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Tiger Translocation for Genetic Diversity
November 6 , 2024
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- A tigress from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra moved to the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha.
- The translocation project is part of Odisha government’s efforts to improve the gene pool of tigers inside the reserve.
- Similipal is the country’s only wild habitat for melanistic royal Bengal tigers.
- The Odisha Tiger Estimation conducted this year found that out of the total 24 adult tigers in Similipal, 13 are pseudo-melanistic.
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