23-day chase ends as tigress Zeenat finally captured in WB's Bankura

AFTER spending sleepless nights for over three weeks, wildlife officials finally managed to tranquilise Zeenat in Bankura area of West Bengal on Sunday.

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"The three-year-old tigress was sedated and caged near Gopalpur village of Bankura district at 4 pm and transported to the Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata for health examination. From there it will be brought back to the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR)," said PCCF wildlife and chief wildlife warden, Odisha, Prem Kumar Jha, adding, post-revival the tigress was found to be active and healthy.