A photo released on April 4, 2020, shows a tiger named Walker at the Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary in Gerumatargaon, Maharashtra. A video of the operation, which has been widely viewed on social media, shows Walker laying on the ground before jumping up in surprise as the collar suddenly pops off. — AFP/Bilal Hadid/Wildlife Institute of India
NEW DELHI: A delicate remote control operation to remove a tracking collar from a tiger on an epic 13-month trek through India has been carried out to avoid the device choking the animal.
The feline explorer, named Walker for the roughly 3,000 kilometres (1,800 miles) of terrain it covered, has been tracked by Indian wildlife experts through forests, farms, highways and villages.
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