Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed her displeasure over one other tiger coming into West Bengal from Odisha forests and urged the federal government of the neighbouring state to ship groups to rescue the large cat.
Banerjee mentioned the Bengal Forest Division’s transfer to repatriate the tigress Zeenat was a mannequin however the BJP-ruled Odisha authorities didn’t acknowledge it.
“When you shouldn’t have place then tell us. We’ll maintain it (tigress) in our tiger reserve,” she mentioned.
Slamming the Odisha administration, Banerjee mentioned the life of individuals in Bengal has been disrupted once more because of the large cat being coming into the state. The Odisha authorities, she alleged, was unable to guard its wildlife like tigers.
In regards to the seize of tigress Zeenat, the Chief Minister mentioned, “5 districts (of West Bengal) had been virtually locked down at the moment. Folks couldn’t go away their properties and faculties needed to be closed. We endured the ordeal and later they requested us to return the tiger.”
Zeenat, a three-year-old tigress, was launched to Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra on November 14 to strengthen the reserve’s gene pool.
On December 8, Zeenat escaped the reserve and walked into Jharkhand.
After staying in Jharkhand’s Chakulia space for over every week, Zeenat crossed one other 15 km and entered Bengal’s Jhargram. The tigress then crossed over to Purulia.
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