<p>The Forest department captured a tigress last night after it strayed into a village at Hingalganj, adjacent to the Sunderbans in North 24-Parganas district.<br /><br />It was released today into the Baghmara forest deep into the Sunderbans, the officials said.<br />On Thursday, a tiger had entered Shamsernagar village after swimming across the two-km wide Raimangal river. It killed livestock before being trapped by the Forest department staff the next day.<br /><br />It was released into the deep forests on Saturday, they said.<br />Forest officials said tigers had been regularly entering human habitations ever since cyclone Aila wrought havoc in the Sunderbans.<br /><br />One of the reasons for frequent cases of tiger straying is the dwindling prey base in the Sunderbans, possibly caused by cyclone Aila, they said.</p>
<p>The Forest department captured a tigress last night after it strayed into a village at Hingalganj, adjacent to the Sunderbans in North 24-Parganas district.<br /><br />It was released today into the Baghmara forest deep into the Sunderbans, the officials said.<br />On Thursday, a tiger had entered Shamsernagar village after swimming across the two-km wide Raimangal river. It killed livestock before being trapped by the Forest department staff the next day.<br /><br />It was released into the deep forests on Saturday, they said.<br />Forest officials said tigers had been regularly entering human habitations ever since cyclone Aila wrought havoc in the Sunderbans.<br /><br />One of the reasons for frequent cases of tiger straying is the dwindling prey base in the Sunderbans, possibly caused by cyclone Aila, they said.</p>