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Tigress hunt: Special team from MP miffed with controversial shooter
Updated On: 20 September, 2018 07:43 AM IST | Mumbai | Ranjeet Jadhav
Special team brought in from MP to aid search for elusive tigress in Yavatmal, miffed with nawab Nawab Shafat Ali Khan for ruining moment they'd almost cornered big cat
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One of the cattle killed by the tigress
Had it not been for a royal intervention, the notoriously evasive tigress T-1 could have been successfully tranquilised near Pandharkawada in Yavatmal district on Wednesday. Sources said a veterinary team from Madhya Pradesh, part of the 60-member search party for the man-eating tigress, was close to darting her, but before they could do so, controversial shooter Nawab Shafat Ali Khan allegedly reached the spot and camped out with his team. Khan's presence disturbed the big cat, and she vanished into the bushes.
Seen with her cubs
Sources said the team was expected to dart the tigress on Tuesday. An official from the state Forest Department (FD) team, who is part of the team that has been trying to tranquilise and capture T-1, told mid-day, "On Tuesday afternoon, the tigress reportedly killed two cattle. The MP team of veterinary experts, lead by veterinarian Dr Akhilesh Mishra - who has successfully tracked and rescued more than 50 tigers - with the help of two elephants, had not only seen the tigress, but also spotted her cubs at the spot where they were taking refuge.
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