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Tigresses captured from a village near Kolkata | Two royal Bengal tigresses, which
had strayed into a West Bengal village, were captured by forest officials on Tuesday.
The tigresses, who had terrorized villagers over the last several weeks, were
trapped in the Panchmakhani and Pirkhali forests of the Sunderban Delta area.
The younger cat of the duo had been trapped in July too. At that time, she had
entered and killed some cattle some cattle in Kumirmari village. She was fitted
with a microchip for future identification. N.C. Bahuguna, Director, Sunderban
Biosphere Reserve, said the tigers were nabbed after stepping up night patrolling
for a week. "For the last one week the tigers were roaming outside the forests
and we were informed by the locals the tigers were coming into their village and
after that our staff became active. We stepped up night patrolling for a week
and it was a chance that after a week we nabbed both the tigers," said Bahuguna.
The tigresses underwent a medical check-up at Sudhanyakhali and were declared
fit to be released into the forest. While the younger tigress would be released
in the Sunderban Biosphere Area, away from its earlier territory, the older one
would be set free within the Sunderban Tiger Reserve area. The number of tigers
in India has plummeted to around 1,411, nearly half the previous estimate. The
previous census, carried out in 2001 and 2002, said there were 3,642 tigers. A
century ago there were 40,000.
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