Bhubaneswar: Efforts are in full swing to tranquilise and relocate tigress Zeenat, who strayed into the forests of West Bengal from Odisha's Similipal Tiger Reserve. With no signs of the tigress returning to her habitat on her own, Baripada Regional Chief Conservator of Forests Prakash Chand Gogineni confirmed plans to tranquilize the big cat to ensure her safe return. Four …
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the wait for tigress Zeenat’s return from Jharkhand continues, Jamuna, another big cat which was relocated to Similipal from Tadoba in Maharashtra, has moved out of the tiger reserve to Kuldiha, adding to the challenges for the state wildlife officials. As per reports, Jamuna, the first tigress to be relocated to Similipal Tiger Reserve from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger …
Bhubaneswar: Zeenat, a tigress relocated from Maharashtra’s Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, was released into the core area of Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve on Sunday evening. The tigress, under continuous 24-hour monitoring, has been observed roaming around five meters from her soft enclosure within the forest, according to Prakash Chandra Gogineni, Director of the Similipal Tiger Project. Zeenat arrived at Similipal on …
Baripada: Another tigress brought from Maharashtra was released in a 'soft enclosure' in the core area of the Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha on Friday, officials said. The three-year-old tigress, named Zeenat, was brought to the STR on Thursday evening from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, they said. Another tigress was brought to Similipal on October 27 with the approval …