Who doesn't desire the company of the opposite sex? Whether it be men or mammals, this report is a prime example of how even tigers can be rendered lonely if they're starved of female company for long.
Tigers in the Panna National Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, India are craving female company as the ratio between the number of females to males has taken a sharp dip.
Panna tiger reserve spreads over 3500 sq km of which two distinct zones are tiger occupied areas measuring 787 and 187 sq kms.
Of the 24 tigers left in the Panna National Reserve, only four to five are tigresses, as estimated after the latest national tiger consensus which was released on February 2008.
The situation has been taken very seriously by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) which has sent a strongly worded letter to the forest department suggesting more tigresses be added to the reserve immediately.
A report by
Mail Today stated:
Rajesh Gopal, head of Project Tiger and NTCA said, " We have two letters since June to the Madhya Pradesh forest department. Though NTCA's technical committee has approved getting more tigresses for the reserve, the Madhya Pradesh goverment is awaiting a nod from the environment ministry."
"As far as our letters are concerned we had asked the state forest department to draft a proposal on the issue. They are yet to respond, " he added.
Although poaching has not been reported on a major scale in the reserve, three groups of outlaws were arrested recently after news of their operating in Panna was leaked.
More than 30 per cent of the reserve is a grassland area with good water supply which is fortunate, for grasslands are crucial for sustaining the big cat's prey species.
Officials are confident that the introduction of the new tigresses will do good in Panna. After all, who's to complain? Not the tigers for sure!
Tigers in Indian forest reserve crave female company
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