Collared In India, Tiger Travels 100 Km In 4 Months To Reach Bangladesh

The big cat crossed several obstacles - including a few rivers, some of them wider than a kilometre, and three islands.

A tiger, radio-collared in the Sunderbans of India, was found in Bangladesh's part of the mangroves after undertaking a journey of about a 100 kilometres over the course of four months. During its long journey to the neighbouring country, the big cat crossed several obstacles - including a few rivers, some of them wider than a kilometre, West Bengal's chief wildlife warden VK Yadav was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.  That beauty in worlds largest mangrove forest. Wildlife wing of WB forest department in collaboration with WWF ‘radio collared' a male tiger and released in Sundarban Tiger Reserve for Assessing Tiger-Human interactions through RadioTelemetry. Courtesy CWLW. pic.twitter.com/cGDsjVeeLU The male tiger had been radio-collared in December 2020 to help foresters track its movement and assess tiger-human interaction.  During its four month journey to Bangladesh, the tiger did not venture into any human habitats, said Mr Yadav.  "After initial movements for a few days on the Indian side, it started venturing into the Talpatti island in Bangladesh Sunderbans and crossed rivers such as Choto, Harikhali, Boro Harikhali and even the Raimangal," Mr Yadav said. He added that the tiger may originally have come from Bangladesh before forest officials captured him for tagging.