While tigers straying out from the 78.82 sq km park killed a dozen cattle in neighbouring villages in the past three weeks, forest guards have reported sighting at least three female tigers along with cubs in the past two months.
Declared a national park in 1999, Orang had witnessed a sharp decline in the number of tigers in the past one decade. While it had registered 25 in 2000, a recent camera-trapping count put it at 14. About 120 km northeast of Guwahati, the Orang National Park will reopen for visitors on November 1.