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The continuing vigilance and combing astir buffer portion of Bandipur has led to seizure of a tigress connected Thursday.
The Forest Department had placed a ample cage (Tumakuru exemplary cage) connected Survey fig 117 of Depapura colony connected December 14, pursuing complaints by the section assemblage of a predominant cattle termination by a carnivore.
After dogged pursuit and monitoring and placement of the ample cage, the carnal was trapped connected Thursday and it turned retired to beryllium a pistillate tiger, aged astir 5 years, according to the authorities.
There were a slew of cattle kills reported from the villages of Huttur, Somanapura, Depapura, etc., which are successful the buffer portion of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, coming nether the Gundlupet sub division, successful the past fewer weeks. The authorities aver that it was the aforesaid tigress liable for it.
After its capture, the tigress was monitored and examined for its wellness and was said to beryllium healthy. It was shifted from the tract of seizure to Bandipur, wherever it volition beryllium further monitored by the wildlife veterinarians.
A determination connected whether to displacement it to a rescue centre, oregon relocate it successful the jungles, volition beryllium taken by the elder officials of the wood department. S. Prabhakaran, Director, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, officials of the Special Tiger Task Force, veterinary officers Wasim Mirza, Adarsh and others were present.
Meanwhile, aggregate teams proceed to comb successful and astir the buffer portion of Bandipur pursuing an escalation of human-tiger struggle successful the portion which resulted successful the decease of 3 farmers successful November this year. The summation successful struggle was attributed to anthropogenic unit and situation disturbance, pursuing which the authorities person suspended safari successful each wildlife sanctuaries and tiger reserves successful the State.
