KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR: Tigress Zeenat’s 21-day hideout with forest officials of three states since she strayed from similar in Odisha on December 8 came to an end at 3:56 pm on Sunday when she was tranquilized and captured in a village in Bengal. bench after five failed attempts since Saturday afternoon.
Zeenat’s walk on the wild side took her on a journey of nearly 300 kilometers across Odisha, Jharkhand and Bengal as the forest staff following her tried every possible strategy to prevent her from entering a human habitat.
After her capture in Gosaindihi village in Bankura, the sleepy tigress embarked on another 200 kilometer journey, this time on wheels, to Kolkata. Alipore Zoo.
Once a basic health check is done, she will be “sent to the right destination”, a source in the Bengal forest department said.
Odisha wildlife warden chief Prem Kumar Jha said Zeenat would be escorted “back to Similipal”. He said the tigress was being taken to Alipore zoo only for a health check.