Buxa Tiger Reserve Gets Tigress T138 From Bihar's Valmiki Reserve, 3 More Tigers Planned In 2 Months

Kolkata: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday released a three-year-old tigress in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Alipurduar district in north Bengal in the presence of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.

Addressing the gathering, Adhikari said that three more tigers will be released in the next two months.

“I want to thank Bihar’s Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary for the smooth transfer of the tigress in Bengal. Earlier, it was a tiger reserve only in name. There were no tigers here. The previous government didn’t do anything to save the wildlife in the state,” said Adhikari.

Tourism centre near Jayanti

The West Bengal Chief Minister also promised to develop a world-class tourism centre on 2,000 acres near Jayanti.

Notably, the tigress that has been released today was brought from Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve. Though Buxa didn’t have any tigers, camera traps have spotted a tiger in the area, which experts think might have entered either from Assam or Bhutan.

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Yadav thanks Bihar Chief Minister

Taking to X, the Union Environment Minister also thanked Bihar’s Chief Minister.

“Inspired by PM Shri @narendramodi ji’s push for landscape conservation and species protection, today we have fulfilled the significant promise to reintroduce tigers in Buxa. T138 has been brought from Valmiki Tiger Reserve from Bihar to Buxa. I thank Bihar Chief Minister Shri @samrat4bjp and West Bengal Chief Minister Shri @SuvenduWB for their support in this successful reintroduction. #TigerBackInBuxa,” said Yadav.