CM lauds tigress rescue
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has extended appreciation for the Chief Conservator of Forests for his role in capturing Zeenat, an escapee tigress of Similipal Tiger Reserve of Odhisa.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has extended appreciation for the Chief Conservator of Forests for his role in capturing Zeenat, an escapee tigress of Similipal Tiger Reserve of Odhisa.
A tiger that strayed into Maipith’s jungles in the Sundarbans, was finally captured early this morning, thanks to the relentless efforts of forest officials.
A forest worker was seriously injured after being attacked by a Royal Bengal Tiger while attempting to capture the big cat in Kultali’s Maipith area in South 24-Parganas.
A 48-year-old tribal woman was mauled to death by a tiger at Priyadarshini Estate in Panchara Kolli , 10 km from Mananthavady town in Wayanad district of Kerala on Friday.
Residents of Guruguria village in Maipith, Kultali, are living in fear after a Royal Bengal Tiger was spotted in the area on Saturday night.
At last the trap cameras set up by the forest department have spotted the stray male tiger, who had sneaked into Bengal at the same Raika forests in Purulia district , where tigress Zeenat had taken shelter recently.
In the first instance of killing of a rare melanistic tiger, the Odisha Forest authorities, on Wednesday, arrested four wildlife offenders and seized the skin of a slain big cat in Similipal Tiger Reserve.
Three villagers were injured in an attack by a tiger in Mohankheda village in the Bandikui region of Dausa district Wednesday morning.
The tiger first isolated the elephant from its group, deprived it of food and water for four days, and then killed the exhausted pachyderm.
An official quoting the preliminary findings of the postmortem -- done by veterinarians of the medical board in Ranthambore on Monday-- said "The post-mortem revealed that the tiger was killed by a mob of villagers."
