Assam: Golden Tiger Spotted In Kaziranga In Rare Sighting

Guwahati: In a rare sighting, a golden tiger was spotted by a tourist from Bengaluru in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve in Assam.

It is to be noted that this happened to be the first sighting of the golden tiger in Kaziranga in over two years and it was spotted alongside rhinos, wild buffaloes and deer.

The tourist who captured the moment has been identified as Vishwajit Chhetri and he confessed that he was startled to see the tiger together with rhinoceros and added that never in his wildest of dreams did he imagine that he would come across such a rare sighting.

"Usually, one does not see a rhinoceros and the Royal Bengal Tiger together. Except when the tiger is on a hunting spree," said Chhetri.

The golden tiger was previously seen in Kaziranga back in July 2020 and it was photographed by naturalist and destination manager with luxury cruise ship M V Mahabahu, Mayuresh Hendre.

Meanwhile, the tiger population in Assam has surged from 159 in 2018 to 200 in 2021.

There are currently 121 tigers in Kaziranga, 48 in Manas, 28 in Orang and three in Nameri Tiger Reserve.

On the other hand, in a recent Rhino population estimation in the Kaziranga National Park of Assam, 200 more rhinos were found as compared to the number of rhinos found in the previous census.

At least 2613 one-horned rhinoceros including calves were counted following the recent census and in the last census carried out in 2018 at least 2413 rhinos were found in the world-famous Kaziranga National Park.

The 14th Rhino population census in Kaziranga National Park was carried out for 4 days starting on Friday 25 March and ending on Monday 28 March.

A total of 252 frontline staff was directly involved in the process of counting the rhinos across different parts of Kaziranga National Park.

In the whole process, a total of 64 enumerators, 49 media observers and 12 independent observers actively participated in the success of the census to get an accurate count of rhinos.

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