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Tiger spotted in Jharkhand’s Palamu Tiger Reserve

November 9, 2021874 Views

A tiger was spotted in Jharkhand's Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR), a top forest official said on Tuesday. The sighting of the tiger on Monday evening resulted in a wave of happiness among officials and employees of the PTR. The High Court of Jharkhand has recently wondered why PTR should be called a tiger reserve since there are no tigers and observed that officers are not even aware of how many male and female big cats exist in Jharkhand. Kumar Ashutosh, Area Director, PTR said that a healthy and young male tiger was spotted by a team of forest guards under Range Officer Tarun Kumar Singh at Baresad forest on Monday evening. The team saw the tiger crossing the Medininagar-Mahuadandh road and moving from one forest to the other slowly from a distance of about 10 feet, the offi...

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Betla National Park in PTR opens for tourists

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October 1, 20211307 Views

The Betla National Park located in Jharkhand's 'Palamu Tiger Reserve' was thrown open for tourists on Friday, a senior forest official said. Also, the counting for wild animals has begun in the Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR), known globally for undertaking the world's first census for big cats as early as 1932. Betla National Park was closed for tourists for the last one and a half years from March 2020 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Kumar Ashutosh, Area Director of PTR told PTI: "The Betla National Park has been opened for tourists from today. The counting of wild animals has also been started." The director of the reserve said that the counting of wildlife is done after every four years. The last time the counting was done was in 2018. This counting is slated to be co...