Maharashtra: Tiger found dead in farm well in Nagpur district

A tiger was found dead in a farm well in Narkhed forest range of Maharashtras Nagpur district forest officials said on Sunday reported the PTIAccording to the PTI a release by Deputy Conservator of Forests Bharat Singh Hada said that the carcass of the big cat was discovered in a well of a farm in Mouza Pipla Khurd area on Saturday eveningThe forest department has registered a case under the Wildlife Act and further investigations are going on it saidMeanwhile the authorities at Maharashtras Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve NNTR have begun preparations for phasewise translocation of three more tigers into the protected forest nearly seven months after two big cats were brought in officials said on Sunday as per the PTIConsidering the high number of tigers in Bramhapuri range the state government has proposed shifting some of the felines to other reserves where the big population is thin Accordingly translocation five tigers from Bramhapur to NNTR has been plannedThe NNTR is spread across Gondia and Bhandara districts of the stateOn May 20 state forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar ceremonially released two tigresses from Chandrapur NTI and NTII into NNTR as part of the tiger translocation programmePavan Jepf deputy field director of NNTR said they have begun preparations for phasewise translocation of the remaining three tigers into the park and are now working site identification for itWe will also require radio collar antenna and additional stuff to monitor things Discussion and planning is going on but it will take another couple of months to complete the preparations before the translocation Jepf told PTIOf the translocated tigresses NTII has settled in NNTR while NTI is currently roaming in Waraseoni range of the Balaghat district in neighbourng Madhya Pradesh with forest staff keeping an eye on its movement said the officialTo raise awareness about the translocation efforts NNTR officials have organised a workshop of villagers living in the parks vicinityGrazers from villages in the neighborhood of wildlife sanctuaries and reserves are an important part of the forests and its important to take them into confidence for the care of the wildlife Jepf saidAlong the lines of NNTR translocation of eight big cats to Sahyadri Tiger Reserve STR has been proposed officials said Recently a team from STR led by deputy field director Uttam Sawant visited NNTR to study the process an official saidSawant said that looking at the topography of STR they need to make soft release of the big cats in enclosures STR is spread across Satara Sangli Kolhapur and Ratnagiri districtswith PTI inputs