Tigress

Tigress

The tigress steps into the Sundarbans, six months after she was rescued from the nets of illegal deer hunters. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

The jungle queen walks back to jungle

After six months in captivity, one 11-year-old tigress returns to the Sundarbans, where illegal deer traps continue to threaten Bangladesh's Bengal tiger population

Although the animal has regained much of its natural agility and predatory instincts, wildlife officials at the Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Centre in Khulna said that the tigress is not yet ready to be released back into the wild. Photo: Collected

Injured tigress rescued from poachers roaring back to health, regains agility

Photo: BSS

Injured Tigress recovering gradually, says Khulna COF