Khulna, July 12 -- A Royal Bengal tigress, who spent nearly six months in a rehabilitation centre after being rescued from a poacher's snare, returned to its natural habitat in the Sundarbans on Sunday.

The tigress had been rescued from a poachers' snare in the Sundarbans earlier this year. She was released in the Andharmanik patrol outpost area under the Sundarbans East Forest Division on Sunday morning, said Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of the Sundarbans East Forest Division Rezaul Karim Chowdhury .

Forest officials transported the animal from Mongla Fuel Jetty by the Forest Department vessel ML Swachh-2 and reached the release site around 11:30 am.

After completing necessary procedures, officials opened the iron cage at around no...