- A three-year-old tigress named Dooars Rani has escaped from her enclosure at Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal for a second time by digging under a perimeter fence.
- The animal had only recently been recaptured on 3 November after travelling more than 100 kilometres into neighbouring Assam following an earlier escape in October.
- Originally relocated from Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve to help rebuild Buxa's tiger population, she was being held in an enclosure to acclimatise prior to a planned wild release.
- Around 60 forest personnel and three trained elephants are currently using radio-collar tracking to locate the tigress, believed to be within seven kilometres of the enclosure.
- Authorities are monitoring her movements closely to prevent her from crossing back into Assam as search efforts continue near the Jayanti river.
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