India to showcase tiger conservation success to SAARC nations

SAARC-TIGERS


New Delhi, Oct 18 (PTI) India will showcase its
success story in re-introducing big cats in Rajasthan's
Sariska tiger reserve to the South Asian Association for
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations when their environment
ministers meet here on Tuesday.

"The dignitaries from the neighbouring countries
visiting India to attend a meeting on climate change will also
take a trip to Sariska where three tigers - a male and two
females were relocated from adjacent Ranthambore Tiger
Reserve last year," a senior official of the environment
ministry said.

The tigers have settled well, making kills and
Rajasthan forest department officials hope that they will soon
go the family way.

"The guests will be shown a film on tiger re-location
and taken to the reserve for sight seeing of the predators,"
the official added.

The project, a first-of-its-kind experiment to
relocate the big cats, is being touted as the country's
commitment towards wildlife conservation including
preservation of tigers, which is enlisted as endangered
species and tops the chart of the ecology system. PTI AJ
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