Tiger spotted in Guj after 25 years

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat forest department on Tuesday confirmed the presence of a tiger in the state, almost 25 years after the feline was last spotted in the forests of Dangs in the southern part of the state.

Camera traps installed in the Lunwad-Santrampur forest in the state’s northern district of Mahisagar caught the tiger moving around on Monday night, said district deputy range forest officer R M Parmar.

The Gir National Park and Sanctuary, home to Asiatic lions, is located around 500 kms from Lunawad-Santrampur forest where tiger was spotted.

Forest minister Ganpat Vasava said the tiger was about 7 to 8 years old and may have come either from Rajasthan, Maharashtra or Madhya Pradesh.

“There were some reports of a tiger going missing from a forest area near Ujjain. We are trying to confirm it,” he said.