Similipal Tiger Reserve : In News
A three-year-old female tiger strayed from the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha into the Bandwan area of Purulia district in West Bengal
- Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR Situated in Mayurbhanj District, in the northernmost part of Odisha.
- Surrounded by high plateaus and hills, the highest peaks are Khairiburu and Meghashini (1515 meters above sea level).
- Declared a Tiger Reserve in 1956 and included under Project Tiger in 1973.
- Recognised as part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves by UNESCO in 2009.
- Notably, it is the only place in the world home to melanistic tigers (black tigers).
