Two tigresses to move to Panna

Two hand-reared tigresses from Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha tiger reserve would soon be shifted to adjacent Panna sanctuary to give company to three translocated big cats,the first such experiment in the country. “The two orphaned siblings have been hand-raised since 2005 when their mother was mauled to death by a tiger and are likely to be translocated this month-end,” sanctuary’s field director S Murthy said .

Panna sanctuary has three tigers — a male from Pench national park and two females from Kanha and Bandhavgarh —shifted last year.