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.
