Anurag Kumar
Wildlife officials and animal enthusiasts are delighted that a tiger was captured on camera trap in the Yamunanagar district of Haryana’s Kalesar National Park.
“It is a proud moment for the state as the tiger has been spotted in the Kalesar region after 110 years,” said Haryana’s minister of forests and wildlife, Kanwar Pal, as he shared two photographs of the big cat on Thursday.
“The final sighting occurred in 1913. Forests and wildlife are our natural heritage, and we must safeguard them,” the minister, who is also an MLA from the Jagadhri constituency, stated on Facebook.
“The tiger was spotted on April 18 and 19.” Both images were obtained in the park by a camera trap. “We have formed a team to follow the pugmarks to determine the age, gender, and other characteristics of the animal,” said ML Rajvanshi, chief forest conservator (wildlife) in Panchkula.
The tiger is believed to have entered Kalesar from Rajaji National Park in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, according to Vineet Garg, additional chief secretary (ACS) for forests and wildlife.
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The Kalesar park is adjacent to the Simbalbara National Park in the Sirmaur district of Himachal Pradesh. Through a dense forest, these two parks are attached to Rajaji National Park. It appears that tigers use this corridor as a passageway,” Garg said.
“It’s too early to tell, but it’s possible that the tiger has made Kalesar its new home, as pugmarks have been spotted in the area. We are investigating this prospect,” he continued.
The Kalesar National Park is situated on 11,570 acres in the Shivalik foothills and is home to a wide variety of wild animals, including leopards, elephants, wild boar, sambar, and numerous species of wildlife. Two untamed elephants reportedly arrived in Kalesar from Rajaji National Park in February.
In February, a mature tiger was photographed in Simbalbara National Park. On February 21, the Shimla wildlife division tweeted a photo of a large cat.
