- The process to translocate three pairs of tigers from Madhya Pradesh to Odisha began with a tiger from Kanha Tiger Reserve (KTR) being shifted to the eastern State, an official said.
- The translocation is carried out under a project to shift three pairs of tigers from the State to the Satkosia Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha.
- This is for the first time in the country when big cats are being shifted from one State to another State.
- Under the guidance of the doctors of KTR and Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR), a tiger was tranquillised in Mukki area of KTR.