PTR breaks rule, gives ‘chicken-hunter’ a name

Mangala, an abandoned tiger cub, will be released into the forest when it turns two

As a rule, animals in wildlife sanctuaries are not given names. The State has broken the rule for once and christened a female tiger cub at the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR). The cub was abandoned by its mother in the forest on the border with Tamil Nadu last year and the PTR staff had found it in an emaciated state. A temporary shelter was set up near the place it was found. Two veterinary doctors monitored it constantly. Once the cub was nursed back to health, it was named Mangala.