Mangaluru: 'Rani' Tigress gives birth to five cubs at Pilikula Nisargadhama Park
Mangaluru: A tigress at Dr. Shivrama Karantha Pilikula Nisarga Dhama has given birth to five babies including three female cubs increasing the number of wild cats at the park.
The tigress fondly known as ‘Rani' (meaning Queen) gave birth to the five cubs recently, all of who are said to be in good health condition and have now been taken out from the initial observation.
According to the park authorities the cubs will be kept in cage for three months and necessary medications will be provided to them before releasing them out in the open area of park.
“Rani" was brought to Pilikula Park three years ago from Bannerghatta National Park. She is expected to be sent to some other zoo after three more years while Pilikula Park also has plans to get two White Tigers from Tirupati Zoo.
Currently, Pilikula Park is home to eight tigers which includes five males and three females. The park also has four lions, two each of Asiatic and Afro Asian. It is also home eight leopards, two bears, four Hippopotamus, and other 1200 other animals of over a 100 species of animal kingdom.
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Security forces destroy 23 illegal bunkers, seize 18 IEDs in Manipur
Imphal (PTI): Security forces have destroyed 23 bunkers illegally constructed in Manipur's Ukhrul and seized 18 IEDs in Tengnoupal district in separate operations, a police statement said on Saturday.
The bunkers were destroyed on Thursday in the hill villages of Mongkot Chepu, Shongphel, Mullam, Sirarakhong and Ringue in Litan police station area, it said.
A 12-bore pump action gun, 17 cartridges of different calibres and 111 empty cases of fired bullets were also seized.
At least seven people have been shot dead in different firing incidents and more than 30 houses have been torched since violence broke out between Tangkhul Naga and Kuki communities in Ukhrul district in February this year.
Meanwhile, in a separate operation on Wednesday, security forces seized a cache of arms and explosives in T Bongmol village in Moreh police station area in Tengnoupal district.
Two single-barrel rifles, four 9mm pistols with magazines and 18 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were seized. The explosives were destroyed on the spot, it added.
