Buxa Tiger Reserve: Tiger Reintroduction and Ecological Significance
8 October 2026
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Mehnat Aapki, Guidance Humari
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Buxa Tiger Reserve: Tiger Reintroduction and Ecological Significance
Context: On 2 October 2026, a tigress identified as T138 was released in Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR), West Bengal, under a phased tiger reintroduction programme. Officially, T138 was brought from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, not Kaziranga. The programme aims to rebuild a viable tiger population in a landscape where habitat degradation, fragmentation and low prey availability had weakened natural recovery.
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Explore Buxa Tiger Reserve's tiger reintroduction program in West Bengal. Learn about T138's release, ecological significance, and habitat restoration efforts under Project Tiger.
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Buxa Tiger Reservetiger reintroductionWest BengalProject Tigerwildlife corridorshabitat restorationT138 tigressHimalayan-Terai landscape