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A pat on the back for wildlife officials is due, as the tiger count in Rajasthan's sanctuaries has increased to 44.

Three years back, tiger lovers in India and other parts of the world were aghast when news came in that tigers had vanished from the Sariska Sanctuary of Rajasthan, where at one time they numbered a dozen.

Here is some good news for wildlife enthusiasts. The number of tigers as also herbivores in the state has gone up this year. The number of tigers has shot up from 32 in 2008 to 44 in 2009, excluding two cubs.

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New Delhi: More than four years after the Sariska Tiger Reserve earned worldwide notoriety for having lost its entire tiger population, hopes are high that the reserve will finally have its

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JAIPUR: Leopards made merry in the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan when the tigers were away over the past few years. The absence of the big cat from the once prestigious Project Tiger sanctuary in Alwar district after their total disappearance in 2004-05 apparently led to the increase of the spotted tribe in place of the striped ones in recent times.

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New Delhi: They were put into use after a lot of hype and budgetary allocations. However, collars

JAIPUR: The young tigress flown into the Sariska Tiger Reserve from the Ranthambhore National Park in Rajasthan on February 25 has since been released into the wild.