The camera trap installed at Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary near Kolhapur has captured the image of a tiger—for the fourth time since 2012, highlighting the importance of the forests.

Deputy Conservator of Forest Vishal Mali from Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary in a post on Facebook said, “The tiger is at the apex of any  ecosystem. It Indicates a good forest. If there is a tiger in the forest that means the forest has all factors of the ecosystem in good shape. In Western Maharashtra there’s only one tiger reserve, Sahyadri Tiger Reserve. And tigers are migratory and not resident. We are trying very hard to augment and develop a habitat for residential tigers. Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary is a major and only corridor which facilitates the movement of tigers from Karnataka and Goa to Sahyadri. With help from District Planning, 100 trap cameras were placed in Radhanagari. And, we are ecstatic that a tiger was captured through a trap camera for the first time in recent history. The Radhanagari corridor is functional. It is a new start, it is a new beginning!”