As India's 2018 Census makes its entry in the Guinness World Records, the nation is set to embrace more good news about the big cat.
Recently, a golden tiger was spotted in the Kaziranga National Park, Assam. The photo of the rare tiger was taken by Mayuresh Hendre and shared by Indian Forest Services (IFS) officer Parveen Kaswan.
According to Kaswan, this is the only documentation of a golden tiger or the Golden Tabby tiger in the 21st century.
“Goldie” may be the world’s only “golden” tiger that lives in the wild, Twitterati incredulous at the marvel.
Tigers can be born “golden” due to a recessive gene that gets expressed due to inbreeding. Although it is pretty common to see 'golden' tigers in zoos across the world, where they are kept captive for years, 'Goldie' may be the only one that is free in the wild.
Kaswan is known to share interesting photos and videos of animals in the wild on his social media.