Morung Express News Dimapur | March 3 A team of wildlife experts set off for Medziphema village on March 3 after unconfirmed reports of tiger sightings emerged following the February 29 killing of a tigress. The reports further gained credibility after a pugmark, reported to be fresh, was discovered today at the village ground. The tiger pugmark was found imprinted on cow dropping prompting the Department of Forests, Ecology, Environment and Wildlife to mobilise a team to make spot verification of the reports. According to the Wildlife Warden, Dimapur Wildlife Division, K. Caroline, the team made up of wildlife experts from the Wildlife Trust of India, National Tiger Conservation Authority and State Forest personnel visited the village today to verify the pugmark finding. Suspecting it to be a fresh print, the team scoured certain locations in the forest adjacent to the village. Though the team did not find any credible evidence, the Wildlife Warden said that the team will return to the village on Friday and will be setting up camera traps in suspected locations.
