The Forest department Friday said that five elephants, including four from neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, have been deployed in Maharashtra's Yavatmal to trap a tigress that has reportedly killed 13 people in the last few months.
A Forest department official Friday said that the five elephants, including one from Tadoba National Park in Maharashtra, were stationed at Sawarkheda in Ralegoan here to trap the tigress and her two cubs who are moving about in the Ralegaon-Kelapur forest belt of the district.
A state Forest department release informed that the plan was to trap the tigress and the cubs after tranquilising them.
It said that, besides the five elephants, two veterinarians, 25 experts from the special Tiger Protection Force, 24 police personnel, 22 forest department employees among others had also been deployed for the purpose.
Over 200 personnel are camping in Sawarkheda area to trap the tigress and the cubs, the official added.
An official said that 75 camera traps have been set up to monitor the movement of the big cats.
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