Amid makes an attempt to seize three-year-old feminine tiger Zeenat, which strayed out of Similipal Nationwide Park in Odisha two weeks in the past, forest officers on Tuesday mentioned that she made her first kill.
“She has killed a goat, which had strayed into the forest. She had eaten parts of it and gave the impression to be very hungry. Now, we plan to make use of the carcass to seize her. We have now positioned a group of tranquilisers close to the carcass hoping that the tigress will return to complete the meals. That is widespread for tigers,” mentioned Debal Roy, Chief Wildlife Warden.
After shifting from Odisha and Jharkhand, the tigress has been within the Bandwan forest space in Purulia district of West Bengal for the previous few days.
She has been avoiding baits put up by the forest division officers.
“We predict that she should have been captured utilizing bait earlier. That’s the reason she is just not coming close to the baits we’ve got provided. We have now determined to put in six extra sensible cameras across the space the place she is presently positioned. These cameras have night time imaginative and prescient and actual time imagery which is able to assist us observe the tigress. Our groups are on the bottom and coordinating with groups from Odisha,” added Roy.
Two different goats have been additionally killed which have been introduced again by villagers. One other goat which had an harm mark escaped. The herd of goats, belonging to an area villager, have been grazing close to the forest, mentioned officers.
“The current habitat is just not appropriate for a tiger. The prey base is low and there’s no appropriate forest cowl. That’s the reason the tigress is shifting. It’s avoiding any human contact. If a group reaches inside 60 metres, she flees,” mentioned Roy.
Zeenat, was launched to Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha from Tadoba – Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra on November 14, as part of a programme to strengthen the reserve’s gene pool.
On December 10, she escaped the Park and walked into Jharkhand. After staying in Jharkhand’s Chakulia space for over per week, Zeenat crossed one other 15 km and entered Jhargram not too long ago. The Tigress then crossed over to Bandwan in Purulia. The whole trek from Simlipal to Purulia, Zeenat lined round 200 km.
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