<p>Two tigresses captured recently in Maharashtra's Chandrapur by the forest department will be released into the Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) on Saturday as part of a tiger translocation programme aimed at curbing the man-animal conflict in the district, a state minister said.</p>.<p>The NNTR is spread across Gondia and Bhandara districts of the state. This is the first translocation of tigers within the state, Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar claimed while talking to <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p>"Under the programme, around 25 tigers will be translocated from Chandrapur district to other places in the state to curb the man-animal conflicts," he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/boy-killed-in-stray-dog-attack-in-telanganas-warangal-1220161.html" target="_blank">Boy killed in stray dog attack in Telangana's Warangal</a></strong></p>.<p>A senior forest department official said that two non-troublesome tigresses were recently captured in Chandrapur.</p>.<p>"These tigresses were examined by a team of experts from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) before their release into the NNTR," he said.</p>.<p>Sources in the forest department said that so far this year, tigers killed eight persons in Chandrapur district, while two others were killed by leopards. In 2022, a total of 53 people were killed in the attack by tigers and leopards in the district, they said.</p>.<p>In the wake of rising incidents of man-animal conflict in Chandrapur, senior forest officials had forwarded a proposal to the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) in Nagpur for its nod to translocate some tigers from Chandrapur to the NNTR.</p>.<p>Accordingly, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) had given approval to shift the non-troublesome tigers and tigresses to the NNTR, a forest official said.</p>
<p>Two tigresses captured recently in Maharashtra's Chandrapur by the forest department will be released into the Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve (NNTR) on Saturday as part of a tiger translocation programme aimed at curbing the man-animal conflict in the district, a state minister said.</p>.<p>The NNTR is spread across Gondia and Bhandara districts of the state. This is the first translocation of tigers within the state, Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar claimed while talking to <em>PTI.</em></p>.<p>"Under the programme, around 25 tigers will be translocated from Chandrapur district to other places in the state to curb the man-animal conflicts," he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/boy-killed-in-stray-dog-attack-in-telanganas-warangal-1220161.html" target="_blank">Boy killed in stray dog attack in Telangana's Warangal</a></strong></p>.<p>A senior forest department official said that two non-troublesome tigresses were recently captured in Chandrapur.</p>.<p>"These tigresses were examined by a team of experts from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) before their release into the NNTR," he said.</p>.<p>Sources in the forest department said that so far this year, tigers killed eight persons in Chandrapur district, while two others were killed by leopards. In 2022, a total of 53 people were killed in the attack by tigers and leopards in the district, they said.</p>.<p>In the wake of rising incidents of man-animal conflict in Chandrapur, senior forest officials had forwarded a proposal to the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) in Nagpur for its nod to translocate some tigers from Chandrapur to the NNTR.</p>.<p>Accordingly, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) had given approval to shift the non-troublesome tigers and tigresses to the NNTR, a forest official said.</p>