{"id":425,"date":"2022-03-10T12:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T07:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2022-06-16T14:32:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T09:02:01","slug":"shubhis-pyare-pahadi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/shubhis-pyare-pahadi\/","title":{"rendered":"Shubhi\u2019s Pyare Pahadi"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"425\" class=\"elementor elementor-425\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0fea5ad elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0fea5ad\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-975ba79\" data-id=\"975ba79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccfdabb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccfdabb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.6 - 08-06-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am going to be an armchair blogger for a while except when I write about places I actually visited in\u00a0 Uttarakhand, so please have patience. As soon as my mask is off!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This time I want to write about an eerie happening. I never heard about the migration of big cats&#8230; but\u00a0 for a few years our royal Bengal tigers have been moving up in Uttarakhand &#8230; up to 12,000 feet.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d6b8c76 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d6b8c76\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b86e9f9\" data-id=\"b86e9f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d5435 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89d5435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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elementor - v3.6.6 - 08-06-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Turning his back on us? <\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33b2f3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33b2f3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why did the Royal Bengal Tiger in the lower regions of Uttarakhand climb its way into the high\u00a0 forests of Askot, and Kedarnath Musk Deer National Parks &#8230;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u201fs not like the chicken crossing the road &#8230; I can just try to imagine a royal Bengal tiger climbing up,\u00a0 swimming through rivers, through the forests, stealthily and when it gets colder he stops for a while\u00a0 maybe kills a small animal rests under the pine trees on a bed of cones and grass&#8230; then again in the\u00a0 late evening he climbs higher and higher. The tiger is a crepuscular animal and is active after dusk\u00a0 and before sunrise.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local people saw him &#8230; WAS HE ALONE? Or did his mate and the young ones follow him? Did he\u00a0 roar?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tiger is the largest of big cats so when the local people reported seeing a big animal like a tiger the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forest officials thought they had seen a leopard. The attacks on buffaloes and other big domestic <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">animals forced the forest department to believe the presence of a tiger in the odd land. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It started being noticed in Uttarakhand since 2016 but despite decisions to study the high altitude\u00a0 tigers by <\/span><b>Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradoon, assessing the significance of the animal at such a\u00a0 height, we haven\u2019t any conclusions<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50ebb81 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"50ebb81\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7de5fb1\" data-id=\"7de5fb1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5a9989 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5a9989\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"color: #d62727;\">&#8220;Where, when the sun is melting in his heat,<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #d62727;\">The reeking tygers find a cool retreat;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #d62727;\">Bask in the sedges, lose the sultry beam<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #d62727;\">And wanton with their shadows in the stream.&#8221;<\/span> A very old poem<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d888ad1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d888ad1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fe5fa53\" data-id=\"fe5fa53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b2513a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b2513a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Forest officials sighted a royal Bengal tiger at an unusually high altitude of above 12,000 feet in the\u00a0 Indian Himalayas. The ecologists concluded that this was another disturbing instance of climate\u00a0 change.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>About 5 doz camera traps were installed in different parts of fixed on different parts of the Kedarnath\u00a0 Wildlife Sanctuary. The photograph of a tiger moving in Madhmaheshwar (also in the Kedarnath\u00a0 wildlife Sanctuar) area is the most prized of all.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>A tiger heading towards the snowbound area has surprised the forest officials.\u00a0 The camera trap captured the endangered musk deer, bear, fox and other animals. The snap of the tiger, taken at an altitude of 3400 mt is rare. The development has certainly provided wildlife\u00a0 scientists a new issue for research.\u00a0<\/p><p>The staff of the Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Chamoli and Rudraprayag districts in\u00a0 Uttarakhand, are thrilled with the recently obtained camera trap pictures.<\/p><p>And the Kedarnath Sanctuary showed one was even spotted just at the \u201cModi cave\u201d\u00a0 In 2016, the Uttarakhand Forest Department documented a tiger roaming at 10,740 feet in the Askot\u00a0 landscape of Uttarakhand- making it the highest elevation record for tiger in India.\u00a0 A tiger was seen in a picture shot from a camera fixed in Askot Wildlife Sanctuary in March 2016. The\u00a0 tiger lives at a height of 3,000-4,000 feet\u2014being spotted in the upper ranges of Uttarakhand, will add\u00a0 to the tenacious animal\u201fs ability to find a home for itself in diverse lands.