Eight tiger cubs born in Pench reserve

Bhopal: Two tigresses have given birth to eight cubs in Madhya Pradesh’s Pench Tiger Reserve in a span of just two months. “Last month, a tigress with five newly born cubs was sighted and this month our ground duty officials have spotted another feline with three cubs,” Pench deputy field director O P Tiwari said on Sunday. He said both the tigresses have given birth to cubs under Karmajhiri range of the reserve. With the news of the new-born cubs, monitoring in and around Karmajhiri has increased, officials said.