Lucknow: A three-month reign of terror in the Kakori area, approximately 22 kn from Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, has finally come to an with, with a team led by Dr. Renu Singh and Naveen Khandelwal has succesfully tranquilased a tiger following a meticulous tracking and tranquilization operation.
Residents of around 60 villages surrounding Kakori had been living in fear of a tiger that had been terrorizing the area. What made this tiger a formidable creature was its brutal track record of devouring over two dozen animals. The latest development is that a forest department team has successfully tranquilized the tiger.
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This tiger entered Kakori's Rehmankheda on December 3. Since then, people were living under fear. Subsequently, an operation named‘Rehamankhera Tiger Rescue Operation 2024-25’ was launched to catch the tigger.
Senior IFoS officer and APCCF/CCF Lucknow Zone, Dr Renu Singh was leading the tiger rescue operation in Rehmankhera.
Senior IFoS officer Renu Singh told Dynamite News that teams have been formed at various levels in Rehmankhera for three different zones to safely capture the tiger. In addition to 2 machans in Zone 1, one more machan has been added in Zone 2 (Meethenagar) for monitoring.
On December 12, the tiger killed a Nilgai inside the Rehmankhera Institute and consumed it up to 90 percent. The tiger then killed a Nilgai calf on December 17. Thus, the terror of the tiger continued and on December 23, 25 and 28, the tiger made different animals its prey.
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The team of wildlife exprets tracked the the big cat on Wednesday and managed to circle it three times before finally tranquilizing it at 6 pm.
The tranquilization process was carried out by doctors on an elephant, with Dr. Daksh and Dr. Nasir on board, while Dr. R.K. Singh provided support from the outer border.
The whole operation took around 12 hours and tiger was successfully captured.
