A three-year-old female tiger from Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha wandered into the Bandwan area of Purulia district, West Bengal. Similipal Tiger Reserve is located in the Mayurbhanj District. It was declared a Tiger Reserve in 1956. It was included under Project Tiger in 1973 and became part of UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves in 2009. The reserve is known for its undulating terrain, grasslands, and a mix of tropical moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests. This Tiger Reserve uniquely hosts melanistic (black) tigers.
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