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Maharashtra: Abandoned tiger cub defies common belief, thrives in Brahmapuri
Updated On: 20 April, 2022 07:55 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
While most abandoned or orphaned cubs die, S1 has established and extended her territory in Chandrapur forest, even gave birth to cubs
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S1 has taken over her mother’s territory and extended it
In a rare case, an abandoned tiger has managed to not only survive but thrive in the forest at Brahmapuri in Chandrapur district. While it is believed that orphaned or abandoned cubs often don’t make it to adulthood in the absence of their mother as they do not learn to hunt, S-1, a female cub abandoned by tigress T7, is regularly killing wild boars and has established and extended her territory in Talodhi range. She even mated with T104 in January and has given birth to cubs.
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) Sunil Limaye found out about the tigress during one of his field visits during holidays wherein he interacts with the staffers to get a better insight about the area. Limaye said, “It’s a fact that the carnivore mothers teach hunting skills to their cubs during their growing years, and in majority of cases, abandoned cubs, without mother’s guidance, hardly survive the jungle life. But, in Brahmapuri’s Talodhi forests, T7 tigress’s female cub S-1 could do this and survived.”
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