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Tigers still survive, hanging on, despite a decline in wild herbivores such as chital.
The Santhal who told me this also saw the large pugmark of a tiger near the kill. It is also extremely likely that the Konar is acting as a source habitat for tigers where they are actually breeding, as another adivasi confirmed sighting a tiger cub in the forest near Jarwadih less than two months ago. His Rs. 8,000 water buffalo had been killed and he was angry about it, but he said he had no objections to tigers repopulating the forest. The Konar watershed is situated in the north-eastern corner of what may be the largest connected tiger habitat on Earth, supporting perhaps as many as 1,500 tigers. The vital connecting corridors are stressed, but they are still functioning, and tigers are still using them.