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| November 4, 2009 | A Royal Bengal tiger caught and released back in the forest | | Sundarbans (WB): A grown-up adult Royal Bengal tiger of the world famous Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in West Bengal, while on prowl strayed into human habitations recently. Reportedly, the tiger swam across the backwaters of Sunderbans and entered the villages of Sonagaon, Mitrabari and Bijoynagar.
Soon the officials of the Forest Department were informed who in turn rushed to
the villages, tracked the tiger and trapped it on Saturday. After keeping it under
observation of veterinarians for 24 hours, it was released back into its wild
habitat of the mangrove forests. The forest rangers and wildlife wardens of the
Sunderbans Reserve escorted the caged tiger in a boat and let it go. The veterinary
doctors certified the tiger absolutely fit to be released back into the wild.
"We usually release tigers after examining its normal physiology for 24 hours.
We have at least one to two veterinary doctors to examine it and when they give
a certificate to release it, and then we do so," said Subrata Mukherjee, Field
Director, Sunderban Tiger Reserve, West Bengal. He further mentioned that the
tiger was healthy. He ruled out the reports that the tigers are coming out of
their mangrove forests due to shortage of natural prey. "It has been said that
Sunderbans tigers are coming out due to lack of prey inside but it doesn't seem
though. If we look at this particular tiger it is very healthy and the tigers
we have come across in the past have been healthy as well," Mukherjee added. The
Sunderbans spread over 26,000 square kilometres of low-lying swamps on India's
border with Bangladesh. It is dotted with hundreds of small islands criss-crossed
by backwater channels and saline streams. Once home to 500 tigers in the late
1960s, the Sunderbans today boasts of tigers numbering between 250 and 270. However,
the Indian Statistical Institute said the number is as low as 75. | |
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