Tigress successfully tranquilized and rescued from cow shed in Assam

A tigress that had strayed into a house in Kaziranga yesterday was successfully rescued on Wednesday by the tranquilization method. The operation which went for more than 24 hours including wait and watch period was successfully completed after which she has been taken to the national park’s rescue centre.

Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam continues to worsen affecting not just human beings but animals as well. Due to the rise of water and to find a safe escape, a two-year-old tigress entered inside a cowshed near a village located close to the national park. The Assam forest department and Kaziranga national park authorities on Wednesday tranquillized and rescued the tigress.

According to forest officials, three Royal Bengal tigers came out from the national park probably due to flood on Tuesday and took shelter in human habitation. While two of the tigers have reportedly moved towards higher grounds in Karbi Anglong but one of them took shelter in the cowshed of a villager.

On Tuesday the forest officials and park authorities, who had been monitoring the movement of the animals, evacuated the owner of the house and his family to a safe place as the tiger took shelter in the cowshed adjacent to the house.

Later, on Wednesday the park authorities as well as the forest department tranquillized the two-year-old female tigress and shifted her to the wildlife rescue centre at Panbari near the national park.

The operation which went for more than 24 hours including wait and watch period was successfully completed. She has recovered from anaesthesia and is out of danger as per the Veterinarian who has treated her, park officials said.

The tigress will be released in the wild after some time, park officials said.

Reportedly, several famed one-horned rhinoceros and other animals have reportedly died in the floods that have engulfed vast swathes in Assam's 29 out of 33 districts. Large parts of Manas National Park and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary are also submerged, forcing wild animals, including rhinos, elephants, deer and wild boars, to take refuge in artificial highlands constructed within the parks or migrate to the southern highlands of Karbi Anglong hills.