A male tiger taken under control from Tedhuwa village of Belauri municipality-2 in Kanchanpur district will be released in the core area of the Shuklaphant National Park.

The adult wild cat was found in a wheat field on Sunday. It was later darted by a team of forest technicians and kept at the Office of Division Forest Office, Kanchanpur.

"The full grown tiger is in good health now. There is no injury either," said Chief of the District Forest Office, Ram Bichari Thakur. It would be released in a safe area of the national park. 

 

The forest technicians took the wild cat under control by darting with the mobilization of two elephants. Even a drone camera was used to locate the tiger in the wheat field.