Sunderbans Tiger Reserve: Radio collar for swamp tigers

KOLKATA: Four Sunderbans tigers are likely to be radio-collared this week. Chief wildlife warden Pradeep Vyas said they have plans to radio collar big cats in both the South 24-Parganas Forest Division and the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR) area.
"This exercise is part of a study currently being done on home range and territory of the swamp tigers. We have plans to radio collar four big cats," he added. Scientists of Dehradun-based Wildlife Institute of India will carry out the exercise.
Last January, a big cat was radio-collared in the mangroves. A source said the collar functioned very well and gave "useful" data on its movement. TOI had earlier reported that the forest department had got clearance to radio collar a total ten Sunderbans tigers. tnn