A tiger called Noor

If the Ranthambore National Park in Rajasthan is a conservation success story, the tigers of the reserve have remarkable life stories of their own. The biggest draw of the park today is Noor and her three cubs.

 

Noor and her three cubs on a hilly forest path in the national park.

The watchful ambush in the forest. The cubs are taught how to hide, camouflage themselves amidst rustling dry grass and the forest cover, and stalk prey without being noticed.

Noor carrying her cub in her powerful jaws.

Play time, The mother-cubs bonding is something photographers long to capture.

Play time. The mother-cubs bonding is something photographers long to capture.

The Ranthambore fort in the national park.

In the protective care of the mother.

Noor’s cub nuzzling at her after a lesson in kill.

The tigress and her cubs quenching their thirst at a pond in the park.

A sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) confronts Noor in the dry forests of the park.

A mating pair on a rocky plateau in the national park.

Aditya Dicky Singh

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The Bengal tiger at a waterhole in the Ranthambore National Park.