This is the fourth time since 2012 that a tiger was spotted at Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary; authorities to carry out stripe analysis to match previous database
The tiger was captured through a camera trap installed at the Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary. Pic/Maharashtra Forest Department
The camera trap installed at Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary near Kolhapur has captured the image of a tiger—for the fourth time since 2012, highlighting the importance of the forests.
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Deputy Conservator of Forest Vishal Mali from Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary in a post on Facebook said, “The tiger is at the apex of any ecosystem. It Indicates a good forest. If there is a tiger in the forest that means the forest has all factors of the ecosystem in good shape. In Western Maharashtra there’s only one tiger reserve, Sahyadri Tiger Reserve. And tigers are migratory and not resident. We are trying very hard to augment and develop a habitat for residential tigers. Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary is a major and only corridor which facilitates the movement of tigers from Karnataka and Goa to Sahyadri. With help from District Planning, 100 trap cameras were placed in Radhanagari. And, we are ecstatic that a tiger was captured through a trap camera for the first time in recent history. The Radhanagari corridor is functional. It is a new start, it is a new beginning!”
Clement Ben, additional principal chief conservator of forest, Wildlife (West), said, “The recent declaration of conservation reserves has strengthened the corridor connectivity in southern western ghats of Maharashtra. Our team working in Radhanagari has got another camera trap image of a tiger. This is the fourth since 2012 that we have got the image of a tiger. The recent deployment of 100-odd camera traps has improved monitoring of the rich fauna at Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary.”
The authorities will carry out a stripe analysis of the tiger to see if it matches with the earlier database. They also feel that there is a need for continued monitoring in all the declared conservation reserves including Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary and Sahyadri Tiger Reserve.
More than 35 species of mammals, over 235 species of birds and over 121 species of butterflies are found in the Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary and Dajipur Wildlife Sanctuary.
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