Forest officials have used a tranquilizer gun to free a tiger that
became stuck in a fence near the village of Borda in the western
Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, India.
The tiger, stuck for five hours overnight, growled as it tried several
times to escape before being shot close-range with the gun.
A forest official, Chand Hande, said the tiger - later driven away
sedated in a truck - would be set free in the forest.
"When we got to know that a tiger was stuck in the fencing of a field in the Borda village, our team rushed to the spot and managed to tranquilize him after a long time," he said.
"We will set him free in the forest in the evening," Hande said.
Tigers have long been bordering on extinction as they face the dangers
of poaching, killings and habitat loss despite government conservation
efforts.
"When we got to know that a tiger was stuck in the fencing of a field in the Borda village, our team rushed to the spot and managed to tranquilize him after a long time," he said.
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