A tiger, which was moving in the forests of Pilibhit, Kheri and Shahjahanpur districts over the last three months, has now entered Hardoi district. So far, no one has seen this young male tiger, but its pugmarks have been found in Pihani forest range, about 170 km from the Dudhwa National Park — the nearest tiger habitat.
According to Forests officials, the tiger had entered Hardoi from Shahjahanpur on September 30. They were unable to find and tranquilise the tiger because it only moved in the night.
Three months ago, the tiger had killed a man in Kheri district. It had also injured an elephant, which carried a team of experts from Dudhwa National Park and Wildlife Trust of India. When the members of the team were trying to tranquilise the tiger, it attacked the elephant and fled.
The Forest officials are calling it an unusual case. Generally, a tiger stays in a territory of about 5 sq km and leaves it only when there is no prey available or another stronger tiger has entered his territory. There is, however, no paucity of prey animals in Pilibhit and Kheri. “This tiger is moving from one place to another. It had killed a man in Kheri but did not attack anyone else,” said R K Tripathi, Hardoi Divisional Forest Officer.
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