Photographer M.D. Parashar recorded the battle between tigers and wild boars in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan state, northern India, on the morning of January 25. In the roughly 20-second video, the tiger is grappling with a wild boar, surrounded by tree trunks and dry leaves.

Tiger biting the neck of an Indian wild boar. It also uses its front paws with its large claws to strike its prey in the face. Meanwhile, the wild boar screamed and tried to find a way to escape.

Parashar said the predator in the video is a tigress named Noor Tigress T-39. It gave birth to several litters between 2012 and 2016. The tiger is listed as endangered in the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). IUCN estimates that there are only about 3,500 tigers left in the wild.

The Indian wild boar differs from its European “relatives” in its large body, larger skull and smaller ears. As an adult, this animal can weigh about 130 kg. In India, wild boar is a source of food for tigers. In addition, tigers also eat smaller creatures such as birds, rodents, and larger creatures such as deer, even baby elephants.

Despite being listed as an endangered species in the Red Book, tiger populations have rebounded in India in recent decades thanks to the Tiger Project launched by the government in 1973. The project declared tigers a national animal. of India and to fund conservation efforts.

According to the State of India Tigers report 2018, there are an estimated 2,967 tigers in the country, accounting for more than four-fifths of the world, a significant increase from the 2010 estimate of 1,706. Today tigers are revered by many Indians. A tigress named T15 or Collarwali was even given a posthumous funeral in Pench National Park, Padhya Pradesh, earlier this year. OLD

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