Mamata Banerjee requests Odisha to rescue tiger entering Bengal

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Jayatri Nag

, ET BureauLast Updated: Jan 06, 2025, 07:33:00 PM IST

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requested Odisha to send a forest team to rescue a tiger that entered Bengal. The previous rescue of tigress 'Zeenat' highlighted the challenges faced by the people and efforts by West Bengal's forest department. The Chief Minister emphasized balancing animal welfare with human safety, praising the forest officials.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday urged the Odisha government to send a team of forest department and rescue the tiger which has entered Bengal.

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“A tiger from a neighbouring state entered Bengal and our forest department rescued the tiger. People were terrified and schools were closed down. After the tiger was rescued, calls started coming to send it back. People of five districts of Bengal suffered for five days. Now another tiger has entered Bengal, I would request the Odisha government’s Forest Department team to rescue it,” Banerjee said.

“I have told the Chief Secretary to speak to the Odisha government and send a team here to rescue the tiger,” Banerjee pointed out.

Recently, the Forest Department in West Bengal, after much effort, had tranquilised a tigress ‘Zeenat” that was on the move across three states for 21 days. The tigress was successfully sedated and caged after a 21-day hunt, in which it covered over 300 km across Odisha, Jharkhand, and West Bengal.

“Our Forest Department officials managed to tranquilise the tiger near Gosaindihi village of Bankura district. Then the tiger was taken away and it was released in water. We are eager to keep the tiger. But I must think about human beings also. They have suffered from straying of the tigress recently,” Banerjee said.