Uttarakhand: Translocated tiger drops radio-collar

A six-year previous tiger that was translocated from the buffer zone of Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve to Rajaji Tiger Reserve in Uttarakhand on Saturday bumped into the wild, however not earlier than dropping the radio-collar within the enclosure the place it was stored for a couple of hours earlier than launch.
The tiger was radio-collared earlier than translocation for real-time monitoring. The forest authorities have now deployed three groups with elephants to observe the tiger and monitor its motion.
The massive cat has been captured in several digicam traps put in within the wild forest space in Motichur vary of Rajaji Tiger Reserve.

Forest authorities had been alerted in regards to the state of affairs by an alarm. “When the receiver generates high volume beep it means that the animal is inactive at one position for a longer time. After receiving such an alarm… it was found that the radio-collar was dropped in the enclosure where the tiger was kept before release,” mentioned a forest official. He mentioned three groups of forest personnel with elephants have been deployed to observe the motion of the tiger. “We have received its photographs and pug marks. The tiger is showing normal movement. Teams are following it,” mentioned an official.
J S Suhag, Chief Wildlife Warden, mentioned that pictures of the tiger have been obtained in digicam traps. He mentioned the tiger was radio-collared just for analysis functions and there’s no have to radio-collar it once more.