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Bihar's recovered tiger habitat yields its first translocation success

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A three-year-old tigress (T138) has been translocated from Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve to Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal, part of a broader tiger recovery story. Valmiki was once degraded by mining but after Supreme Court intervention closed mining operations in 2005, the landscape recovered: tiger occupancy increased from 510 square kilometres in 2006 to 750 square kilometres in 2010, and herbivore prey populations returned.

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Prey recovery, community support, and safe connectivity will determine whether the translocated tigers can establish a breeding population in their new home.

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