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“A tiger presently roaming the Beddanuru Reserve Forest successful Eluru district, Andhra Pradesh, is present suspected to beryllium male,” wood officials said, aft tracking its movements from Telangana’s Kawadigundla forest.
The large cat, which has travelled astir 35-40 km into Andhra Pradesh, appears “calm and undisturbed.” Authorities judge it whitethorn beryllium the aforesaid tiger that entered the State past twelvemonth astir this time, returning to its earthy situation aft immoderate time.
Camera traps person been installed adjacent 36 villages to show the tiger’s movements, though the crushed for its antithetic travel “remains unclear.”
Speaking to The Hindu, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Eluru, P. Venkat Sandeep Reddy, says the tiger killed a cattle successful Nagulagudem colony and different successful Antarvedigudem colony connected Thursday greeting (January 22, 2026). Pug marks bespeak that the tiger moved done Mulagalampalli Section and the Beat of Beddanuru Reserve Forest.
The camera traps were installed astatine sites of tiger movement. “Once we get the photographs, it volition beryllium wide whether the aforesaid tiger has returned this year. Unlike incidents reported successful Tadoba, nary quality attacks person been reported, and truthful acold determination is nary human-tiger conflict,” helium said.
It whitethorn beryllium recalled that a antheral tiger antecedently near its earthy situation much than 10 days ago, entering the Kovvada Reserve Forest, wherever the Koya tribal assemblage resides. That tiger reportedly walked much than 100 km since it was archetypal sighted connected January 26, 2024, successful Eluru district, sidesplitting 2 cattle on the mode earlier returning to its earthy situation successful Papikonda National Park (PNP). An alert was sounded wrong a 10-km radius of tribal habitations to forestall untoward incidents arsenic the tiger approached PNP.
Forest teams person been deployed for day-and-night surveillance, coordinating with gross and constabulary unit successful villages including Teddanuru, Pakalagudem, and Ankannagudem. Villagers are advised to debar going unsocial adjacent wood areas, unafraid livestock, support capable lighting astatine night, and refrain from outdoor activities aft dark.
Mr. Sandeep Reddy emphasises that officials are continuously monitoring the tiger’s movements nether NTCA (National Tiger Conservation Authority) guidelines, ensuring broad management. He besides urged the nationalist not to dispersed unverified accusation connected societal media and reminded residents that immoderate effort to harm oregon termination the tiger would beryllium punishable nether the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
