Tiger Translocation:
MP to translocate 15 tigers to Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Odisha
- The Madhya Pradesh government has announced the translocation of 15 tigers to Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha.
- This initiative involves 12 tigresses and 3 tigers, subject to approval from the Central Government.
- The tigers will be relocated from the Bandhavgarh, Pench, and Kanha Tiger Reserves.
- Kanha Tiger Reserve, also known as Kanha National Park, is the largest national park in Madhya Pradesh.
- Spread across Mandla and Balaghat districts, nestled in the Maikal range of Satpuras, forming part of the Central Indian Highlands.
- It was established as a national park on June 1, 1955, and Declared a Tiger Reserve in 1973.
- The reserve inspired Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book”.
- It was the first in India to introduce an official mascot, Bhoorsingh the Barasingha.
