Tiger rescued from atop a date tree.(Sports) From: Post (South Africa) | Date: February 20, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Independent News & Media PLC. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

CALCUTTA: Forest guards tranquillised then rescued a pregnant tigress from a date palm tree hours after it strayed into a village near the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve in eastern India, an official said yesterday.

The tigress perched herself in the tree to escape a group of villagers chasing her and it took nearly 14 hours to tranquillise and then catch her on Monday, said Kanti Ganguly, Sunderbans affairs minister of West Bengal state.

The tigress suffered minor...