Dia Mirza Instagram – This #Tiger did not have a Billion choices. But our rescue team working relentlessly, selflessly, risking their lives each day to ensure they give #WildlIfe safe passage back to the wild ensure they have a choice. “Flood waters bring in the most unlikely guests. This time it was a tiger at a house in Harmouti in the Kohora range, relaxing on a bed. The IFAW-WTI- Assam Forest Department teams initially considered tranquilising the tiger but finally decided to give it a safe passage without much intervention. The tiger was spotted next to the highway at 8:30 am, moving from the park, just 200 m away, most probably on its way to higher reaches in the Karbi hills about 500 m across the National highway. Probably disturbed, he jumped across the wall of a scrap garage and took refuge in the dark room of a house. There is a roadside eating joint located across the house and the highway divides this stretch. It has to traverse this stretch of the road and eating joint to reach the forested hills behind. The team waited patiently for sundown to give it a safe passage out of the house. The AssamForest Department is working round the clock with NGOs #IFAW- #WTI to ensure the safety of humans and animals in the wake of floods and receding waters that is throwing such unprecedented challenges each day.” This situation is also a strong statement on highways and settlements blocking the animals’ #RightOfPassage!