This story is from January 6, 2020

Camera traps to decode pugmarks near Jhargram

Fresh pugmarks have been spotted in Binpur’s Lakshmanpur village, more than 30km from Lalgarh’s Jhitka forest where a tiger was sighted a little less than two years ago and subsequently poached. ​
Camera traps to decode pugmarks near Jhargram
The pugmarks in Lakshmanpur village
JHARGRAM: Fresh pugmarks have been spotted in Binpur’s Lakshmanpur village, more than 30km from Lalgarh’s Jhitka forest where a tiger was sighted a little less than two years ago and subsequently poached.
Residents informed the forest department after spotting the pugmarks in wheat and mustard fields on Sunday morning. Foresters confirmed that they would send camera traps from the Sunderbans on Monday to decode the mystery.

The Lalgarh tiger, caught on camera traps on March 2, 2018, was poached on April 13 in West Midnapore’s Dherua area. Both Lalgarh and Binpur are in Jhargram district.
On Sunday, villager Sunil Murmu first saw the pugmarks in a mustard field 6km from Malabati forest. “I informed panchayat member Rajeeb Murmu, following which foresters and cops visited the spot, clicked pictures and collected footprints using Plaster of Paris,” he said.
Chief conservator of forests Rajeev Sharma said: “We will procure camera traps from Sunderbans and place these in the area to find out more details about the animal. There has been no report of cattle kill.”
Chief wildlife warden Ravi Kant Sinha said two pairs of camera traps would be sent to Binpur. “We expect to fix the cameras in the area by Monday late afternoon. Pictures suggest two sets of pugmarks.”
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