Officials of the forest department said on Tuesday that they have tranquilised a three-year-old tigress who had migrated from West Bengal’s Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) into Assam and are in the process of returning her to BTR for the rehabilitation inside the reserve.
The tigress was originally deported from Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar to Buxa Tiger Reserve on 2nd October. She, however, was spotted on trail cameras wandering out of the reserve on October 23 and into neighbouring Assam.
A forest officer of BTR says the tiger was tranquilised in the outside of a village close to Assam’s Raimona National Park on Tuesday evening.
The tigress was tranquilised outside nearby a village to the Raimona National Park at which she is being brought to BTR right now, the official said.
Big Cat Travelled Deep Into Assam
The tigress, which entered Assam in the area adjoining the border state, is believed to have crossed the Sankosh River and proceeded to roam about in the Raimona National Park an estimated 25 to 30 km.
The animal may have been exploring a space to call its own having moved across the new terrain, forest officials said.
The big cat was later found near the village of Rajendrapur where the action was carried out successfully to capture and rehabilitate the cat.
Forest Team Executes Return Operation
The tranquilisation of the tigress and her repatriation to Buxa Tiger Reserve took place at about 5 pm on Tuesday.
Tigress had been moved earlier in the month from Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve to West Bengal, where it had been relocated once in its past.
The animal was spotted moving from one state to the other and diving deep into the forest of Assam, and after which she was to be closely tracked by forest authorities as soon as she was moved into BTR.