\u00a0<\/p><p>There used to be so many types of tigers in the world, some have gone extinct. The Caspian tiger\u00a0 which roamed Australia is extinct and not from prehistoric times but in the last few centuries.\u00a0 These remarkable cats have adapted to thrive in these variable environments in different corners of\u00a0 throughout Asia\u2014from muddy mangrove swamps (the Sunderbans) in India to crisp temperate\u00a0 forests in the Russian Far East \u2014 there were once at least 100,000 tigers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Today maybe only 3,500 of these endangered animals remain, in India, southeast Asia, and Russia,\u00a0 where their survival is continually threatened by poaching and habitat loss.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Putin is doing everything to save his Siberian Tigers. About that and the Siberian Tigress Juzya he\u00a0 rewilded later.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>In Southeast Asia, for example, the complex coat pattern helps Sumatran tigers blend in with the\u00a0 dense lattices of tropical vegetation as they stalk their prey. To go through the narrow forest paths,\u00a0 they are smaller in size.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The Amur (or Siberian) tigers grow thicker coats than their Asian counterparts. Here, in winter\u00a0 conditions drive other big carnivores like the brown bear to hibernate, while tigers push through\u00a0 chest-deep snow to search for prey in temperatures that reach the minus forties. They sometimes cut\u00a0 their soft foot pads on coarse ice and leave drops of blood in their snowy tracks as they walk.\u00a0 The Siberians have thick auburn fur to camouflage them among the autumn oak leaves. Tigers persist\u00a0 and evolve over time by grabbing advantages from wherever destiny takes them.\u00a0 Tigers are amongst one of the most resilient species, dominating varying landscapes-from hot and\u00a0 humid jungles, to tropical grasslands to temperate forests, alpine woodlands to mangroves\u2026or low\u00a0 pressure oxygen, frosty mountains.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Usually, it is other big cats, like snow leopards, that are found above 12,000 feet.\u00a0 Unfortunately they don\u201ft have ways to deal with the most evolved and clever animal: man, whose\u00a0 fear and awe for them has pitted them against the TIGER. Hopefully the tigers\u201f survival instincts, and\u00a0 dedicated conservationists, will ensure tigers remain for future generations to see the apex animal at\u00a0 the top of the food pyramid.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Famous for their musk deer population and conservation, Askot and Kedarnath National Parks are\u00a0 home to leopard, jungle cat, civet, barking deer and brown bear besides the antelope-like serow and\u00a0 goral among other mammals.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea2daac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea2daac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f13edb0\" data-id=\"f13edb0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a3b484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a3b484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Photograph-of-tigress-from-Askot-Landscape-Uttarakhand.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Photograph-of-tigress-from-Askot-Landscape-Uttarakhand.png 850w, https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Photograph-of-tigress-from-Askot-Landscape-Uttarakhand-744x528.png 744w, https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Photograph-of-tigress-from-Askot-Landscape-Uttarakhand-420x298.png 420w, https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Photograph-of-tigress-from-Askot-Landscape-Uttarakhand-768x545.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photograph-of-tigress-from-Askot Landscape-Uttarakhand<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64361dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64361dc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-374c3d3\" data-id=\"374c3d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d5c7d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d5c7d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now the tiger is there in snow leopard country in the Askot and Kedarnath both musk deer\u00a0 sanctuaries and I\u201fm so scared he will either hurt my darling grey ghosts, the snow leopards or drive\u00a0 them back to Mongolia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Or the new inhabitants may get a taste of the endangered musk deer (the Uttarakhand State Animal)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35dd6d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35dd6d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c4f5ea\" data-id=\"1c4f5ea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ccbce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1ccbce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"325\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/15088463870.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0a6a03\" data-id=\"a0a6a03\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8943214 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8943214\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Musk deer (Moschus leucogaster) Musk lies in the musk deer\u2019s own nave White-bellied musk deer is a Schedule \u2013 I animal, according to wildlife (Protection) act, 1972, classified as Endangered (EN)\u00a0 by the IUCN. They prefer meadows, shrub lands and fir forests on high altitude plateaus. above 2000 meters. Kedarnath\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>sanctuary was set up in 1972 for musk deer conservation. But the funds are insuffiecient for effective actions. Antlers are\u00a0 absent in White-bellied musk deer, but they have a pair of tusks that project out of their mouths about 10 cm.\u00a0 <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1a1ec99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1a1ec99\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d4f130\" data-id=\"4d4f130\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e14818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e14818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Look I may not be a scientist but I am right in worrying about the State animal the Kasturi mrig\u00a0 (musk deer) becoming the prey for the Royal Bengal come lately: there is another State symbol, the\u00a0 Takin of Bhutan being devoured by their hi altitude tigers. This was proved by examining the tiger\u201fs\u00a0 poop which showed Takin as his last meal. Takins are highly endangered.