Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha is home to the world's only population of melanistic tigers, a rare genetic variant of the Royal Bengal Tiger. Melanistic tigers, with their distinct coat pattern ...

BHUBANESWAR: A melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) was killed by poachers in Similipal Tiger Reserve, the world's only habitat, where some estimated 20 black-striped cats remain, authorities said ...

As per the All Odisha Tiger Estimation (AOTE) 2023-24, released last year, the big cat count in Simipal stood at 27 which included 13 melanistic tigers. These rare big cats with distinctive dark ...

the State’s largest tiger habitat - to enhance genetic diversity and boost the big cat population, wildlife poachers have been arrested for allegedly hunting a rare melanistic tiger, a species ...

Baripada: Days after two persons were arrested on poaching charges along with seizing claws and teeth of a melanistic Royal Bengal Tiger from ... The team also seized the skin of the big cat. The four ...

Despite the deployment of special forces, poaching of a rare melanistic tiger from Similipal forest has raised questions on the ongoing measures to protect the big cats in Odisha. Forest officials ...

Baripada (Odisha), Jan 15 (PTI) In a major crackdown against poachers and illegal traders of body parts of wild animals, forest officials arrested four people from the Similipal forest in Odisha and ...