the possibility that it came from simlipal it could still be a tiger from simlipal one that hadnt been picked by any camera there it could also be from any wildlife sanctuary or reserve forest here where cameras had never been installed says biswajit mohanty an odishabased conservationist and former member national board for wildlifetheres no corridor for tigers to travel beyond the hadgarh wildlife sanctuary to the southwest of simlipal says mohanty but the connectivity with corridors is better to the northeast of the park he addsa source however informs that these corridors are mostly fragmented and a tiger would have to cross two big rivers subarnarekha and kangsabati not to mention the busy nh6 to reach lalgarh via nayagram after travelling almost 250kmbut to a tiger this distance is nothing mohanty adds a big cat from satkosia had travelled more than 150km to nandankanan a few years agostate chief wildlife warden ravi kant sinha though said they were not ruling out jharkhands palamau more than 400km from lalgarh as the big cats possible origin since its better connected to this part through forest corridors like dalmahistory takehas there ever been any tiger in lalgarhthe carnivora of midnapore was then represented by tiger leopard bear hyena foxes and jackals among others according to a 1911 report in the bengal district gazetteers midnapore by lss omalleythe carnivora was mostly found in western part of the district where theres sal forest before the opening of the district by the railways destruction of forest and extension of cultivation tigers were also seen in the eastern alluvial portion of the district especially near the mouths of haldi and other rivers the report saysreferring to it saha says tigers were also found close to the borders of singbhum indicating the existence of a corridor at that timealso there are mentions about tiger movement from mayurbhanj a princely state and odisha the gazetteer also mentions the shooting of a tiger near nayagram omalley in the journal referred to tigers and leopards as occasional visitors from the sundarbans or from the western junglesthe road aheadin his 1911 journal omalley had sounded the alarm over hunting of prey species by tribals more than a century later his fears have turned truewith no proper prey base for the tiger and the big cat killing at least seven fullgrown cows in lalgarh since it was sighted for the first time on february 1 foresters have decided to capture and shift it to the jharkhali rescue centre in the sunderbanswhile options are also being explored to reintroduce it in a suitable north bengal habitat after capture it has raised the hackles of conservationists if its a healthy tiger no time should be lost in releasing it in a suitable habitat it should have its senses sharp it shouldnt get used to human presence or food being served on a platter wright cautionsworld animal protection also issued a statement there is some discussion that the tiger will be