LUCKNOW, Oct. 9 -- A young tiger will soon meet his mother after being separated for the past 19 days.

"The sub-adult tiger, aged about 9-12 months, was rescued late on Wednesday night, 19 days after his mother was rescued also from Maholi in Sitapur district. We are sending the sub-adult tiger to Gorakhpur, where his mother was sent after being rescued," said divisional forest officer, Sitapur, Naveen Khandelwal.

The rescue operation had been continuing in the Maholi range for over a month, ever since a farmer was killed on August 22. The forest department began search operations and brought in cages and baits, rescuing the tigress first and then the tiger. But two other members in the family were wandering, one of which has now been c...