With the series of incidents of tigers and other wild animals getting injured or dying after getting trapped in metal wire snares activated by poachers around Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary near Nagpur, the forest department has started a special operation wherein local villagers/NGOS and volunteers are being involved in the search for snares. This activity will happen twice a week. On Wednesday, around 50 volunteers took part in a search operation in Pandharkawada area (where Tigress T1-Avni used to roam) and around 14 snares were removed.

There have been several incidents in the past where tigers have got injured or have died due to snare injuries. Taking serious note of such incidents, the Forest Department had also given advertisements in Marathi newspapers appealing to wildlife lovers, representatives from NGOs to take part in the de-snaring and search operations starting from June 6.