Within the second such shut encounter the elusive tiger in Rehmankheda killed and ate a portion of the bait saved to lure the canny cat.
Elephants Sulochana and Dyna in Rehmankheda combing for the elusive tiger (Sourced)
The incident befell close to the Central Institute of Sub-Tropical Horticulture (CISH) campus the place a bait was positioned in an open space. At one occasion the bait was alive and standing and within the subsequent, it was down and lifeless with a portion of its physique taken by the tiger – all whereas the tranqualising groups stood close by ready for a possibility for a shot on the wild cat.
In the meantime, officers stated that issues are shifting utterly to plan to maintain the tiger away from human habitat and produce it close to the bait they’re purposely putting. “We suppose it (tiger) ate 2 or 3 kgs of meat and left swiftly sensing activity nearby as our team was positioning to hit the dart. But we could not tranqualise it today,” stated Sitanshu Pandey, divisional forest officer, Awadh Vary.
He stated, “The tiger came to eat the bait and now we are monitoring the carcass of the bait as eating only two or three kg meat means the tiger is still hungry and will return, as it did on December 28, 2024.”
In December too, the tiger had killed the bait and had returned the following morning to eat the leftovers. An identical episode befell on Monday, after a niche of 9 days. The world the place the tiger is roaming, a 10-km radius, has been divided into three zones the place first is the campus of CISH, second is Meethenagar village and surrounding space, and the third zone is Ulaapur village that falls close to the railway monitor.
The killing of the bait befell beneath a technique the place the online was positioned 900 m across the bait and elephants Sulochana and Dyna, introduced from Dudhwa Nationwide Park, combed the varied zones following the pugmarks. After patrolling by elephants and tranqualising groups deployed, the tiger had killed the bait.
“After the carcass of the bait was spotted, we surrounded the entire area of about 5-6 km where the bait was killed,” stated Pandey.
Through the day principal chief conservator of forest and wildlife warden Anuradha Vemuri additionally visited Rehmankheda, and reviewed the efforts and shared recommendations on dashing up the rescue operation for the tiger.