4,918 wild animals sighted during Machan Census in TATR

Once closed due to COVID-19 pandemic the ‘Machan Census’ was held after two years of gap in Vidarbha and received a huge response from wildlife and nature lovers.

This year, nature-lovers saw the highest 44 tigers in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in one night.

TATR management erected 98 machans at different locations of the tiger reserve. Two persons with one forest guard were there on a ‘machan’ for this activity.

The participants counted 44 tigers of which 23 were in the core area and 21 were in the buffer of TATR. There were total 4,918 wild animals sighted during the ‘machan census’ in TATR.

Animal	Core	Buffer	Total
Tiger	23	21	44
Leopard	04	07	11
Wild Dog	09	27	36
Sloth Bear	08	14	22
Indian Gour	125	200	325
Spotted Deer	859	350	1209
Sambar	649	293	942
Barking Deer	78	64	142
Choushinga	04	06	10
Wild Boar	589	680	1269
Nilgai	45	67	112
Chinkara	0	0	0
Langoor	181	287	468
Palm Civet	09	15	23
Small Ind Civet	04	02	06
Honey Badger	02	05	07
Wild Cat	03	04	07
Porcupine	02	0	02
Mongoose	25	12	37
Pangolin	0	0	0
Peacock	156	89	245
Total	2775	2143	4918

Meanwhile, in Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR), the participants also sighted a variety of wildlife during the ‘machan census’.

After a gap of two years, the activity took place in Kuhi, Pauni, Umred, Bor and New Bor Wildlife Range. Total 96 machans, including Gothangaon (20 machans), Paoni (16), Karandla (20) and Bordharan (40) were erected.