The Maharashtra forest department will soon translocate tigers from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) to Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) to revive the population of tigers in the STR.
- Photo evidence of tiger presence within the boundaries of STR has been few and pugmark evidence has shown the presence of seven to eight tigers from time to time.
- The STR is located in northern Western Ghats. It was established in January 2010 and straddles Kolhapur, Satara, Sangli, and Ratnagiri districts in western Maharashtra.
- It comprises Chandoli National Park and Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary.
- Tiger translocation projects have been undertaken in India since 2008. Sariska Tiger Reserve, in 2008, and Panna Tiger Reserve, in 2009, have witnessed successful tiger reintroduction and translocation projects.
- There have also been failures and shelving of reintroduction plans, like in the case of Satkosia Tiger Reserve in Odisha, which was the country’s first inter-state translocation project.
