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An big tiger that had often strayed into quality settlements and attacked home animals was trapped by the Forest section successful Pathanamthitta territory of Kerala connected Monday (December 22, 2025), officials said.
According to wood officials, the beingness of the tiger was reported astatine Kumbalathamon, adjacent Vadasserikara, implicit the past 2 months pursuing repeated attacks connected home animals.
Forest section unit aboriginal installed camera traps and confirmed the beingness of the straying tiger.
Officials said the tiger had killed buffaloes, dogs and goats belonging to farms and residences astatine Kumbalathamon, which is located adjacent to the wood area.
On Sunday, a goat was killed by the tiger, and its carcass was recovered astatine an isolated spot adjacent the forest, an authoritative said.
Subsequently, wood officials laid a cage trap with the carcass utilized arsenic bait adjacent the determination wherever the goat was recovered dead.
When the tiger returned to devour the carcass, it was trapped successful the cage successful the aboriginal hours of Monday, officials said.
Medical examination
The captured tiger volition beryllium shifted to a adjacent wood presumption for a aesculapian examination.
A determination volition aboriginal beryllium taken connected whether to merchandise the carnal backmost into the chaotic oregon support it successful captivity, an authoritative said.
Officials clarified that the tiger was not progressive successful immoderate attacks connected humans, though residents successful the country were panicked owed to predominant incidents of livestock killings.
