15 tigers to be shifted to Jamnagar 15 based rescue centre in 2-3 days

 

 

 

IN THE first-of-its-kind initiative, the Maharashtra Forest Department has decided to transfer 15 captive tigers from Gorewada Rescue Centre, Nagpur to Greens Zoological, Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Jamnagar soon. There are total 29 tigers and 30 leopards in Gorewada Rescue Centre.The total capacity to keep captive carnivores in the cages in Gorewada has already been exhausted and the rescue centre had no plans to release any of the tigers into the wild as they all are either problematic or injured. “It is a decongestion process because the capacity in Gorewada has already been exhausted and the Jamnagar based rescue centre is capable of keeping the tigers there,” said Shatnik Bhagwat, Zoo Director.

 

The rescue centre got green signal from the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) in the third week of August for this transfer. “No exchange of animals will take place as the tigers are being shifted to another rescue centre. The process of shifting will take place in 2-3 days and for this type of big animal transfer, a team from Jamnagar rescue centre will arrive soon with their special vehicles,” said Bhagwat. Out of 15 tigers, six are males and nine females. Among them three are injured and their treatment is going on in Gorewada. The team from Jamnagar will take special care of these three tigers during transportation, said the officer. Maheep Gupta, PCCF (Wildlife) cleared the transfer of these 15 tigers from Gorewada just few days ago ahead of his retirement on August 31. However, Ambedkari Republican Morcha protested against the animal transfer to Jamnagar on Sunday. According to the organisation, Gorewada Rescue Centre is a major tourist place in city and the Forest Department should keep them in city