Mayurbhanj, April 28 -- In a remarkable and rare wildlife event, a young male Royal Bengal tiger has walked approximately 800 kilometres through forests and landscapes to enter Odisha's famous Similipal Tiger Reserve.

This long-distance dispersal was described as an "astonishing first" by officials.

The tiger, estimated to be 4-5 years old and a prime adult male, was detected through camera traps installed for the ongoing all-India tiger census.

According to Prakash Chand Gogineni, Field Director of Similipal Tiger Reserve, the animal entered the reserve in December-January after starting its journey from the Chhattisgarh side.

It traversed through Sundargarh district, Banai forests, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, and Kamakhyanagar before finall...