Archive · 20 Nov 2025
Tiger Returns to Gujarat After 32 Years
After 32 years, a tiger has come back to live in Gujarat's Ratanmahal forest.
This is a big deal because Gujarat is now the only state with Asian lions, leopards, and tigers.
The tiger has been there for nine months, and the government is helping it stay by making sure there's enough food and a good home.
A tiger from Madhya Pradesh has made Gujarat's Ratanmahal forest its home for the past nine months
This is the first time in 32 years that a tiger has been permanently sighted in Gujarat
Gujarat now shelters three big cats: Asian lion, leopard, and tiger
Forest officials are monitoring the tiger's movement and working to maintain a suitable habitat
Clear photographic evidence confirms the tiger's sustained presence in Ratanmahal
- Who
- A tiger from Madhya Pradesh
- What
- Has made Gujarat's Ratanmahal forest its home
- When
- For the past nine months
- Where
- In Gujarat's Ratanmahal forest
- Why
- To live and find prey
- Age of the tiger
- Approximately four years old
- Duration of stay
- Nine months
- Other big cats in Gujarat
- Asian lion, leopard
- Monitoring method
- Camera traps and CCTV footage
- Prey species being resettled
- Chital and sambar
Sources
After 32 years, Tiger finally returns to Gujarat’s forest
Long extinct in Gujarat, tiger now returns to forest
Tiger returns to Gujarat after 30 years, settles in Ratanmahal and lifts revival hopes - Telegraph India
