It will help wildlife managers understand habitat utilisation pattern and behaviour of the keystone species.
The West Bengal Forest Department has radio collared a tiger in the Sunderban Tiger Reserve and released it in the wild. The initiative has been taken by wildlife wing of West Bengal Forest Department in collaboration with the World Wild Fund for Nature-India (WWF) India is aimed at ‘Assessing Tiger-Human Interactions through Radio-Telemetry’.
According to senior forest officials, the process of radio collaring was conducted on December 26 and 27 (Saturday and Sunday) in Harikhali beat under Bashirat range in Sundarban. A male tiger was radio collared and released in wild.