the guard by passing Bazarhathnoor, Ichhoda and Nirmal.
“This is a very healthy tiger corridor between TWS and Kawal if the movement of the tiger is monitored correctly.
If there are no barriers in the corridor, most likely large cats can reach KTR within 20 to 25 days from PWS,” said Singh.
Last year, a tiger named ‘I’ from Tipeshwar Tiger Reserve was also seen near the Bhemeempur Mandal and lived in a non-forest area in Adamanabad for almost 14 months.
Even though it was expected to go toward the backup of the kawal, finally settled in PWS, said forest officials.
“So far, we have no direct evidence of the tiger movement in Telangana.
We will definitely start monitoring the movements so we know there must be a tiger in our corridor,” said V Chandrasekhar Rao, Forest Division officer, Adilabad.
After one year, Tiger was seen in Bheeempur Adilabad
