Attempt to identify tiger was made in Aug

Vadodara: The state wooded area department may have got conclusive evidence of the life of a tiger within the wooded area of Sant Matro in Santrampur taluka simplest now, nevertheless it had tried to spot the pussycat in August remaining 12 months too after claims by way of villagers.

The wooded area department was once told about the presence of the tiger by way of villagers and a few pugmarks had been additionally discovered. Officials additionally made the plaster forged of a pugmark in August, however they could not conclude if this was once of a tiger.

Sources said that the pugmarks of a sub-adult tiger and an adult leopard are similar, making it tricky to differentiate between the 2. In wake of no different evidence, the seek for the tiger was once given up. The plaster forged has been preserved by way of the dep..

Officials now consider that the tiger may have been staying within the house for the reason that past few months. “The forests within the house are in large part undisturbed. Only a couple of villagers transfer into the jungles. The tiger may have stayed here as it was once not stricken,” said Mahisagar district wooded area officer R M Parmar.