HC says ok to shoot but effort on to tranquillize tigress
(WorldNews India)

Nagpur: At 9.30am on Thursday, tiger tracking expert Wasif Jamshed shot a dart with a tranquillizing gun at the tigress which had travelled 500 kms in 76 days. 60 minutes later, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court had upheld orders issued to shoot it. `But, for the next 2-3 days our efforts will be to tranquillize and recapture the tigress,` PCCF (wildlife) AK Misra told TOI on Thursday. According to sources, the dart had fallen off as the tigress managed to run into the thickets near Bor Tiger Reserve. However, Misra did not confirm whether the dart was fired at the tigress and it missed. `I`m not aware about it,` he said. The top official added that another well-known tranquillizing...