In a significant boost to Maharashtra’s tiger conservation efforts, the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) has welcomed its first new resident under Operation Tara. A young tigress, identified as T20-S-2, has been successfully relocated from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) as part of the Maharashtra Forest Department’s long-term conservation programme. 

This comes after the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) granted approval to translocate a total of eight tigers, including three males and five females, from TATR and Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) to Sahyadri. As per the Maharashtra Forest Department, the entire operation is being implemented with scientific guidance from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII).