Presence of tigers in Madhav national park confirmed

Bhopal, Sep 16 (PTI) The Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has confirmed the presence of tigers in Madhav National Park, Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh, official sources said today.
The CCMB''s Senior Scientist, Anuradha Reddy, has asked the park officials to send as many scat (dropping) samples as possible from the reserve to confirm exact number of tigers roaming in the national park, they said.
The park had earlier sent scat samples on August 11, 2009, to the CCMB, following which it has confirmed the presence of tiger in the park.
In April this year also, scat samples were sent to the CCMB for examination, the sources said.
Additional Chief Secretary (ACF) Forest M K Roy also met Reddy on the issue and she told him about the confirmation of presence of tigers in the park, they said.
Reddy asked the officials to send as many samples as possible for DNA examination so that exact number of tigers and their gender can be specified in a scientific manner.
Meanwhile, the sources said efforts are on to trace the missing cubs of tigress who was brought to Panna from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve for mating with a male tiger. PTI MAS AT

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