25 tigers missing from Ranthambore Park; investigation initiated

Jaipur: In a shocking development, 25 tigers from Rajasthan‘s Ranthambore National Park have gone missing in the last year. Rajasthan’s Chief Wildlife Warden, Pavan Kumar Upadhyay, has reported that 25 out of the 75 tigers in Ranthambore National Park have gone missing over the last year. This is the first time such a high number of tigers has been officially reported missing in a year. The wildlife department formed a three-member committee to investigate the disappearances, with the focus on finding 14 tigers that have not been seen since May 17 to September 30 of this year. An official order issued on November 4 stated that reports of missing tigers have surfaced repeatedly from Ranthambore’s monitoring assessments. As of October 14, 2024, 11 tigers have been unaccounted for over a year, with limited recent evidence of another 14. An inquiry committee has been set up to investigate the missing tigers in Ranthambore. Efforts to ease pressure on the park include relocating villages from the buffer zone, but progress has been slow. Park officials have said that Ranthambore faces challenges due to tigers’ overcrowding, leading to fights over territory.