Uttarakhand has flaunted its tiger range up to 12,000 ft. as a testimony of Uttarakhand’s success in tiger conservation.
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Uttarakhand government highlighted the expanse of the state’s tiger map from Corbett National Park to Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary.
Causes for concern
Records of high-altitude tigers getting somewhat routine.
Warming induced by climate change, is making the higher mountains tolerable for tigers.
Tigers roaming the snow indicates that their upward movement is not deterred by the cold.
Through better monitoring regime and camera-traps, scientists and managers are now getting to learn more about their actual ranges.
About Jim Corbett National Park:
It is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger.
It is located in Nainital district and Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand and was named after hunter and naturalist Jim Corbett.
The park was the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative.
Corbett National Park is one of the thirteen protected areas covered by the World Wide Fund For Nature under their Terai Arc Landscape Program.
The program aims to protect three of the five terrestrial flagship species, the tiger, the Asian elephant and the great one-horned rhinoceros, by restoring corridors of forest to link 13 protected areas of Nepal and India, to enable wildlife migration.
The Ramganga river flow through this park. The park encompasses the Patli Dun valley formed by the Ramganga river.
Royal Bengal Tiger:
It forms a specific population of the Pantheratigristigris subspecies that is native to the Indian subcontinent.
Threats: poaching, loss and fragmentation of habitat.
IUCN Status: Endangered.
Protected under schedule 1 of Wildlife Protection Act.
