nagpur two days after the over threeyearold tigress was reunited with the wild in pench tiger reserve ptr it was captured on monday after another female in the wild attacked and injured herthe grownup cub of pandharkawdas avni was softreleased on march 5 from the titralmangi enclosure in pench where it was trained to hunt in over fivehectare enclosure for more than two years the tigress stepped out of the enclosure at 645pm on fridaywe captured it on monday afternoon after we found her injured during the internecine fight the tigress ptrf84 was being monitored using vhf tracking and satellite telemetry 24x7 after confirming her fight with another female early in the morning we sought wildlife vets opinion and decided to retrieve her said rs govekar ccf field directorgovekar said the injury may affect her movements in the wild and hence it was decided to tranquillize the animal after consulting pccf wildlife this kind of interaction with another tiger postrelease was anticipated and an emergency retrieval plan was already provided in the original release plan submitted to the ntca said govekarthe female sustained injuries on her right foreleg but she is otherwise healthy the tranquillizing operation was carried out in presence of dr chetan patond dr syed bilal and other officerson the fate of the tigress govekar said the capture operation was part of our broad release plan and hence the animal has been kept in the same enclosure we need to provide a levelplaying field to the tigress this is not the end of the experiment she will continue to be monitored in the same rewilding facility under the same set of conditions till a further decision is takenearlier four such experiments to rerelease handreared tigers in the wild by the forest department have failed miserably