Faizabad maneater spotted in Bihara

Efforts to track the tiger continued on Monday,but yielded no results. Failing to catch it,the department has now obtained two trained German Shepherds to help them track it down. The dogs have been provided by a Delhi-based NGO,Traffic India,which works for checking wildlife crime. Deputy Range Officer Sanjay Shrivastava,leader of the combing team,said: “With the help of these trained dogs,we hope that our task will become a bit easier.”

While the Forest Department is on the lookout for the tiger with orders to shoot it,a team from the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) has joined the combing operations in an effort to save the big cat. “We are trying to track down the tiger so that it can be rehabilitated,” said Ashok Kumar,Vice- Chairman of WTI. The rescue team has been asked to step up the vigil near Betwa where the tiger is expected to go to drink water,he added.

On the other hand,the tiger in South Kheri,which killed a woman on Sunday,was once again sighted on the fringes of the forest area. “We have put cages to trap the tiger,” said RC Jha,DFO of South Kheri. The pugmarks of another tiger from Ghazipur was traced in Basti on Monday. Officials said it is moving along Saryu.