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Bandhavgarh Tigress Settling down; Hunted Wild bore in Satkosia

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 Angul,June 29(The Fast Mail):--The two and two months old tigress, which was translocated from Manpur Range of Bandhavgarh tiger reserve of Madhyapradesh has shown all signs of settling down in Satkosia Tiger Reserve(STR),officials said.
"The tigress, weighing around 134kg  has a length  of  8 1/2 feet (nose to tail) and  has shown all sign of settling down in the enclosure. The tigress  hunted a wild boar, at about 2am after it got released into the enclosure at 9.30pm Thursday", said Sudarshan Panda, the Field director,STR said.
Panda said, "The tiger will be Kept in the enclosure for close monitoring of the physical and psychological status of the animal before it is released in the wild. The condition of the  tigress is now satisfactory. The physical and psychological condition of the tigress will be monitored on 24x7 basis through CCTV cameras installed in the specialized enclosure".
The animal was tranquilized in the afternoon of 27th and started her journey to Satakosia Via-Shaadol, Amarkarnatak, Sereipali, Baragarh,Sambalpur and Rairakhol.It reached Satakosia tiger reserve at 6pm after travelling a distance of about 780 km, ,Panda said .
The tigress was brought through a specialized vehicle of Madhya Pradesh accompanied by Veterinary Doctor from Madhya Pradesh along with their Team Dr. K. Ramesh,Senior Scientist, Wildlife institute of india, Dehradun and his Team and the Asst. Conservator of Forest, Satakosia Wildlife Division and Veterinary Doctor of Satakosia and field staff.
 The  female tiger after translocation was released in a specially designed enclosure at 9.30 pm,June 29 in presence of Dr. Sudarsan Panda, Addl. Principal chief Conservator of Forest, Angul,   S.Md.t. Rahman, DFO, Satakosia Wildlife Division,  Katthik V.Dfo,Angul Division ,  Raj Kishor Swain, ACF, Satakosia Wildlife Division Dr. Ramesh of Wll, Dehradun Provided all technical assistance  for translocation of the tigress.
Earlier,on June 21, one male tiger aged about 3 year had been brought from Kanha Tiger Reserve to Satakosia Tiger Reserve. The MB-2 tiger has already eaten three wild bores tillnow.The rest of the two pair of  tigers will be relocated to Satakosia Tiger Reserve in different phases later,he said. 

[color=#000000][size=medium] The translocation and supplementation of tigers in Satakosia is  in the first of its kind in the world where two different States are involved in the NTCA driven Project in the conservation history of India.
All the arrangements for release of tiger were made by  Ghanashyam Mahanta, ACF incharge of Raigoda Range and his staff. The tiger was radio collared at the time of capture by Dr. K. Ramesh, Senior Scientist of Wildlife, Institute of India, Dehradun.
The Field Director said:"The help and assistance received from Chief Wildlife Warden, Madhya Pradesh & from Sri Mridul Pathak, Field Director, Bandhavgarh & his staff, National Tiger Conservation of Odisha Authority New Delhi ; Wildlife institute  of India, Dehradun and Government of Odisha are thankfully acknowledged". Reply