TIGRESS JHALRA FEMALE (T-19)

 

Tigress Jhalra Female (T-19), more popularly known as the Jhalra Female, is one of the more well-known tigresses of Ranthambore National Park. Her life story testifies to the resilience of the tigress and how she reared her cubs through great struggle in the park's environment.

The T-19 tigress, a progeny of the well-known Machali tigress, is sometimes called the "Jhalra Female" because that was where she spent her prime years.

The T-19 was born during the monsoon season in July and September of 2006, together with Satara (T-17) and Athara (T-18). They were Machali's three female cubs. A tourist car discovered the mother and all three cubs (when they were young) for the first time towards the tail end of October 2006.

After December, tourists go there often. The popularity of T-19 can be attributed to its amazing and intriguing ancestry. At Ranthambore, her mother, Machali, and one of her sisters, Satara, were extremely royal and well-liked.

Jhalra expands her territory.

She (T-17) left her lineage at a very young age in quest of her territory, whereas T-19 and T-18 stayed with their mother for a considerable amount of time till the end of summer 2008. T-17 had entrenched itself securely around the lakes she had seized from Machali.

In the meantime, T-18 created a region around Nalghati, Phoota Banda, and Phoota Kot. T-19 was forced to occupy the Mandoob plateau, which has few permanent waterholes and poor prey density in the summer, as the "remainder" of Machali's area. Soon after T18 was moved to Sariska, T-19 seized control of her domain.

T-19, in contrast to T-17 and T-18, has always been the most secretive tigress in Ranthambore, and her observations between 2008 and 2011 had fewer and more significant gaps. She rarely attracted visitors' attention since she confined herself to the isolated areas of the dry streambeds on the Mandoob grassland.

Three cubs are born to T-19.

She had been seen mating with T-28 (or Star Male), the dominant male in that territory at the time, between the end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011. After they had been married for a while, she started to disappear. 

Her pugmarks and droppings in and around the Nalghati area provide some proof of her existence. It was assumed that she must have been expecting her brood or that she would most likely be spending time with her pups.

She was soon seen with three pups—two boys and one female—and was on the point of extending her range when she and her cubs migrated in the direction of the Lahpur Valley. She grew her domain to its largest size by the end of 2011.

T-19 is now the happy owner of a huge area. She is the traditional successor to Machali's residual areas since T-18 was moved to the Sariska Reserve. She is frequently seen working with her 10-month-old cubs on training, and she often takes them for walks in the woods in the Nal Ghati-Kamaldhar part of Zone 2 of the park.