Tigress enters private university campus in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal

A tigress entered the premises of a private university in Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal, a forest official said on Saturday. The big cat went back to its habitat and there was no man-animal conflict, he said.

Earlier in the day, CCTV footage showing the wild animal near the gate of the private university surfaced on social media.

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Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Alok Pathak said the CCTV footage showed a tigress on the varsity campus on the outskirts of Bhopal.

There is a forest adjoining the university campus and the tigress entered the place on Thursday night after jumping over a lower fencing, he said.

“Later, the feline returned to the forest,” he said, adding that the tigress lives in the adjoining jungle with its four cubs.