While the disappearance of tigers from the Sariska National Park shook the world wildlife fraternity, the reports of death of nine big cats in the Kaziranga National Park in the last three months is quite shocking.

New Delhi: After a four-month delay and several attempts in the second phase to revive the number of big cats in Sariska, a tigress was flown in the reserve forest from Ranthambhore on Wednesday to join a tiger pair that was moved here last year.

The dawn OF 2009 only brought despair for the tiger. One shocking revelation was the unprecedented poaching in the past three months. From November to January, skins and bones of seven tigers have been seized, plus three killed by poachers. Seventeen tigers have been found dead

Ananda Banerjee | New Delhi

The first successful wild tiger relocation from the Ranthambore National Park to Sariska Tiger Reserve has injected immense hope and confidence among forest officials and wildlife scientists, who had taken one of the most delicate translocation jobs in natural history.

Efforts to bolster tiger population in Sariska Two tigers, one male and one female, were introduced in Sariska Tiger Reserve, where the tiger population had dropped to zero, in June 2008. The tigers were brought from the nearby Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve. The plan also involved relocating four villages

The second phase of India

Last time, it was about completing India

NEW DELHI

Another big cat is waiting to be relocated at the famous Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan. A tigress is scheduled to be re-introduced in this tiger reserve on November 3 from the neighbouring Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve. A tiger couple was reintroduced in Sariska in July this year, almost five years after poachers had killed the entire tiger population of this reserve.