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The tiger that crossed into Andhra Pradesh from Telangana is confirmed arsenic male, and its movements are recovered successful Buttayagudem surroundings. The tiger is speculated to beryllium a sub-adult with “poor hunting skills.”
According to preliminary investigation by Forest Department officials, camera trap images obtained precocious amusement nary grounds of territorial behaviour specified arsenic urine spraying oregon scrape marks, which are typically associated with a nonmigratory tiger asserting ownership. This has led officials to judge that the carnal is not holding territory and whitethorn beryllium passing done the area, a signifier commonly observed during seasonal dispersal successful January.
Speaking to The Hindu, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO), Eluru, P. Venkat Sandeep Reddy, says the tiger precocious captured connected camera traps adjacent the Papikondalu scenery successful Andhra Pradesh is astir apt a new, transient animal, perchance a sub-adult that has temporarily migrated into the region.
The tiger appears to beryllium sub-adult and comparatively healthy, though somewhat heavier than expected for its age. Importantly, stripe patterns captured successful the images did not lucifer immoderate existing records successful the department’s database, powerfully suggesting that the carnal has not been antecedently documented successful Andhra Pradesh. “Based connected stripe verification, determination is simply a 99% anticipation that this is simply a caller tiger not the 1 sighted a mates of years ago,” helium says.
The caller cattle kills linked to the carnal are besides being treated with caution. Forest officials clarified that speculation astir mediocre hunting skills is lone indicative and not verified. While tigers mostly debar livestock unless earthy prey is scarce oregon the carnal is anemic oregon inexperienced. More days of monitoring are required to recognize the pattern. “Telangana wood officials person besides been requested to cheque for akin cattle depredation incidents crossed the border,” helium says.
“There are nary signs of urine spray oregon scrap marks; we haven’t recovered them anywhere. There is nary territory ownership either. Usually, what happens is we spot migrations successful January, truthful we deliberation this is astir apt a impermanent migration.” helium says.
Forest teams person been deployed for time and nighttime surveillance, coordinating with gross and constabulary unit successful villages including Teddanuru, Pakalagudem, and Ankannagudem. “The tiger presently roaming the Beddanuru Reserve Forest successful Eluru territory is present suspected to beryllium male,” wood officials said, aft tracking its movements from Telangana’s Kawadigundla wood connected January 21.
“The chaotic carnal truthful acold killed 5 cattle successful the forests successful Antarvedigudem, K. Nagavaram and different villages successful the past 2 days. An alert has been sounded successful the adjacent habitations,” FRO Durga Kumar Babu, who visited the spot told The Hindu connected Saturday (January 24, 2026).
Polavaram Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) M. Venkateswara Rao said tom-tom is being arranged successful each villages and nationalist are requested not to spell into forests for collecting firewood and graze cattle.
