Snippets From My Wildlife Experiences!

  Some forest stories stay with you long after the safari is over. Not because of a dramatic chase or a perfect photograph, but because they make you look at wildlife a little differently. This is one such story about Junabai, the tigress from Tadoba who currently has four cubs. Junabai had made a kill and kept it across the road. But she couldn't simply return to it and feed. From morning until night, there were people walking through the area, villagers grazing their cattle and constant human activity. And so, she waited. Her cubs were still young and under training. They were learning about the world around them, and their reactions to people could have been unpredictable. A situation that an adult tiger might navigate cautiously could become very different with young cubs around. Junabai had to wait until the walkers, grazing people and cattle had completely left the area before she could return to her kill. Think about that for a moment. She had made a kill, but even feeding w...