Thursday, February 21, 2008

Dramatic rescue for Indian tiger

Last Updated: Wednesday, 20 February 2008, 14:35 GMT
Forest guards in India have carried out the dramatic rescue of a pregnant tigress who had hidden in a palm tree after being chased away by villagers. They tranquilised and then caught the Royal Bengal tigress that had strayed into a village near the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve in eastern India. The animal was released back into the wild after receiving treatment for minor injuries, officials say. Tigers have been slowly disappearing from India, mostly because of poaching....

3 comments:

sachie said...

i love tigers! what an incredible picture!

Margot said...

Hi Eve,

Indeed the picture is incredible, as Sachie says.
I've always been very touched by the fate of tigers and poaching.

Eve Wickman said...

I know, I was pleasantly surprised to find them making an effort to save this tiger since there is a notorious black market for poaching tigers in India...good news...