Bhubaneswar: Five Royal Bengal Tigers (RBTs) will be brought from Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra by the end of September.
Three of them will be relocated to Debrigarh sanctuary while two others will be released into Similipal tiger reserve for the genetic diversity programme.
It was informed by the PPCF (wildlife) Susanta Nanda. He said that two special teams will soon leave for the two States.
“We have requested MP and Maharashtra which have given their consent. They have also selected the tigers from their core area. Two separate teams led by CCF and RCCF will leave for these States to expedite the process very soon. We anticipated the genetic diversity programme would be launched in Similipal by the end of September,” Nanda said.
He informed that solar fencing will be made around Debrigarh sanctuary to prevent the entry of tigers into human habitation.
Similarly, two giraffes will be brought to Nandankanan Zoological Park in an animal exchange programme.
“We are getting a pair of giraffes in the animal exchange programme. We have only one in Nandankanan”, Nanda added.
