Tiger rescued after getting stuck in a fence

Forest officials have used a tranquiliser gun to free a tiger that became stuck in a fence near the village of Borda in the western Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, India.



The tiger, stuck for five hours overnight, growled as it tried several times to escape before being shot close-range with the gun. A forest official, Chand Hande, said the tiger - later driven away sedated in a truck - would be set free in the forest.



"When we got to know that a tiger was stuck in the fencing of a field in the Borda village, our team rushed to the spot and managed to tranquilise him after a long time," he said.


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"We will set him free in the forest in the evening," Hande said. Tigers have long been bordering on extinction as they face the dangers of poaching, killings and habitat loss despite government conservation efforts.