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In search of love, Tara takes the plunge, swims crocodile-infested Chandoli dam
Updated On: 27 December, 2025 07:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Forest officials astonished by radio-collared tigress Tara’s 1.5 km swim across the crocodile-infested waters of Chandoli dam; believe she is in search of a mate or wants to carve out her own territory
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Tara is captured by camera traps during her journey inside the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve. Pic/By Special Arrangement
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Two-and-a-half-year-old tigress STRT5, better known as Tara, has astounded and delighted forest officials by her daring 1.5-km swim across the chilly, crocodile-infested waters of the Chandoli dam.
Tara was relocated from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) to the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) in western Maharashtra on December 18 after being fitted with a radio collar, and was initially believed to be settling into her new surroundings. However, forest department officials and wildlife researchers tracking her movements have learnt that she has swum across the Chandoli dam, possibly in search of a mate or to carve out a territory of her own.
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