By December-end, the tigress had traversed almost 35 km and had gone close to Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). It was hardly 15 kms away from the park boundary. After a long stay in Brahmapuri forest division, it was expected that it may settle down in the area but didn't.
S K Khetarpal, principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) for wildlife, Maharashtra, who is closely monitoring the tigress, said the animal might be heading towards its old territories and clusters recorded on February 2, show it was heading towards Paoni.
"I feel the tigress might be returning due to presence of other resident tigers in the area where it went. In the past two months, it must have travelled over 80 kms," Khetarpal said. He said a team monitoring the animal said that the tigress was intelligent and had crossed railway line, nullahs and state highway during its return journey as well. It hides itself well in the bushes from people. Read the full report here.
Source: Vijay Pinjarkar, TNN, Economic Times, Nagpur.
