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The big antheral tiger, named ‘Explorer’, was reintroduced into the chaotic successful the Godavari scenery of Papikonda National Park (PNP) successful Andhra Pradesh connected Saturday greeting (February 14, 2026) arsenic portion of Operation Stripes, 8 days aft it was tranquilised.
The transient tiger was tranquilised aft walking much than 650 kilometers done the functional corridor that stretches betwixt Central India and the Eastern Ghats. Labelled arsenic innocent, its behaviour and behaviour persuaded Indian tiger conservationists to assistance it a caller lease connected beingness by releasing it backmost into the earthy landscape.
Highly placed sources associated with the Operation Stripes told The Hindu, “At 9.30 a.m. connected Saturday, the tiger has been released into the wild. It is steadfast and walked with a gentle calmness. It displayed shyness successful its behaviour during the release”.
Satellite Collar
The sources besides revealed that the tiger has been fitted with a outer collar and the GPS strategy has been enabled to person signals. The transmission of information regarding the tiger’s movements has commenced and is being recorded. This is the archetypal tiger cognition successful the State successful which a tiger is being monitored utilizing outer collaring, according to wildlife authorities. The outer collar is besides equipped with a VHF caller facility, enabling the monitoring squad to way the tiger’s movements.
As portion of Operation Stripes, officials besides launched an inaugural to augment herbivore populations successful the scenery wherever the tiger was released. The sources informed that peculiar teams person been deployed to show the tiger’s movements successful the chaotic until it establishes its ain territory.
The Rajahmundry Wildlife Management unit and ground-level staff, who were progressive successful the tranquilisation task, lauded the palmy rehabilitation of the large cat.
