Buxa tigress escapes acclimatisation enclosure again

Science · First reported 8 Nov, 20:22 · Updated 10:43

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A tigress brought back to Buxa after being captured in Assam escaped again by digging beneath the enclosure boundary, according to reports. The accounts differ on whether the escape occurred four or five days after her capture.

The tigress escaped from the Buxa acclimatisation enclosure again by digging beneath its boundary, according to both reports.
The Times of India reports that she had been brought back from Assam on November 3 and escaped four days later; The Indian Express headline describes the escape as five days after her capture in Assam.
The Times of India says she was moving east towards Assam after crossing the Bala river, while the Indian Express snippet provides no details about her movements after escaping.

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Key facts

Reported escape timing: Sunday afternoon around 1:30 pm, four days after her November 3 return to Buxa, according to The Times of India; the Indian Express headline says five days after capture in Assam.
Enclosure size: 2.2 hectares
Escape route: The Times of India says she dug beneath the enclosure foundation.
Reported direction: East towards Assam, after crossing the Bala river, according to The Times of India.
Name: T-138, later named BTR-TF1, according to The Times of India.