The shifting of Ranthambore tiger T-24 has changed territorial equations in the reserve. A day after the dominant male tiger was moved to a biological park in Udaipur, wildlife experts expressed concerns over the safety of two cubs fathered by it. They feel the vacuum created by the relocation will lead to a spell of territorial fights in the reserve and the male tiger that takes over the T-24's territory might kill these cubs. The cubs are over a year old. Sources said they are learning to hunt prey with their mother, T-39, in the reserve's zone 1 and zone 2, the territory of T-24. Some of T-24's territory was shared by T-72, now nearly three years old, who was also fathered by T-24. On Saturday , the Rajasthan forest department had shifted T-24 from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to Udaipur's Sajjangarh Biological Park, about 500km away , days after the big cat killed a guard on May 8. “As soon as the scent of T-24 disappears from its territory in the next few days, the most dominant male in the reserve's hierarchy will try to take over,“ said R N Mehrotra, former child life warden, Rajasthan, and a wildlife expert. “As people say that T-72 is also a dominant male, it will try to enter the territory soon.“ Mehrotra said if T-39 allows the male ti ger to enter the T-24s' territory , it will put the two cubs in grave danger. “A single spell of rain will wipe out scent-marking of T-24's territory,“ said Mehrotra. “So, reserve officials should keep constant tabs on T-72 and other dominant tigers in the nearby territories.“ A forest department officer also admitted the two cubs are in danger. “Both the cubs are male,“ the officer said on the condition of anonymity . “Half the tigers in the reserve are currently males and it's not an ideal situation.“