Rescued wild tigress Ramya may be used to introduce a new strain of genes in the captive breeding programme of the Mysuru zoo.
Zoo director B.P. Ravi confirmed this to The Hindu. “As the tigress is in her prime, she has been chosen under the zoo’s breeding programme,” he said.
In the recent years, the zoo had successfully bred tigers and had introduced new strain of genes for stronger and healthier cubs. Brahma, a male cub aged 12 years, which was caught in Brahmagiri forest range in 2008, and white tigress Manya had been paired for the first time in May 2011. Manya gave birth to three cubs.