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37a9f12 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37a9f12\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a07fc3e\" data-id=\"a07fc3e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aacb03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1aacb03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/black-to-goldish-coat-and-permanent-death-stare-not-so-many-animals-can-stand-the-aura-of-a-takin..jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/black-to-goldish-coat-and-permanent-death-stare-not-so-many-animals-can-stand-the-aura-of-a-takin..jpg 768w, https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/black-to-goldish-coat-and-permanent-death-stare-not-so-many-animals-can-stand-the-aura-of-a-takin.-744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/black-to-goldish-coat-and-permanent-death-stare-not-so-many-animals-can-stand-the-aura-of-a-takin.-420x280.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Black to goldish coat and permanent death stare, not so many  animals can stand the aura of a takin<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e196d1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e196d1d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ed0632\" data-id=\"7ed0632\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-702c260 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"702c260\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Takin (Burdorcas Taxicolor) national animal of Bhutan associatwd with Bhutanese religious history and\u00a0 mythology. Legend has it that in the 15th century, a Tibetan saint, Drukpa Kunley well-known as \u201cDivide\u00a0 Madman\u201d created this unique animal. AKA cattle chamois or gnu goat, large species of ungulate of the\u00a0 subfamily Caprinae found in eastern Himalayas. 4 subspecies: Mishmi takin (B. t. taxicolor),golden takin (B. t.\u00a0 bedfordi), Tibetan (or Sichuan) takin (B.t. tibetana), &amp; Bhutan takin (B. t. whitei).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bcf3d0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bcf3d0f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-21c7d58\" data-id=\"21c7d58\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0aff61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0aff61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Interestingly, the alpine forests in Mishmi Hills and surrounding areas are not home to ungulates like\u00a0 spotted deer, sambar and gaur, which are typically part of a tiger\u201fs diet. So they are preying on\u00a0 Mishmi takin, an endangered goat-antelope native to Northeast India, Myanmar and China.\u00a0 Or the snow leopards\u201ffavourite bharal, blue sheep might become the new diet of the hi altitude tigers. Which by the way is neither sheep nor blue&#8230; according to Peter Mathiessen who wrote the book\u00a0 \u201cSnow Leopard\u201d and went traipsing from India to Nepal where all, but never saw a snow leopard,\u00a0 and when people asked him \u201cSo you didnt see the snow leopard?\u201d he won my heart with his answer:\u00a0 \u201cNo. Isnt that nice?\u201dtrue soul of an animal lover.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The numbers of tigers in Uttarakhand has grown, as per an all-India estimation last year. The state,\u00a0 formed in 2000, reported 340 tigers\u2014the country\u201fs second, after Karnataka (406). A 2014 data put the\u00a0 country\u201fs number of royal Bengal tiger&#8211;India\u201fs national animal\u2014at 2,226, registering a 30% jump in\u00a0 four years.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Another wildlife expert pointed out that tiger-sighting in higher pose a challenge for the forest\u00a0 department in monitoring big cats.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Scientists say tiger sighting at 12,000-ft height indicates an effect of global warming. It\u201fs not healthy\u00a0 news they say. Now more animals may scale up. That will pose threat to other animals of the upper\u00a0 Himalayas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0784703 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0784703\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68d2b7e\" data-id=\"68d2b7e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-230e010 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"230e010\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tigers present in high altitudes in four states, says NTCA in ...Can the upper Himalayas be the  new home for tigers in South Asia?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ee9f0d7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ee9f0d7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cad751c\" data-id=\"cad751c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f16df89 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f16df89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During a meeting of National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) in Delhi tiger sighting in remote areas of both the hill states was discussed and a decision was taken to frame Special Standard\u00a0 Operating Procedure (SOP) to conduct tiger estimation in these areas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The authority directed officers to prepare the SOP in consultation with pioneer Wildlife Institute of\u00a0 India (WII), an official said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Then there is the Folk lore and true stories: This is not the first evidence of a tiger in high altitude \u00a0Himalayan regions of the country.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Irrespective of tiger census reports, the mountains are full of tales of tigers\u2014roars have been heard, \u00a0pug marks seen and anecdotes told by people and foresters alike for generations.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5630c9\" data-id=\"c5630c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a87888 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a87888\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInRight&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"866\" src=\"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/03b13d617c45a2d58db699c1444ad4bb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/03b13d617c45a2d58db699c1444ad4bb.jpg 574w, https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/03b13d617c45a2d58db699c1444ad4bb-420x634.jpg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b18c4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b18c4c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ffeb749\" data-id=\"ffeb749\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c7dcef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c7dcef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>G V Gopi, scientist at WII, who is at the helm of surveys in Dibang valley, says, \u201cIdu Mishmis \u00a0consider tiger as their brother and have known about its presence in the region since time \u00a0immemorial. The animal is revered across the valley and traditional laws prohibit its killing.