The officials of the Forests Department and medical experts have geared up to commence the treatment of the wounded tigress as soon as it was brought to the Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary.
The animal was expected to be brought to the sanctuary by the early hours of Sunday. It will be treated by a team led by Forest Veterinary Officer C.S. Jayakumar.
According to K.I. Pradeep Kumar, Deputy Conservator of Forests (Widlife), the tigress will be treated and accommodated in the squeeze cage at the Lion Safari Park in the sanctuary for its lacerated and infected teat.
According to him, the wound was not life-threatening and the tigress had a cent per cent chance of survival.
He added that the sanctuary was chosen over the Thrissur zoo as the tiger population has increased at the latter, and there was room to accommodate no more. In the recent past, an injured tiger that was brought from Munnar had been treated at the Neyyar Wildlife Sanctuary.
