Overview
- Three-year-old PN-224 was tranquilised in Pench on December 21 and flown by MI-17 to Jaipur, then moved by road to Ramgarh Vishdhari, arriving in the Bajalia enclosure on December 22.
- Forest officials report the tigress is healthy and adjusting in a one-hectare acclimatisation pen, where she is expected to stay about a week before release if behaviour remains normal.
- Authorities describe the operation as India’s first interstate aerial translocation of a tigress, executed under strict protocols with continuous veterinary oversight.
- Tracking and capture followed nearly a month of field work using about 50 AI and motion-sensor cameras, after a radio collar fitted on December 5 failed the next day, delaying the transfer.
- The Indian Air Force, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan forest departments, veterinary colleges and NGOs coordinated the mission, and officials say further relocations to multiple states are being planned.