Tiger in Tamenglong?
Wildlife experts find droppings: Tamenglong, Dec 18: State wildlife experts investigating into the presence of a Bengal Tiger in Bhalok (Phalong) village on Tuesday discovered the droppings of the tiger and bones of a buffalo left after being eaten possibly by the tiger. With the detection of these materials, experts opined that a full grown tiger is present in and around the forest of Bhalok and five volunteers who were engaged by the forest department for close vigil on the movement of the tiger since December 2 and the villagers were asked to hunt for the foot prints of the tiger to ascertain its movement by the experts. An expert team of the state forest department comprising of L Biramangol Singh, Forest Range Officer (FRO), A Kuber Singh, FRO, Khomeimacha Kamson, FRO, Ninthemba, deputy forest ranger of wildlife wing on Tuesday detected the bones and muck at a spot located in the forest between Bhalok-Irang road at Bhalok-2 village where domestic cattle graze. After analysis, the ...