ocr: - - - - ILC - - - - - Life of a Wild Tigress Photographs by MICHAEL NICHOLS MAges.PNPEPOTNMn Aradiant Bengal tiger called Sita gives her cubs an early morning bath. The ritual helps cement the maternal bond socrucial in the first year of life.Sharing the name ofa Hindu goddess, Sita is admired by visitors to India's Bandhavgarh National Park for her keen hunting skills: and fierce devotion: to heryoung Conservationists value her prolific-breeding; she has bolstered the local population with six litters during her nearly 16 years of life, 36
