The pride of Ranthambore National Park Sultana Tigress recently chased open safari vehicles that were filled with tourists in a thrilling encounter between the man and wild. Thankfully, the quick response of the drivers saved lives of several people that had their heart in mouth for minutes when Sultana charged their vehicles. The incident comes just a week after Sultana was caught attacking a stray dog that somehow made its way inside the sanctuary. After multiple incidents of Sultana’s aggression have emerged, the route has been closed for the authorities until further orders. Moreover, to monitor the tigress, cameras have been installed at several spots of the wildlife sanctuary.

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1. Background
2. The Facts of the Matter
3. What Did the Video Show?
4. Previous Similar Incidents Involving Sultana

Background

Spread across an area of 1,334 sq. km, the Ranthambore National Park was established as a national park in 1980. Since then, the national park has hosted hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. The most revered species of the park are the Bengal Tiger and the Indian Tiger. At one point, the national park hosted hundreds of tigers, but due to poaching, the number dropped significantly. It currently houses 74 tigers. The current Queen Tigress of the park is Krishna, daughter of Machli, one of the most famous tigresses from India.

Even after a controlled environment that the national park promises, at times humans and big cats come too close to each other to either’s liking. A similar incident happened recently in the national park.

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The Facts of the Matter

When a handful of tourists sat in an open safari vehicle at the Ranthambore National Park, they were in for a shocking surprise. Little did they know that their wish of seeing a tiger would be fulfilled, and then some. Reportedly, one of the most revered Tigress of the park – Sultana – gave a thrilling chase to the open safari vehicles. The entire incident was recorded on the video camera and was later shared on social media profiles. Reportedly, the incident transpired at the Zone-I of the park.

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What Did the Video Show?

The video shows a jeep slowly backing away from something on its way. In a moment we see that its tigress T-107 aka Sultana that the jeep is backing away from. Within a moment, Sultana shifts gear and picks up its pace, forcing the jeeps ahead of it to continue backing away. The cool minds of the drivers prevailed as they continued to drive on reverse gear before Sultana dropped the chase. What saved the situation was the fact that there were no other vehicles on both the tracks of the jeeps and thus, the drivers could quickly pick up the speed.

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Previous Similar Incidents Involving Sultana

A forest official was quoted in a Times of India claiming that Sultana has never attacked any humans till date, but the chase was part of its natural instinct. Meanwhile, the route has now been closed for tourists till further notice and cameras have been installed to monitor the tigress.

Reportedly, the tigress lives in the Zone I and has never charged any humans. It has however charged vehicles at times. It should be noted that this is the third time Sultana came dangerously close to humans.

Earlier in 2019, the tigress came close to vehicles filled with tourists. After the vehicle picked up its speed, Sultana ran alongside it.

Similarly, earlier on November 5 last year, a forest personnel on motorcycle had a dangerously close call when Sultana chased it.

 

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