Tiger ‘Explorer’ walks back to Papikonda National Park

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The antheral  tiger walks done  a casuarina plantation adjacent   the Pampa reservoir successful  Kakinada district.

The antheral tiger walks done a casuarina plantation adjacent the Pampa reservoir successful Kakinada district. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT

The transient antheral tiger, named ‘Explorer’, took a U-turn and was seen walking backmost towards the Papikonda National Park done the dense wood screen successful Kakinada territory connected Tuesday.

Over the past 24 hours, the tiger had walked for much than 25 kilometers and was sighted adjacent the Yeleru reservoir. However, by Tuesday night, the tiger was seen successful the Bouruvaka Reserve Forest, located betwixt the Pampa reservoir and the Yeleru reservoir, distant from quality habitations. 

Retired Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Advisor to Andhra Pradesh Forest Department P. Mallikarjuna Rao said; “Experts and wood section unit had prepared the crushed to tranquillise the tiger if its movements required for it.”

Mr. Mallikarjuna Rao thanked the section communities for their enactment and for implementing the strategy and deployment of wood unit successful their areas for the tranquillisation of the tiger. 

“Personnel of the 11 teams of HANUMAN (Healing And Nurturning Units for Monitoring, Aid & Nursing of Wildlife) are tracking the question of the tiger and alerting the section communities astir its route,” said Mr. Mallikarjuna Rao. 

An authoritative associated with the cognition told The Hindu that the tiger would person been tranquilised if it had not walked backmost towards the Papikonda National Park.

Published - March 17, 2026 09:15 p.m. IST

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