BHOPAL: In a successful operation, a tiger was captured and translocated from Kanha national park in Madhya Pradesh to the Satkosia tiger reserve in Odisha on Wednesday. Officials claim this is the first time that a tiger from any tiger reserve has been sent to another state for reintroduction.The tiger was tranquilised by the wildlife veterinarians of Kanha and Pench tiger reserves, and was measured for different physical parameters. The entire operation was carried out by the Kanha management under the guidance of Dr Sanjay Kumar Shukla, Chief Conservator of Forests & Field Director, Kanha tiger reserve.The tiger was tranquilised by the wildlife veterinarians of Kanha and Pench tiger reservesThe Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi, National Tiger Conservation Authority , New Delhi, and Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun have prepared a special project for the reintroduction of tigers into the Satkosia tiger reserve.Under this project, the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department is to give away six tigers (three pairs) to the Odisha government for reintroduction. As two tigers are to be sent from Kanha, this was the first tiger in this sequence.This is the first time that a tiger from any tiger reserve has been sent to another state for reintroductionIn the conservation history of India, this is the first time that a tiger from any tiger reserve has been sent to another state for reintroduction. Hopefully, this tiger will fulfill the objective of this ambitious project and help establish a good population of tigers at Satkosia, said an officials release. A team of forest officers and wildlife veterinarian also arrived at Kanha from Odisha for this operation.K S Bhadoria, Joint Director, Ms Anjana Suchita Tirkey, Deputy Director, Kanha Tiger Reserve, Dr K Ramesh, Senior Scientist, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, Dr Rakesh Shukla, Research Officer, Dr Sandeep Agrawal, Wildlife Veterinarian, Kanha Tiger Reserve, Dr Akhilesh Mishra, Wildlife Veterinarian, Pench Tiger Reserve, S K Khare, S K Sinha, Ranjit Singh Uikey, S K Mishra, S K Sendram, Assistant Directors, Range Officers, and the staff of Kanha Tiger Reserve participated in this operation.However, wildlife activist Ajay Dubey had been opposing this movie expressing concern over tiger safety in Odisha.

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