The Royal Bengal tigress travelled over 100 km after straying from the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal.
Forest personnel from West Bengal and Assam tranquilised a Royal Bengal tigress near Raimona National Park in the Bodoland Territorial Region on Tuesday, according to reports from Telegraph India and Deccan Herald.
The capture took place around 5.30 pm near a village close to Dotma town in the Kokrajhar district. Teams used elephants, earthmovers, and other equipment to complete the operation.
The tigress was originally released into the Buxa Tiger Reserve on October 2 after being moved from Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve. She moved out of the reserve and crossed into Raimona National Park on October 23.
Sonali Ghosh, the chief of the forest department in Bodoland Territorial Region, said the animal moved through forested areas until it approached settlements in Kokrajhar, making its capture necessary. Ghosh noted that the West Bengal and Bodoland forest teams, along with local police and the community, showed strong inter-state coordination.
The animal's location and health were being tracked via a radio collar. West Bengal Forest Minister Manoj Oraon stated that authorities had initially allowed the tigress to move freely, hoping it would return to Buxa through natural corridors, but launched the rescue as it approached human habitations.
