Karnataka forest dept relocates stray tigress
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03/07/2009
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Pioneer (New Delhi)
In a bid to boost tiger conservation in its natural habitat, a young tigress has been relocated to Antharasanthe forest in Nagarahole national park.
A team of experts led by D Yathish Kumar, in charge Deputy Conservator of Forests at Nagarahole National park tranquilised the big cat and released it in the Bhadra Wildlife sanctuary in the Western Ghats.
According to Yathish Kumar, the two-and-a-half-year-old tigress got separated from
mother came into human settlement. The tigress kept attacking people and cattle. Forced by the tigress