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A five-year-old pistillate tiger and her 3 cubs were rescued adjacent Kallahalli astatine Gundlupet taluk successful the aboriginal hours of Monday. Forest officials said the tigress had been straying retired of the wood and attacking home animals successful adjacent villages.
Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre said the cognition was carried retired lone aft confirming that the tiger had been repeatedly entering quality habitation and attacking cattle. “The wood unit safely secured the cubs arsenic good during the operation,” helium said.
The tigress and her cubs are presently nether veterinary supervision successful Bandipur.
The Minister said efforts to show tiger question on the wood fringes are continuing, arsenic determination person been predominant sightings of large cats successful quality settlements bordering Bandipur and Nagarahole Tiger Reserves. This has caused anxiousness among villagers.
He said the section has been instructed to place and seizure tigers that airs a menace to settlements and onslaught livestock successful villages connected the wood borders.
Forest authorities successful the Gundlupet sub-division said that the tigress, which had sparked fearfulness among villagers successful Kallahalli, Pasadagur, and surrounding areas successful the buffer portion of Bandipur Tiger Reserve, was identified done camera traps arsenic Bandipur 26_GP1. The seizure cognition began aft the animal’s question was confirmed, and she was successfully captured connected Monday (November 10) morning.
The cognition was carried retired nether the guidance of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Bengaluru, and the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Bengaluru, and led connected the crushed by Bandipur Tiger Reserve Director S. Prabhakaran, with the enactment of wood officers and veterinarians.
Drones had been deployed to way the elusive tigress. Forest unit from Bengaluru, Kolar, M.M. Hills, BRT, and Cauvery wildlife divisions assisted, on with unit from the Moolehole and Gundlupet buffer zones and the Special Tiger Conservation Squad. Camp elephants Bheema, Sugreeva, Mahendra, and Lakshmana were besides utilized successful the operation.
Conservator of Forests (Project Tiger) Dr. Ramesh Kumar and Conservator of Forests (Mysuru Circle) Ravishankar S.S. supervised the efforts. Deputy Conservator of Forests K. Paramesh was besides contiguous during the operation.
