Kaziranga floods force tiger to take shelter inside house

Kaziranga - The tiger was relaxing on a bed.

Residents of Harmati village in flood-affected Kaziranga suffered a shock after they found a Royal Bengal Tiger relaxing on the bed in one of the houses in the area on Thursday.
The tiger had entered in one Rafikul's house at around 7 am in Harmati and is still relaxing inside his residence, on the bed. The forest officials have arrived at the spot and preparations are underway to relocate the tiger to a safer place.
Due to the devastating floods in Assam, 70 per cent of the Kaziranga National Park and its 95 camps were submerged in water and keeping in mind the gravity of the situation, forest officers were asked to remain on duty and their leaves were cancelled earlier this week.
Kaziranga National Park in Assam is home to the world's largest population of Indian one-horned rhinoceroses. Other animals like tigers and elephants are also found in the forest.

#JustIn our vet @samshulwildvet is making plans with #AssamForestDepartment @kaziranga_ to tranquilise a #tiger that has entered a house and is relaxing on a bed! #AssamFloods bring in unusual guests! #Kaziranga Zoom in to see #OMG wish them luck! @action4ifaw @deespeak pic.twitter.com/SX2FoYOB6K
- Wildlife Trust India (@wti_org_india) July 18, 2019

A Billion Choices says the bag but this #tiger chooses bed n breakfast to escape #AssamFloods. Our team @wti_org_india @action4ifaw with @kaziranga_ working to ensure safe passage to the #forest #Kaziranga @vivek4wild @AzzedineTDownes + pic.twitter.com/5hfxtK2djo
- Wildlife Trust India (@wti_org_india) July 18, 2019

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