Sultan — the captive tiger from Gorewada zoo in Nagpur finally reached his new home at Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Thursday morning after a 48-hour long journey. Confirming the development, Range forest officer and superintendent of the Tiger and Lion safari at SGNP, Vijay Barabde said, "Sultan (C1), the tiger is approximately five years old and was transferred from Gorewada (Nagpur) Rescue Centre to SGNP on December 26."

He has been brought to SGNP to breed the three tigresses (Bijlee and Mastani both 9 years old and Laxmi, 10). The breeding programme will be undertaken at a later stage, once he settles down in the new environment. The transportation was done by the SGNP rescue team under the guidance of RFO Barabde, Dr Shailesh Pethe, veterinary officer of SGNP. Speaking to mid-day Dr Shailesh Pethe said, "Presently, Sultan has been kept in the tiger cage at SGNP. It is worth mentioning that during the entire journey of around 800 km, the animal was not tranquillised even once."