The effort of Madhya Pradesh forest officials to catch the elusive tiger, which had deserted Panna National Park last month, is still on. The big cat was spotted at the Taradehi forest in Damoh district on Thursday. For almost a month, the forest officials have been keeping a round-the-clock vigil to trace the tiger. Wildlife experts believe that 'homing instinct' is driving the big cat back to its original habitat -- Pench. The tiger was relocated from Panna tiger reserve to Pench. A rescue team, comprising forest officials from Panna, Kanha, Sagar and others, is tracking the tiger with the help of signals sent out by the radio-collar. it was relocated to Panna from Pench. According to the sources, the big cat had moved to Taradehi on Thursday. Tranquilising the tiger is proving to be a tedious task. On Wednesday, the big cat was present in the Mahuakheda forest near Tejgarh. The rescue team had informed that the tiger was constantly moving southwards. Later, the rescue team spotted pugmarks of a different tiger in Garakota in Nauradehi sanctuary (Sagar) last week. The 2003 survey reported presence of three tigers in this area. Veterinary expert Dr PK Malik of the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, who was brought here, had already left, but experts of Panna and Kanha are still with the rescue team for the purpose of tranquilising the tiger and take it back to Panna National Park. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has already asked the State Forest department to tranquilise the feline and keep it in confinement for a sometime so that it acclimatises with the new surroundings. NTCA officials have also accepted that the tiger might be feeling uneasy due to the strong 'homing instinct'. The 'homing instinct' is the ability of an animal to perceive direction that is beyond the usual human senses and help the lost animal either to return to their home base or trail their owners. According to experts, this ability can be attributed to the animal's sensitivity to the earth's magnetic field. However, the big cat has made the life miserable for the rescue team. The members, mounted on elephants and equipped with the receivers, are constantly on the move. The big cat has been relocated to Panna for reviving tiger population here. The tiger population has been wiped out from this reserve. After sending two tigresses to Panna in March this year, this tiger was relocated from Pench on November 14.