Man eater of Maharashtra not to be shot immediately

  • | Saturday | 22nd September, 2018

If tranquillising efforts fail, there will be no option but to shoot the tigress ,” said officials. The state has also written to director general of police (DGP) and district collector to give indirect support to the teams, and ensure that villagers do not venture into the forest,” said Limaye.“This is the last chance to capture T1. She told MP officials to provide elephants and vets to accomplish the task.Misra said, “The communication has been done at the Mantralaya level, and I too have issued letter to the Madhya Pradesh PCCF seeking help. NAGPUR :Finally, in a breather for T1, the problem tigress of Pandharkawda, forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has agreed to keep away Hyderabad sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, to give a fair chance to tranquillise the big cat.At a meeting in Mumbai, state’s chief wildlife warden AK Misra and additional PCCF (wildlife) Sunil Limaye managed to convince the minister and forest secretary Vikas Kharge to keep Khan away till tranquillising experts from Madhya Pradesh call it a day.Misra said union minister Maneka Gandhi spoke to Mungantiwar and the MP government to take out efforts to capture the tigress alive. We expect their vets will return soon and a full-fledged operation to capture T1 will be launched afresh.”State’s chief wildlife warden AK Misra said, “There will be no clash of interest now, as the vets will be allowed to act independently.”Sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, who was to return to Pandharkawda on Saturday after Muharram, said, “If they don’t want me I will not come, but I reiterate T1 tranquillising will not be possible considering her behaviour and landscape.”TOI had already reported on Friday that a closed-door meeting had decided on capturing the tigress, and a field report on the seven days of capture operations was sought from deputy conservator KM Abharna.“Now that the minister has given a free hand, our biggest worry is that there should be no attacks on villagers.

NAGPUR :Finally, in a breather for T1, the problem tigress of Pandharkawda, forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has agreed to keep away Hyderabad sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, to give a fair chance to tranquillise the big cat.At a meeting in Mumbai, state’s chief wildlife warden AK Misra and additional PCCF (wildlife) Sunil Limaye managed to convince the minister and forest secretary Vikas Kharge to keep Khan away till tranquillising experts from Madhya Pradesh call it a day.Misra said union minister Maneka Gandhi spoke to Mungantiwar and the MP government to take out efforts to capture the tigress alive. She told MP officials to provide elephants and vets to accomplish the task.Misra said, “The communication has been done at the Mantralaya level, and I too have issued letter to the Madhya Pradesh PCCF seeking help. We expect their vets will return soon and a full-fledged operation to capture T1 will be launched afresh.”State’s chief wildlife warden AK Misra said, “There will be no clash of interest now, as the vets will be allowed to act independently.”Sharpshooter Nawab Shafath Ali Khan, who was to return to Pandharkawda on Saturday after Muharram, said, “If they don’t want me I will not come, but I reiterate T1 tranquillising will not be possible considering her behaviour and landscape.”TOI had already reported on Friday that a closed-door meeting had decided on capturing the tigress, and a field report on the seven days of capture operations was sought from deputy conservator KM Abharna.“Now that the minister has given a free hand, our biggest worry is that there should be no attacks on villagers. The state has also written to director general of police (DGP) and district collector to give indirect support to the teams, and ensure that villagers do not venture into the forest,” said Limaye.“This is the last chance to capture T1. If tranquillising efforts fail, there will be no option but to shoot the tigress ,” said officials.

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