Collarwali : A Tigress who attained the tag of Super Mom died after 16 years
- Forest Department Cremated and Paid respectful adieu to Collarwali : A tigress
The 17-year-old tigress, also known as T15, died on Saturday evening, said Ashok Kumar Mishra, Field Director of PTR. While speaking to The Daily Guardian Mishra said, “She had given birth to 29 cubs in eight litters during the span of 11 years – between 2008 and 2018.”
The office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) confirmed the death of the tigress without disclosing any other information. The tigress, who looked very weak due to old age, was last seen on January 14 by the PTR visitors.
This female cub was radio-collared in March 2008. After that radio collar stopped functioning, she was again radio-collared in January 2010. The tigress later became famous as “Collarwali” or T15 tigress, Mishra said. According to experts, the average age of a tiger is about 12 years.
Collarwali had first given birth to three cubs in May 2008, but they could not survive. For the last time, the tigress delivered four cubs in December 2018, which took the number of her cubs to 29. Officials feel that this number could be a record, they said.
As per officials, of the total number of 29 cubs, 25 survived, and in a rare occurrence, Collarwali, born as one of the four cubs to famous tigress T-7 in September, 2005, had given birth to a litter of five cubs (4 females and 1 male) on October 23, 2010.
Madhya Pradesh, with 526 big cats, had emerged as the “tiger state” of the country in 2018. Collarwali : A Tigress who attained the tag of Super Mom died after 16 years
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