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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Three youths held with tiger skins in Tamil Nadu - DNA

Erode: Two tiger skins have been seized from two youth at a nearby village by the Special Task Force (STF) Police.

STF personnel on routine patrol at Srirangankadu area in Bhavanisagar forest range yesterday, noticed three persons standing near a car and on suspicion, questioned them. A search of the vehicle yielded one skin concealed in the boot, while another was recovered from a motorcycle parked nearby, police said.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_three-youths-held-with-tiger-skins-in-tamil-nadu_1305339

Straying tiger trapped in Gosaba - TOI

KOLKATA: Sundarban Tigers Reserve officials on Saturday caught a straying tiger at Gosaba's Pirkhali-I village in the Sunderbans. The tiger has been kept under observation and is expected to be released into the wild on Sunday.
Villagers tipped off forest officials about the tiger which, they said, swam across the river and entered the villages of Sonagaon, Mitrabari and Bijoynagar in Bally Island.