Rare Black Tiger

Context: Recently, the death of a Rare Black Tiger was reported in the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha.

About Rare Black Tiger 

• Black Tigers are a rare colour variant of the Bengal tiger and are not a distinct species or geographic subspecies
• The coat colouration and patterning that make the wild cats appear dark boil down to a single mutation .

Similipal Tiger Reserve

• It was formally designated a tiger reserve in 1956 and brought under Project Tiger in the year 1973. It was declared a biosphere reserve by the Government of India in June, 1994.
• It is situated in the northern part of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district.
• 50 years of Project Tiger

Project Tiger 

• an initiative to save tigers, was first initiated in the year April 1, 1973 in Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand.
• Centrally Sponsored Scheme under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC)
• Objective :

• To ensure the maintenance of a viable population of tigers in India for scientific, economic, aesthetic, cultural and ecological values.
• To preserve, for all times, areas of biological importance as a national heritage for the benefit, education and enjoyment of the people.

Prelims Question for Practice

Consider the following protected areas:
1. Bandipur
2. Bhitarkanika
3. Manas
4. Sunderbans

Which of the above are declared Tiger Reserves?
1 and 2 only
1, 3 and 4 only
2, 3 and 4 only
1, 2, 3 and 4

Ans. B

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