Manas National Park

                                The Tiger Population Growth pattern of Manas Tiger Reserve The conservation fraternity has delighted to look at tiger population growth in Manas Tiger Reserve. Recent, 2020-21, annual tiger monitoring (Phase-IV), camera trapping exercise in Manas NP, the First Addition to Manas NP, and Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary have revealed this outstanding result. This exercise revealed a 50% increase in the total number of tigers compared to last year (2020). This year, 45 unique individuals (19 adult females, 16 adult males, 03 sub-adults, and 07 cubs) were recorded, including the one in Bornadi WLS, compared to 30 unique individuals (18 adult females, 07 adult males, 01 unknown, and 04 cubs) last year. Another good news is that evidence of breeding females from all parts of the park.

      A Tiger's Paw consists of a pad and four toes A fifth toe commonly called the dew claw, is placed high on the fore limbs only Dew claws are retractable and are a part of the tiger's weaponry Ordinarily, dew claws does not touch the ground The pad is 3-lobed at the rear end      

 On Occasion of Global Tiger Day. I would like to appeal  entire human being to conserve this majestic creation of earth and make earth more beautiful.

      The tiger ( Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species in the world. Tigers are apex predators primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and bovids. They are territorial and generally solitary but social animals. They required large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey requirement.        Tigers are among the most recognizable and popular of World's charismatic megafauna. They have featured prominently in ancient mythology, folklore and modern literature.The tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh, India, Malaysia and South Korea.       The tiger is an endangered species. Poaching for fur and body parts, destruction habitat simultaneously reduced the tiger population in wild.         The government of India gives much attention on conservation this big cats. There are 50 tiger reserves in India which is administered by National Tiger Conserv...

Pugmark of tiger, Manas National Park  Pugmark is the term used to refer to the footprint of most animals. 'Pug' means foot in Hindi. Every individual animal species has a distinct Pugmark which helps in their identification.  Pugmark was an art that had once been perfected by professional trackers known as Shikaris  (Hunters). Significantly, such Shikaris were maintained on the payrolls of the Indian Royalty and British Colonial rulers and had sole responsibility of providing their near magical skills during Shikars. Some master trackers were reputed to possess phenomenal capabilities and could follow the trail of tigers and other animals over ground that hardly registered the movement of any animal. A bent twig and upturned pebble was enough for them to follow a trail. They could even determine the sex, age, and size of a tiger from its pugmark as well as identify individual animal with a great deal of accuracy and ease.   This skills o...

A mother rhino with her new born calf at Manas NP Manas… a name I relate to with passion. I had fallen in love with the Manas as soon as I had seen photos of my friends who had visited the Park when we were in college. My love for Manas was concreted as soon as I put my step in it. Working for WWF-India in my dream place was no less than a fairytale. The first day of work (for collecting data on indirect evidence of tigers and other animals) is still etched in my mind as if it were only yesterday. I saw a fresh pugmark of a male tiger on the sand for the first time and imagined the tiger walking majestically down the river bed minutes before our arrival! That was 6 years ago; however, nothing much has changed. I still get excited to work in Manas and see a pugmark or camera trap photo of a tiger. Kilometres of walks inside the forest were tiring, yet, were a source of immense joy and content. My friends (Binita, Sharavana, David) and I would compete to walk through the ta...

Life is not a  matter of milestones but memories. In the year 2016, we had done lots to conserve the beautiful landscape of  Manas. I would like to look back at briefly gone days of the year 2016.... Unicorns Family at Manas  Dwaimalo with his mother (R17) This was a mixed year for the rhino family of Manas.  During this period, we lost four rhinos out of them two rhinos died due to poaching and two due to natural cause.  We lost Dwaimalo (R17A)  on 22nd April.   Dwaimalo's  mother was killed by poachers just after 20 days of his birth at  Sidhajhar  areas under Bansbari range. Thereafter, we rescued that calf from Kahitama areas of Manas and rehabilitated for about one year with another female rhino calf  (i.e.Purabi).  Rhino 10A with his Mother (R10) Besides our much effort, on  6th May , we lost another orphaned rhino 10A at Bhuyanpara range.  This was first rhino calf born...

Many people that I have met always have inquired about any online visual document on Manas. They have come to the park and fall in love with it and wants to take more than pictures and memories with them. In such cases, films or documentaries come handy to suggest to such persons. Though there are not many documentaries on Manas, a particular one can be mentioned here. People who love to read my blog and have a look. Manas Return of Giants  is one wonderful documentary on Manas National Park directed by  Praveen Singh and Martin Dohrn and produced by Kosmik Global Media Private Limited. The 50 minutes documentary gave extraordinary conservation recognition to Manas on global perceptive by   Discovery . The documentary was shot with night vision and infrared cameras and a wonderful sight to behold. It was first telecasted on Discovery channel last year and you can watch it on their website too. Banner of Manas Return Giants Director Praveen Singh is one of my goo...