Odisha: Fresh tiger sighting brightens Debrigarh's Tiger Reserve prospects

Bhubaneswar, Nov 9 (UNI) A Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) has been camera-trapped and directly sighted by patrolling staff at Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha's Bargarh district, prompting the Forest Department to intensify surveillance and protection measures. Hirakud Wildlife Division Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Anshu Pragyan Das said today that the tiger was found to have strayed into the sanctuary through the Dechuan-Lakhanpur forest area. Its origin, gender and other details will be ascertained after the photographs are analysed by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) and the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), she said. Following the sighting, the Forest Department…