The focus is on finding 14 tigers that have not been seen since between May 17 and September 30 of this year.An official order issued on November 4 stated that reports of missing tigers have surfaced repeatedly from Ranthambore’s monitoring assessments.”Despite several notices sent to the park’s field director, no significant improvements have been noted.As of a report dated October 14, 2024, 11 tigers have been unaccounted for over a year, with limited recent evidence of another 14.Given the circumstances, an inquiry committee has been set up to investigate the missing tigers in Ranthambore,” the order said.Chief Wildlife Warden Pavan Kumar Upadhyay said, “The committee will submit its report within two months.We have identified some monitoring gaps that we want to address.Recently, I started collecting weekly monitoring reports, which showed that these tigers were not recorded on trap camera. This matter is being taken very seriously.”
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