Tigress gives birth to 4 cubs in Maharashtra’s Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve

Gondia: Wildlife lovers have reasons to cheer as a tigress has given birth to four cubs in the Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) in Maharashtra’s Gondia district, officials said.
Besides, two more tigresses from the Bramhapuri range (in Chandrapur district) are expected to be released in the NNTR soon, they said.
Of late, tigress T-4 has been seen moving around with four cubs born in a single litter, NNTR’s field director Jayarame Gowda R said.
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The cubs are believed to be four to five months old, an official said.
Currently, the NNTR has 12 to 17 tigers, as per the recent All India Tiger Estimation report.