Archive · 11 Oct 2026
Panna’s Tigress and Cubs Delight Visitors in Vindhyan Forest
Panna is a forest in India where tigers once disappeared because of poaching.
In 2009, forest officials brought tigers from other parks to help rebuild the population.
The effort worked, and tigers began having cubs again.
A visitor went to Panna in May to see wildlife.
The visitor spotted a chinkara and two rare-looking female chausingha.
Later, tigress P-142 came to a pond with her three cubs.
The cubs splashed and played in the water while their mother drank and watched over them.
The family then walked back into the grass.
Panna Tiger Reserve lost its tigers by February 2009 amid widespread poaching.
In November 2009, two tigresses and a male tiger were moved to Panna from other reserves.
The reintroduction succeeded, with Kanha tigress T2 producing four cubs in October 2010.
During a May visit, the writer saw chinkara and two female chausingha in Hinauta.
Tigress P-142 appeared at a pond with her three cubs, which played and cooled off in the water.
- Who
- Wildlife photographer and safari visitors; tigress P-142 and her three cubs.
- What
- A visitor recounts wildlife sightings in Panna, including P-142 and her cubs at a pond.
- When
- The visit took place in May; the article also describes the tiger reintroduction launched in November 2009.
- Where
- Panna Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India, including its Hinauta and Madla zones.
- Why
- The author accepted an invitation to visit Panna and observe its wildlife.
Article’s account
Other perspective
Tiger recovery
Article’s account
The article describes the reintroduction as a notable conservation success and model of active tiger recovery.
Other perspective
The article provides no opposing assessment of the reintroduction or its results.
Poaching causes
Article’s account
The article attributes the reserve’s tiger loss to rampant, organised poaching, involving poacher groups and some ritualistic hunters from local Pardhi communities.
Other perspective
No response or alternative account from the people or groups mentioned is included.
- Reserve
- Panna National Park and Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh
- Tiger loss
- The reserve was left without tigers by February 2009.
- Reintroduction
- Two tigresses and one male tiger were moved to Panna in November 2009.
- First reported litter
- T2, brought from Kanha, had four cubs in October 2010.
- P-142
- A Hinauta tigress seen with three cubs, about three months old during the visit.
- Other wildlife sightings
- The writer saw a chinkara and two female chausingha.
- Reserve zones
- Madla and Hinauta are core zones; Akola and Jhinna are buffer zones.