Maha tiger covers 2,000 km crosses 4 states to reach Odisha | India News

NAGPUR: A male tiger from Tadoba landscape in Bramhapuri in Maharashtra travelled around 2,000 km to reach Odisha, traversing forests across 4 states in search of a safe territory and a mate.
Generally, forest departments come to know about such dispersal only when tigers are radio-collared, but the one from Bramhapuri in Vidarbha was not radio-collared and was identified by the pattern of its stripes.

This may likely be the 2nd-longest tiger dispersal in the country. The tiger crossed many hurdles including water bodies, rivers, agricultural fields, roads, and human habitats. Yet, there is no record of the animal attacking humans along the way.

Though Odisha has been reporting the dispersal of tigers from neighbouring Chhattisgarh, this is the 1st time a big cat reached the eastern state from Vidarbha in the west.

As per the All India Tiger Estimation (AITE), 2022, released in July, the total number of tigers in Odisha’s forests is pegged at 20.
Odisha forest officers said that in June-July, the tiger kept traversing between Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. In September, it was sighted back in Odisha, in the Mahendragiri range.