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>In Sikkim, he is the Mamu: aba-bompu (maternal uncle), says Dechen Lachungpa, divisional forest \u00a0officer, East Sikkim.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Folklore aside, the writings of Jim Corbett, the British hunter-turned-conservationist, provide proof of \u00a0tiger presence in the higher elevations of Nepal and Kumaon region of India in the late 19th and early \u00a020th century.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Closer in time, in Sikkim, Khituk Bhutia, a yak herder from Yali forest, narrates an incident that took \u00a0place 20 years ago when his horse was attacked by a tiger. Two more herders, Rinzing Ronchuk and \u00a0Lachung Norbu, from Bhusuk forest share similar stories.\u00a0<\/p><p>In December 2012, tiger cubs were found by the Idu Mishmi tribe in the Dibang valley of Arunachal \u00a0Pradesh. This prompted a study by the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, sanctioned by the \u00a0National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). Camera traps set up by WII revealed the presence of \u00a011 tigers in the valley and showed a Bengal tiger roaming in the snow-clad peaks of the Mishmi Hills \u00a0in sub-zero temperatures. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-06beb17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"06beb17\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7ca708c\" data-id=\"7ca708c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b53fea elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9b53fea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The world has a lesson to learn from the small Himalayan kingdom Bhutan.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1d06841 animated-fast elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"1d06841\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc39a53\" data-id=\"cc39a53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2163f85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2163f85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hi-altitude-tigers.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hi-altitude-tigers.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hi-altitude-tigers-744x496.jpg 744w, https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hi-altitude-tigers-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/ektharusty.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/hi-altitude-tigers-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b35ff25 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b35ff25\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19f8db5\" data-id=\"19f8db5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2578e93 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2578e93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;pulse&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bhutan is now home to 103 tigers, according to the country\u201fs first-ever tiger survey that was released \u00a0on Global Tiger Day on July 29. That\u201fs significantly higher than an earlier estimate of 75 tigers in \u00a01998\u2014and even more than the tiger population in Bangladesh\u201fs Sundarbans mangrove forests. \u00a0In 2010, the BBC captured the first video footage showing the high-alpine tigers living in the \u00a0kingdom. Bhutan, once one of the most isolated countries in the world, launched its first conservation \u00a0programme focused on tigers in 1996.<\/p><p>In 2010, the BBC, filmed the first ever footage of tigers at over 4000 m altitude in Bhutan for their \u00a0documentary series Lost Land of the Tigers. Available on Youtube. \u00a0<\/p><p>Bhutan has a Tiger Action Plan dedicated to conserving its rare big cats, protecting their habitat, and \u00a0raising awareness about the species across the country, in tune with Bhutan\u201fs Gross National \u00a0Happiness Index, which it uses to measure prosperity. \u00a0<\/p><p>The revival of tiger presence in the mountains can be viewed as a good sign and attributed to factors,\u00a0 including increased tiger population.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-08b8f96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"08b8f96\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb48807\" data-id=\"fb48807\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2b9ef8 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e2b9ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Therefore, with an aim to find such remote habitats, the team of biologists led by Dr. Pranav<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1116f71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1116f71\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5e430b\" data-id=\"f5e430b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1afc840 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1afc840\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;pulse&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chanchani, Lead of WWF-India\u201fs Tiger Conservation Programme was recently involved with dozens\u00a0 of other similar teams in the project- \u201cStatus of Tiger Habitats in High Altitude Ecosystems in Bhutan,\u00a0 India &amp; Nepal\u201d, across the four Indian states of Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Bengal, and Arunachal Pradesh.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Jointly implemented by the Global Tiger Forum (GTF), National Tiger Conservation Authority of\u00a0 India (NTCA), the State Forest Departments of four selected states, and Wildlife Institute of India\u00a0 (WII) the project involved carrying out surveys to assess the status and presence of tigers and other\u00a0 mammals in high altitudinal areas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>This involved interviews with herders and other knowledgeable individuals from the local \u00a0communities, conducting sign surveys to detect wildlife presence and deploying camera traps to \u00a0capture some of the most elusive species living in the mountains.