<h5>There’s a school for tigers!?</h5><p>While human babies attend school to learn the alphabet, maths, etc., there’s a school for baby tigers (also called cubs).</p><p>In this unique 'tiger school,' the students are orphaned cubs rescued by officials. Here, they master the essential skills needed to survive in the wild.</p><p>This remarkable initiative is part of the rewilding program at Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, dedicated to giving these young tigers a second chance at life in their natural habitat.</p><p>Since its inception in 2005, this program has successfully rewilded a dozen tigers.</p><h5>How are tiger cubs rewilded?</h5><p>Orphaned cubs are kept in large enclosures with minimum human intervention to learn how to survive on their own.</p><p>They develop natural instincts and abilities needed to successfully survive in the wild. They are then released into a protected natural environment, like a wildlife sanctuary, after a certain period.</p><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <video width="100%" controls=""> <source src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/a-school-for-tiger-cubs%2FCub%201.mp4?alt=media&amp;token=77fbccf8-00b3-46ab-9b82-4c79f6711087" type="video/mp4"> </video> <figcaption>A tiger cub during the rewilding programme. Video by Kanha Tiger Reserve.</figcaption> </figure></div><h5>But why even rewild orphaned cubs?</h5><p>Tiger cubs learn how to survive and hunt in the wild from their mothers. If they are orphaned too soon, there is no one to teach them these essential skills.</p><p>In such cases, these cubs either fall victim to poaching or have to be kept in zoos. But tigers, like all wild animals, are meant to live freely in their natural habitats, <strong>NOT IN CAGES!</strong></p><p>Another benefit of rewilding is that it helps conserve and maintain the tiger population since these cubs will reproduce when they grow up.</p><h5>The syllabus of tiger cubs!</h5><div class="raw-html-embed"><figure> <video width="100%" controls=""> <source src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/a-school-for-tiger-cubs%2FCub%203.mp4?alt=media&amp;token=d0dc2056-aede-4ef2-ad18-899330b1eefe" type="video/mp4"> </video> <figcaption>A tiger cub is being released. Video by Kanha Tiger Reserve.</figcaption> </figure></div><p>In the beginning, the cubs are fed by park officials. At the age of three or four months, they start hunting on their own in the enclosures.</p><p>The cubs hunt chickens on their own and then move on to goats. Eventually, they have to hunt chitals (spotted deer).</p><p>After it has hunted sixty chitals, the tigers get their approval certificate to be released into the wild.</p><p>After spending around two-and-a-half years in the enclosure, a tiger is rewilded and monitored using a radio collar. Once it adapts to its new environment, the collar is removed.</p>

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