This two and a half year old male is being protected from alpha males (who would kill him) until he is ready to fend for himself.
His mother was killed when he was a cub, poisoned by a local farmer protecting cattle. Now, of an age when he must be separated from his sisters who are also being protected and supported, he has a 6 square kilometer fenced area to roam while he's learning to provide for himself. Soon he will be released into unfenced wild to an area outside that dominated by other males - a territory he will be able to claim as his own.
As well as Tigers this jungle at Bandhavgarh National Park is home to a large variety of mammals and birds willing to show for the camera.
Here are my birds...
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| Collared Scops Owl |
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| Blackiston's Fish Owl |
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| Blackiston's Fish Owl |
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| Changable Hawk-Eagle |
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| Red-Wattled Lapwing |
The Blackiston's Fish Owls are pretty funny!
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