KAZIRANGA: Residents of Harmati village in flood-affected Kaziranga suffered a shock after they found a Royal Bengal Tiger relaxing on the bed in one of the houses in the area on Thursday.
The tiger had entered in one Rafikul's house at around 7 am in Harmati and was still relaxing inside his residence, on the bed.
The forest officials have arrived at the spot and preparations are underway to relocate the tiger to a safer place.
Due to the devastating floods in Assam, 70 percent of the Kaziranga National Park and its 95 camps were submerged in water and keeping in mind the gravity of the situation, forest officers were asked to remain on duty and their leaves were canceled earlier this week.
Kaziranga National Park in Assam is home to the world's largest population of Indian one-horned rhinoceroses. Other animals like tigers and elephants are also found in the forest.
#JustIn our vet @samshulwildvet is making plans with #AssamForestDepartment @kaziranga_ to tranquilise a #tiger that has entered a house and is relaxing on a bed! #AssamFloods bring in unusual guests! #Kaziranga Zoom in to see #OMG wish them luck! @action4ifaw @deespeak pic.twitter.com/SX2FoYOB6K
β Wildlife Trust India (@wti_org_india) July 18, 2019
Our vet @samshulwildvet is on a mission to tranquilise this #tiger to get him out of bed! Anyone else see the irony? π #AssamFlood #Kaziranga βthis thread is all abput good work done @vivek4wild@action4ifaw @VishalDadlani @deespeak @_AdilHussain @DevrajSanyal + pic.twitter.com/gCrwZtqzcc
β Wildlife Trust India (@wti_org_india) July 18, 2019