The Forest Department is planning to open a tiger rescue centre-cum-safari park in the buffer zone of Corbett tiger reserve near Kotdwar.
According to State Forest Minister Dinesh Aggarwal, the tiger rescue centre-cum-safari park would help in treatment of rescued tigers while also enabling visitors to view the big cat. According to the Corbett director Samir Sinha, there is no tiger rescue centre in the State at present.
"The department is planning to establish a tiger rescue centre-cum-safari park on about 200 hectares area at Gujjar Sot in the buffer zone of Corbett near Kotdwar in Pauri district. In accordance with the law, we will house rescued tigers unfit to be released back in the wild at this safari park. Discussions have been started with the Central Zoo Authority as the rescue centre-cum-safari park will be established under the guidance of CZA," he said. It should be mentioned here that those in favour of a tiger rescue centre-cum-safari park state that such a facility will prove beneficial for rescued tigers while also generating revenue.