Jaipur: The loss of two leading Men’s Tigers ST-13 and ST-23 has triggered the main search operation at Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR).
There has been no trace of the St-13 tiger for more than three weeks, while Tiger ST-23 has been lost for a week.
The source said the two men’s tigers were inhabited in the same reserve area which included the talvriksh range, the range of Akbarpur including Raika, Pani Ka Dhal and other regions in Sariska Forest.
The Ministry of Forestry also has a night without sleep because the eight-year-old tiger radio collar has stopped functioning.
The allowance operation has begun after which is around 25 teams, which works to track big cats.
“The ST-23 is a young tiger and often disappears for several days since it has no collar.
Likewise, after the recent rainfall ST-13 cannot be traced,” said a source.
Tigers are lost at the time of ‘Central Semester Overview of Reintroduction Status Sariska Post-Tiger Today, Translocation of Tigers and Radio Strategies Mourning in Rajasthan State Scheduled in STR in February 3.
Sariska Tiger Reserve (STR), where the first tiger translocation program Taken in 2008 on the command then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, always a habitat that is not safe for big cats.
The source said the two tiger movements were recorded near the range of Akbarpur, who had gained fame for wild hunting in the past.
A source said, “In 2018, a Tigress was reported missing from the same reach and a hunter, who was arrested by the police, had claimed to have killed the Tigress St-5 and sold his skin.
Likewise, a four-year-old child Macer Tiger ST-11 too Died during that time after being entangled in a barbed wire placed by a chicken hunter.
When the St-13 movement is in the same area and so Poaching cannot be ruled out.
“Recently, three leopard also boiled near the string of STR.