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December 28, 2024 11:07 AM

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Three-Year-Old tigress Zeenat spotted near Purulia Village, schools and anganwadi centres closed

Zeenat, the three year old tigress from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve has been spotted near the jungles of Noinani village of Manbazar block – I in Purulia district of West Bengal. School and Anganwadi centres have been closed by the district authority. The tigress has been relocated from the Taboda- Andheri Tiger Reserve of Maharashtra into the Similipal Tiger Reserve. It has travelled from Similipal through Jharkhand into West Bengal. In Bengal, it first entered into the Jhargram district and then Purulia. Forest officials have taken all measures to capture it. The tigress has been traveling for more than 15 days. Meanwhile it killed 5 domestic goats in Purulia Raika forest.