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Inter-State Tiger Shift
December 11 , 2025
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- Rajasthan is carrying out its first inter-state tiger translocation by bringing a tigress (Tigress PN-224) from Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh.
- This is the India’s second tiger translocation.
- The tigress will be airlifted to Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve (RVTR) to help increase tiger numbers and improve genetic diversity.
- RVTR is in the Bundi district of Rajasthan, notified in May 2022, and covers 1,501.89 sq km with a core and buffer zone.
- The reserve forms a natural corridor between the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve and Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve, helping tiger movement.
- The translocation aims to strengthen the new habitat and support long-term conservation under Project Tiger.
- The donor site, Pench Tiger Reserve, is known for its teak forests and rich wildlife, including tigers, leopards and wild dogs.
- India's first major inter-state tiger translocation happened in 2018, moving a male tiger (Mahavir from Kanha) and a female (Sundari from Bandhavgarh) from Madhya Pradesh to Odisha's Satkosia Tiger Reserve.
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