📷 Image: Wikimedia Commons / Dan Lundberg
National
Sariska Tiger Reserve Reintroduces Tigers After 2005 Poaching Crisis
✍️ The Times of India
🗓 11 Nov 2026, 12:39 PM
👁 6
After all its tigers were poached by 2005, Sariska Tiger Reserve brought 12 tigers from Ranthambore in 2008 to restore its population.
In 2005, Sariska Tiger Reserve lost its entire tiger population to illegal poaching, leaving the park empty of its flagship species.
The loss prompted wildlife authorities to seek a solution to revive the reserve's ecological balance.
In 2008, a conservation team transferred 12 tigers from the nearby Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to Sariska, marking the first major reintroduction effort in the park.
The translocated tigers have since established a breeding population, helping to restore the reserve's biodiversity.
The move is seen as a critical step in India's broader tiger conservation strategy.
The loss prompted wildlife authorities to seek a solution to revive the reserve's ecological balance.
In 2008, a conservation team transferred 12 tigers from the nearby Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to Sariska, marking the first major reintroduction effort in the park.
The translocated tigers have since established a breeding population, helping to restore the reserve's biodiversity.
The move is seen as a critical step in India's broader tiger conservation strategy.