Overview
- Forest teams captured the three-year-old tigress from Tadoba’s Khadsangi range, fitted her with a radio collar, and transported her after veterinary checks.
- Identified as T20SF2 and called Chanda, she has been placed in a holding enclosure at Sonarli for a soft release with intensive monitoring.
- The Union environment ministry approved relocating eight tigers from Tadoba-Andhari and Pench to Sahyadri in phases over five years.
- The first phase involves two sub-adult tigresses from Tadoba, with Chanda registered in Sahyadri as STR-04 to bolster a landscape currently hosting three males.
- Officials say the operation followed NTCA guidelines with WII guidance and drew on experience from earlier relocations such as Simlipal.