Dear All
This is B2 , Greatest ever male tiger on this planet ,
It was 2000 , after loss of charger and females like Sita and Mohini , bandhavgarh was on brink of loosing its flavour and karishma as only 7 tigers were there in tourism Zone , It was B2 with Banbehi and Chakradhara female rebuilded the glory of park , He has sired over 35 tigers, 90% of which lived to adulthood, an extraordinary high ratio itself thanks to the protection he has been able to afford his many lovers! The sizable majority of tigers living in Bandhavgarh today are his sons and daughters. As Head of the family business, B2 has been estimated to have earned US$30m over last 7 year in the Tala Tourism range.
B2 has already crossed age of 13 and he is in last phase of life. But still he is rock solid and able to defend most of his teritory and females. The cubs images I have posted in Jan/feb are of his own kids
Can we see B2 in 2011 :( , From last 3/4 years everone says this is last season of B2 and B2 comes up strongly next season :)
I hope I will be able to see king in June 2010 ( I have made promise to my wife that this will be my last trip to bandhavgarh this year :eek: ) and My eyes will be searching him in Oct 2010 when park re-opens
Take my bows B2 and may God bless us by giving him many more years
All comments are welcome and much appreciated
Harshad