Jharkhand Has Proposed Its First-Ever Tiger Safari
Kartavya Desk Staff
Source: IE
Context: Jharkhand has proposed its first-ever tiger safari in the fringe area of Palamau Tiger Reserve (PTR), aimed at boosting tourism and wildlife education.
About Jharkhand Has Proposed Its First-Ever Tiger Safari:
• What is a Tiger Safari?
• A tiger safari is a tourism model involving naturalistic enclosures to house tigers — mainly rescued, conflict-prone, or orphaned — allowing guaranteed sightings unlike traditional wild safaris. First proposed in NTCA Guidelines 2012, further refined in 2016 and later by Supreme Court directives in 2024.
• A tiger safari is a tourism model involving naturalistic enclosures to house tigers — mainly rescued, conflict-prone, or orphaned — allowing guaranteed sightings unlike traditional wild safaris.
• First proposed in NTCA Guidelines 2012, further refined in 2016 and later by Supreme Court directives in 2024.
• Legal Framework Governing Safaris:
• Governed by: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 NTCA Guidelines (2012, 2016) CZA (Central Zoo Authority) for design, welfare, and compliance As per SC order (March 2024): Safaris must be outside core and buffer zones of tiger reserves.
• Governed by: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 NTCA Guidelines (2012, 2016) CZA (Central Zoo Authority) for design, welfare, and compliance
• Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972
• NTCA Guidelines (2012, 2016)
• CZA (Central Zoo Authority) for design, welfare, and compliance
• As per SC order (March 2024): Safaris must be outside core and buffer zones of tiger reserves.
• Types of Tigers Safaris:
• Captive Safari: Houses rescued or zoo-bred tigers in controlled naturalistic settings. Wild Safari: Traditional open-reserve model like in Ranthambore or Jim Corbett, with no guaranteed sightings.
• Captive Safari: Houses rescued or zoo-bred tigers in controlled naturalistic settings.
• Wild Safari: Traditional open-reserve model like in Ranthambore or Jim Corbett, with no guaranteed sightings.
About Palamu Tiger Reserve (PTR):
• Palamu Tiger Reserve is one of the original nine Project Tiger reserves in India, and the only tiger reserve in Jharkhand, notified in 1974.
• Location: Latehar district, on the Chhotanagpur Plateau, Jharkhand.
• Rivers: Drained by North Koel, Burha, and Auranga rivers (Burha is perennial).
• Flora:
• Predominantly Northern Tropical Dry Deciduous forests. Dominant species: Sal (Shorea robusta).
• Predominantly Northern Tropical Dry Deciduous forests.
• Dominant species: Sal (Shorea robusta).
• Fauna:
• Flagship species: Bengal Tiger. Other key fauna: Asiatic Elephant, Leopard, Sloth Bear, Grey Wolf, Indian Pangolin, Otter, Four-horned Antelope.
• Flagship species: Bengal Tiger.
• Other key fauna: Asiatic Elephant, Leopard, Sloth Bear, Grey Wolf, Indian Pangolin, Otter, Four-horned Antelope.
• Historical Significance:
• Declared under Project Tiger in 1974. Site of the world’s first pugmark-based tiger census (1932), led by J.W. Nicholson.
• Declared under Project Tiger in 1974.
• Site of the world’s first pugmark-based tiger census (1932), led by J.W. Nicholson.