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>There is this beautiful account of the WWF India team Tiger, of Pranav\u201fs deploying camera traps in \u00a0grids that fall within the Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary, all the way from Lohva Range (approx. \u00a01400 feet) to Madhmaheshwar Range (approx. 13,000 feet). <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80d3562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80d3562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca4a92f\" data-id=\"ca4a92f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46fe2d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"46fe2d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Walking through the frosty alpine meadows amidst the Oaks and Rhododendrons, spotting \u00a0Himalayan monals and Koklass pheasants rushing through bugyals (alpine meadows of Himalayas) \u00a0to seeing a strong herd of Himalayan tahrs moving through the Rhododendron forests.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>From curious gorals to shy Musk deers and rarely seen Himalayan serow, as the team gained height the surroundings became serene, and the habitat grew diverse. The vast, green bugyals which tend to \u00a0the nutritional needs of gorals and tahrs, became camping grounds for the team under the starry \u00a0nights.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Braving average temperatures of less than 5\u00b0C and incessant snowfall, the team keeps hiking further \u00a0up the mountains, loaded with backpacks, camera traps, and batteries. As they reach closer to the \u00a0ridge, they are greeted by torrential downpours &amp;strong icy winds, lashing against their exhausted \u00a0bodies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cThe occurrence of tigers in the Himalayas is not a new one- these mountains have been connected \u00a0with the Terai forests since time immemorial, and the species has ranged widely. Expansive forests, \u00a0diverse prey base and low anthropocentric pressure in these areas make it a viable habitat for the \u00a0tigers to grow and survive\u201dsays Dr. Pranav Chanchani, National Lead for Tiger Conservation at WWF \u00a0India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>\u201cThe results acquired through these extensive surveys across the Himalayas, will provide us with an \u00a0improved understanding of the habitats these big cats inhabit and also how the tigers are moving in \u00a0High Altitude Landscapes,\u201d says Mr. Nishant Verma, DIGF, NTCA. \u201cThis will also allow us to come \u00a0up with concerted management interventions for the conservation of the species.\u201d They decided to break their trek here- the coordinates on their GPS told them they had reached yhe place. After \u00a0exploring around for a while, a suitable spot was found and two camera traps were deployed- in a hope to find \u00a0the presence or at the very least credible evidence of the existence of an apex predator in these hostile \u00a0surroundings- the Royal Bengal tiger.\u00a0<\/p><p>After 42 days of survey and deployment, the team was back from their high altitude survey in \u00a0Kedarnath- hopeful and motivated. As the team sat in their field office in Dehradun, sifting through \u00a0thousands of camera trap images, they were reminded of the forest staff from Kedarnath Musk Deer \u00a0Sanctuary : Patrolling such vast areas of wilderness, against the weather-beaten conditions, in order \u00a0to conserve the flora and fauna of Uttarakhand- is a feat and a reminder of the tedious efforts these \u00a0Foresters make on a day-to-day basis. \u00a0<\/p><p>Preliminary data showed the distribution of a diverse assemblage of mammals including the Himalayan tahr, \u00a0Musk deer, Sambar and Himalayan black bears at almost 12,000 feet above sea level and then the moment of \u00a0reckoning: Later, halfway through the sifting process, the team comes across an image taken in the middle of \u00a0the night- a young male tiger is caught walking through the frosty alpine meadows amidst the Oaks and \u00a0Rhododendrons, just shy of the tree line at 13,000 feet above the mean sea level!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>The idea of tigers living in such cold weather, thriving at altitudes reaching up to 13,000 feet seems the stuff of \u00a0dreams, doesn\u201ft it? \u00a0<\/p><p>(With thanks to IANS and Suparna Roy Hindustan Times, Dehradun)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cd7ce1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cd7ce1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9561a5e\" data-id=\"9561a5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d92a7f 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Hindi<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22c4b11 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22c4b11\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e76ef30\" data-id=\"e76ef30\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb6ed37 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb6ed37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInDown&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I leave you with these hopeful thoughts and 3 little paintings of the tiger enjoying the snow just as I did<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-86d8f18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"86d8f18\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2482399\" data-id=\"2482399\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de0590d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de0590d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>What we do now, and in the next few years, will profoundly affect the next few 1000 years.\u00a0 \u2219 A few conservation models based off the tiger model (multinational cooperation for large \u00a0cats) are the Global Snow Leopard and Ecosystem Protection and Jaguar 2030 agenda \u2219 Uttarakhand plans &#8216;High Altitude Tiger Project!&#8217; The revival of tiger presence in the \u00a0mountains can be viewed as a good sign and attributed to factors, including increased tiger \u00a0population<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>On the other hand, some ambitious \u201edevelopmental\u201f plans and projects of the Government, \u00a0especially in the infrastructure and tourism sectors, may actually end up creating a situation \u00a0detrimental to 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