Pilibhit. Actually, the Terai forests including Dudhwa have been the habitat of the Bengal Tiger for centuries. But there was a time when it seemed as if tigers had almost been wiped out from the Terai. But the craze of a wildlife lover made the Terai forests buzzing again. For the rehabilitation of tigers in the Terai, this person brought a tigress from a zoo in London, after teaching her all the tricks of hunting and survival, she released her in the forests of Dudhwa. It is believed that the tigress has an important contribution in the continuous growth of the magnificent clan of Terai tigers.
Actually, this wildlife lover is none other than Billy Arjan Singh, the father of Dudhwa. Giving more information on the life and contribution of Billy Arjan Singh to the Terai, while talking to Local 18, wildlife vlogger and wildlife expert Vivek Awasthi says that Billy Arjan Singh played an important role in convincing Indira Gandhi to establish the Dudhwa National Park. Is contributing. Due to his special attachment and love for the cat species, Kunwar Arjan Singh was called ‘Billy’ Arjan Singh.
Made Palia town my home
Billy Arjan Singh was born in 1917 in Gorakhpur. Billy Arjan Singh stayed abroad for a long time as an officer in the British Indian Army. After returning to India, he settled in Palia town of Kheri district where he engrossed himself only in hunting and farming. But once after hunting a leopard, they changed their mind and instead of hunting, they got involved in the conservation of big cats including tigers and leopards.
Tiger Heaven and ‘Tara’
Billy Arjan Singh, who had been a hunter for a long time, had a change of heart and turned from a hunter to a protector. After which he did many works for conservation. He did many works for the rehabilitation of deer which were on the verge of extinction in Dudhwa. At the same time, Billy Arjan Singh was also worried about the continuously decreasing number of tigers in the Terai. Due to this, in the year 1976, he brought a tigress named Tara from the London Zoo to India. Billy Arjan Singh had built a private forest which was called Tiger Heaven, it was in Tiger Heaven that Billy Arjan Singh raised Tara. Billy had taught Tara all the necessary skills to survive in the forest including hunting. After some time, he left Tara in the forests of Terai.
Due to this increased height?
Tara the tigress gave birth to 9 cubs while living in the Terai forests. On one hand, tigers were on the verge of extinction in the country including Terai. In such a situation, increasing the number of tigers beyond the figure of 9 was a big thing in itself. It is believed that many of the tigers found in the Terai after Tara were larger than average in size and resembled Siberian tigers to a great extent. Many European experts claimed that Tara was an “Indo-Siberian tiger”. In such a situation, while some people consider it a big contribution, many people criticize Billy Arjan Singh considering it as genetic pollution.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 25, 2024, 21:25 IST
