Two Teams From MP To Arrive In Satkosia To Capture Tigress Sundari

Angul: With Royal Bengal tigress Sundari giving forest staff the slip in the Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary in Angul district, two teams from Madhya Pradesh will soon be arriving here to assist them in capturing her.

Talking to mediapersons here on Thursday, additional PCCF, Sudarsan Panda said since Sundari has managed to dodge the forest staff, who have been trying to tranquilize her for the last two days, the state Forest Department requested the Madhya Pradesh government to send an expert team to capture her.

“The Madhya Pradesh government has agreed to send two specialist teams from the Kanha National Park and Pench Tiger Reserve who will arrive at the Satkosia in 2-3 days and start their operation to capture Sundari,” Panda said.

Talking about the operation, which is underway in Satkosia sanctuary, he said three teams of tranquilizing experts are trying their best to capture the tigress.

“According to the latest reports, the tigress was located inside the hill forest at Baghamunda near Kumuri village,” the PCCF informed.

He said the tranquilizing team had made all efforts to capture the tigress near Kumuri village on Wednesday night and kept a goat tied to a tree expecting her to arrive. To attract the tigress, the team had also sprayed the urine of a male tiger. After waiting for some time, the tigress came out of the forest and moved towards the bait. But it ran away into the forest as the team, hiding on the tree-top, was about to dart her.