Search operation on to spot tiger that travelled 500 km, and more

A two-and-a-half-year-old tiger that travelled an unprecedented 500 kilometres from Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary in Yavatmal to Solapur-Dharashiv districts has gone missing since a week, prompting the forest department to launch an extensive search operation.

- Gayatri Vajpeyee

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The tiger, which entered Dharashiv district in December 2024, was the first-of-its-kind to be sighted in the region in the past many years. Since then, it had been roaming the border areas of Solapur and Dharashiv, primarily within the Yedshi Ramaling Wildlife Sanctuary.

Following the tiger's sighting in Solapur-Dharashiv, the principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF), wildlife division, Maharashtra, ordered its capture and subsequent relocation to Sahyadri Tiger Reserve latest by February 28 this year. However, the tiger's capture was delayed and by March 20, it had gone missing, forest department officials said on Wednesday.