Mumbai: The Principal Chief Conservator Of Forest (PCCF) has recently passed an order to relocate a tigress from Chandrapur to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivali.
The Maharashtra Forest Department on Tuesday captured RT1 which was suspected of killing eight people in Chandrapur.
PCCF M K Rao said, “Our teams have been successful in trapping the tiger RT1 near Sindhi village in Rajura forest in Central Chanda in Chandrapur district on Tuesday. The tiger has been taken to the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre. It was suspected of killing eight people and injuring three others in human-animal conflict incidents since January 2019.”
There are a total of four tigresses and one tiger at the national park. Of these, three are between eight to 10-years-old, one is 18-years-old and the tiger, Sultan, is younger. They all are very dominant and don’t let him come close.