Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has ordered the translocation of 15 tigers from Madhya Pradesh to Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha, an official announced on Thursday.
According to the directive, 12 tigresses and three tigers will be handed over to the three states after obtaining permission from the central government. No specific timeline has been outlined for the relocation process.
The big cats will be translocated from the Bandhavgarh, Pench, and Kanha tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh, the official stated.
Under the plan, six tigresses and two tigers will be moved to Chhattisgarh, while Rajasthan will receive four tigresses. Additionally, one tiger and two tigresses will be sent to Odisha, he added.
Chief Minister Yadav has instructed that the translocation process must be carried out under the supervision of an authorised veterinarian to ensure the safety of the tigers during the procedure.
The states receiving the tigers will bear the full cost of the translocation, the official noted. According to the Status of Tigers: Co-predators & Prey in India-2022 report, released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute of India, Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest number of 785 tigers in the country, followed by Karnataka (563) and Uttarakhand (560).
The Madhya Pradesh government recently declared the Ratapani forest as the state's eighth tiger reserve.
The NTCA has approved nine tiger reserves in the state, but the government is yet to notify Madhav National Park as a tiger reserve.
The other tiger reserves in Madhya Pradesh are Kanha, Satpura, Bandhavgarh, Pench, Sanjay Dubri, Panna, and Veerangana Durgavati.
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