Nagpur: The forest officials of Chandrapur have captured two tigresses from two different landscapes, including from a sensitive zone known for man-animal conflicts in Brahmapuri division, to relocate them from Chandrapur to Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR).
The two tigress will be examined by the expert team from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) and given permission to relocate it to NNTR, informed a senior forest officer. According to reports, a total of 10 persons were killed this year in 8 tiger attacks and 2 leopard attacks). In all, 53 people were killed in the attack by tigers and leopards in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra in the year 2022.
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With the increasing man-animal conflicts, the senior forest officials have directed the officials to prepare an action plan to curb the man-animal conflicts in the district. After the meeting, the CCF office, Chandrapur, had sent a proposal to PCCF (Wildlife), Nagpur, for its nod to relocate 5- 6 tigers from Chandrapur to NNTR. Accordingly, National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) had given approval to relocate the non-troublesome tigers (female and male) to NNTR to curb the man-animal conflicts in the district.
Considering Brahmapuri division as a very sensitive zone where over 20 persons out of 53 persons died in man-animal conflicts last year (2022), the process of translocation of 4 to 5 tigers from the division to Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve has begun. The forest officials identified a few tigers male and female in the division for the project.
The forest officials of Chandrapur have captured two tigresses one each from Brahmapuri division, Chandrapur circle, and Shivni range of Buffer-zone of TATR. “The tigers are kept at TTC for observation and the senior officials of WII will visit Chandrapur to check the tigress. It is a very lengthy process and after the approval from the expert team, the tigresses will be relocated from Chandrapur to NNTR,” informed a senior officer of the Forest Department.
