Tigress spotted sitting on UP farmhouse wall at night, tranquillised after video goes viral

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: Forest department team rescues a tiger that entered a village in Pilibhit pic.twitter.com/E8P7V7M3Ir

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Despite the commotion, the tigress remained calm and perched atop the wall, seemingly unfazed by the attention. After several hours, forest officials managed to tranquillise the animal and send it for medical examination.

“The tigress is currently under observation,” said Pilibhit’s Divisional Forest Officer Naveen Khandelwal. “Our next course of action will be based on the advice of senior authorities.”

According to Khandelwal, forest officials had received reports about the tigress’s movement in the area for the past 20 days.

A video of the tigress resting on the wall quickly went viral on social media, drawing huge crowds to the village.

Atkona is around 10 km from the Tiger Reserve Forest. The tigress was first spotted by the owner of the farmhouse, Sukhvinder Singh, around 2.30 am, after he heard his pet dogs barking continuously.

On seeing the animal perched on his boundary wall, Singh immediately informed forest officials about it. In the meantime, a huge crowd reached the spot. Initially, there was panic among the people.

“Around 11.00 am, we tranquillised the animal and took it with us,” said DFO Khandelwal.