 Skin, hair and blood samples from 71 tigers collected in various Indian zoos, in the National Museum in Kolkata and including the two hair samples from Dudhwa National Park were prepared for microsatellite analysis that revealed that two tigers had alleles in two loci that were contributed by Bengal and Siberian tiger subspecies.However, samples of two hybrid specimens constituted a too small base to conclusively presume that "Tara" was the source of the Siberian tiger genes.For his contributions to conservation, Arjan Singh was widely honoured.