The population of captive tigers inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park might see an increase in coming months as the park authorities told mid-day that tigress Srivalli, who had mated with tiger Bajirao in June this year, is more than one month pregnant. If all goes well, this will be the first time since 2009 that a tiger will be born in captivity at SGNP.

An official from SGNP said, “We are speculating that the mating between male tiger Bajirao and female tigress Srivalli has been successful and the tigress might deliver cubs in the next one-two months.