Dec 21, 2022
Devotees and priests at Umananda Temple had a “Life of Pi” moment Tuesday morning — they were caught with a full grown Royal Bengal tiger that swam to the island where the landmark is located.
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Construction workers sounded the alarm when they spotted the tiger swimming towards the island around 9.30am.
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Police and forest authorities were alerted immediately, around 40 people were evacuated by the waiting ferry, and foresters reached the island.
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They tracked down the tiger, tranquilised it, and took it to Guwahati zoo.
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The exercise to tranquilise and capture it took over six hours.
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East Kamrup DFO Rohini Ballav Saikia said the tiger most likely strayed out of Orang National Park, 120km upstream of Guwahati.
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It was initially suspected to be a leopard — which are known to live on the hills and forests surrounding the city.
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