Jharkhand forest division officers have noticed one other tiger close to Chowka in Khunti, which is roughly 20 kilometers from West Bengal. The placement of the tiger is inside 20 kilometres from the Bengal border, which connects to Ajodhya Pahar in Purulia district.
“We have now discovered pug marks within the space. Presumably it’s a feminine tiger. We have now put digital camera traps within the space. Thus far we may solely see some Jackals. Nonetheless we’re hopeful of capturing the tiger,” mentioned Satyajit Singh, chief conservator of forest, Jharkhand.
“We nonetheless have no idea the place it got here from. There are numerous prospects,” mentioned Singh including that, “Our fast response groups are making rounds of the realm 24 hours, our officers are within the space. We have now additionally alerted the administration and police.”
This sighting comes after the latest handover of Zeenat, a three-year-old feminine tigress who had escaped from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve in December and was captured in Bankura district in West Bengal. Zeenat was handed over to Odisha on Tuesday.
In accordance with sources within the forest division, on Tuesday morning a calf was killed by a wild animal they usually additionally discovered tiger pug marks.
As a part of their investigation, Jharkhand forest officers recorded the assertion of a younger boy who claimed to have seen the large cat. When proven photographs of tigers and leopards, the boy recognized the tiger because the animal he had noticed.
Not like Zeenat, which was geared up with a radio collar for straightforward monitoring, this new tiger doesn’t have any monitoring machine, making it tough for forest division officers to trace the animal.
In the meantime, the West Bengal forest division officers acknowledged that they’re but to learn of any sighting of a tiger.
On Sunday, Zeenat after 21 days it left Simlipal tiger reserve in Odisha and trekking 300 kilometres, was sedated and captured in Ranibandh space of Bankura by joint operation of Odisha and West Bengal forest division
Zeenat was launched to Simlipal Tiger Reserve from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra on November 14, as part of a programme to strengthen the gene pool of tigers within the reserve. Ten days later, the tigress was launched to the core space of the reserve.
On December 8, Zeenat wandered out of the reserve and strayed into Jharkhand. After roaming in Jharkhand’s Chakulia space for over per week, Zeenat entered Jhargram in West Bengal.
It then moved to Bandwan in Purulia, and from there to Manbazar in the identical district. On Sunday morning, the tigress entered the Ranibandh space in Bankura.
Throughout its trek from Simlipal to Bankura, Zeenat lined over 300 km.
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