BHUBANESWAR: Following the great escape of the wild tiger
on the wee hours of Saturday from the Nandankanan Zoological Park here, State
Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray along with top Zoo and
forest officials started reviewing the situation after visiting the enclosure
on Sunday.
The zoo officials made Routray aware in detail about
the escaping of the tiger. They also informed the Minister about the technical
problem of a CCTV installed in the enclosure-32 (C) and for which video footage
of the tiger could not be taken on that night while the tiger escaped.
The Minister visited the enclosure to see the place
from where the big cat had escaped. “The wild tiger proved to be cleverer than
human being in the case as it is the first case in the world that a tiger fled
from a zoo by jumping over 18-feet iron railing of the enclosure,” said
Routray, adding, “The tiger had come to the zoo on Saturday night and was
roaming near the tiger enclosure. Whether the tiger is coming or not we will
test that.”
Meanwhile, the forest officials alerted the villagers
of nearby villages of the sanctuary area to be careful to the escaped tiger
while entering into the jungle for fire wood or passing the jungle road. The
officials also asked the villagers to give information about the tiger if it
enters into the human habitat.
Some villagers of Daruthenga area near to the
sanctuary alleged that they saw the tiger near the jungle way, but it could not
be confirmed by the forest officials.
Notably, a wild tiger which had entered into the white
tiger safari of the Nandankanan Zoological Park here on April 30 was kept in
the enclosure-32 (C) on Friday night for better treatment and care, while the
wild animal fled from the enclosure after few hours.
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