BARIPADA: The pug mark-based census will be carried out in the Simlipal Tiger Reserve (STR) from January 5 to 10. This STR is home to 101 Royal Bengal tigers and 127 leopards as per the 2004 census. Pug mark-based headcount of the big cats has been directed by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (wildlife) Bijayketan Patnaik. Today, range officers were imparted training in the pug mark-based census modalities at the medicinal plant awareness centre at Manchabandha here. During the six-day census, there will restriction on the entry of tourists into the reserve, announced STR field director and Conservator of Forests, Baripada, R. Naga Raja Reddy.