Sulthan Bathery: The 8-year-old tigress captured from Amarakkuni near Pulppalli will be shifted to the Thiruvananthapuram Zoo. Chief Wildlife Warden Pramod G Krishnan issued the order citing that the Animal Hospices Centre and Palliative Care Unit at Kuppadi under the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is filled to its capacity.

"The hospice is completely occupied, and the treatment is in cages squeezed with recently rescued tigers," the order noted. The CWW has directed the Divisional Forest Officer, South Wayanad Ajith K Raman, to undertake the operation under the supervision and guidance of the Chief Conservator of Forests (Northern Circle), K S Deepa. The assistant forest veterinary officer at the elephant camp, Muthanga, will accompany the animal to Thiruvananthapuram and ensure minimum trauma to the animal while in transit.

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The decision was made considering the urgency of imparting the best veterinary care for the animal and also for a detailed examination. There are wounds on both the animal's forelimbs and hindlimbs. The veterinary experts have advised that it would not be feasible to release the animal back into the jungle to its natural habitat due to a lack of canines, rendering it unable to hunt effectively in its natural habitat.

According to South Wayanad DFO Ajith K Raman, the veterinary experts from Zoological Garden, Thiruvananthapuram, will visit the facility at Kuppadi this week to finalise the guidelines for the transit.

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