Overview
- Forest teams tranquilised and captured a four-year-old male with a radio collar in Ramsinghpura fields after it was seen near a five-star hotel.
- Officials said the animal was the same individual filmed near a farmhouse around 4:30 am Sunday before moving through the Amreshwar area toward the hotel.
- Separately, tigress T-94, about 10 years old, was found dead on March 8 in the Khandar range; a post-mortem under NTCA protocol found preliminary signs of lung failure, with lab confirmation pending.
- Authorities maintained special monitoring teams and issued local advisories as such dispersal events increasingly occur on the reserve’s fringes.
- Experts note the reserve holds roughly 70 tigers versus an estimated capacity of 40–50 and recommend strengthening corridors and relocating select sub-adults to reduce pressure.