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Tiger Terrorizing Andhra Villages Captured After 6-Day Operation

Andhra Pradesh forest officials have successfully captured a tiger that had been roaming near human habitations in East Godavari district for six days. The operation involved expert teams from Pune and Delhi, who tranquilized the animal near a lake in Kurmapuram village after it had killed eight cattle. Authorities had installed 25 trap cameras and requested residents to stay indoors to ensure a safe capture. The tiger, believed to be from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, will be relocated to the Visakhapatnam Zoo.

Key Points: Tiger Captured in Andhra After 6 Days Near Villages

  • Tiger captured in Kurmapuram village
  • Killed 8 cattle in six days
  • Expert teams from Pune & Delhi involved
  • Tranquilized near a lake after three shots
  • To be shifted to Visakhapatnam Zoo
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Tiger which terrorised villages in Andhra for six days captured

Forest officials capture tiger near Rajahmundry after it killed 8 cattle. Expert teams from Pune and Delhi assisted in the tranquilizer operation.

"due to the commotion by the surrounding people, the big cat got frightened - B. Prabhakara Rao"

Amaravati, Feb 6

Andhra Pradesh forest officials on Friday successfully captured a tiger, which was moving around human habitations near Rajahmundry in East Godavari district for the last six days, bringing relief to the area's people who had been living in fear.

After strenuous efforts involving expert teams from Pune and Delhi, the forest officials succeeded in capturing the big cat in Kurmapuram village in Rayavaram mandal of East Godavari.

The officials fired a tranquiliser to capture the big cat near a lake.

Earlier, a forest team had spotted the tiger in the backyard of a deserted house near the village and launched an operation. District Forest Officer B. Prabhakara Rao said that due to the commotion by the surrounding people, the big cat got frightened, ran into the nearby fields and entered a cattle shed.

Though there were two buffaloes in the cattle shed, the tiger did not harm them. The forest officials reportedly fired three tranquilliser shots, and one of them hit the tiger. It then ran towards a nearby lake, where it was finally captured.

The officials were making arrangements to shift the tiger to Visakhapatnam Zoo.

The officials had requested people in one kilometer radius to remain indoors. Since the tiger's nature is very sensitive, people were requested not to create any obstacles to its movements.

Following this, the team executed the operation successfully. Police provided full cooperation to the Forest Department for this operation.

Officials stated that the tiger had only attacked cattle and there have been no attacks on humans.

The big cat killed eight cattle during the last six days in areas surrounding Rajahmundry town, triggering panic among people and prompting the Forest Department to launch a massive operation.

Specialised teams of forest officials conducted extensive searches around villages where the tiger attacked the cattle.

Authorities had installed 25 trap cameras along potential tiger routes, cattle attack zones, and water sources to track the tiger's movements.

The expert committee, constituted by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), took the decision to tranquilise the tiger to prevent further incidents.

The Pune-based expert team from RESQ Trust had joined the NTCA-designated experts to monitor the movements of the tiger.

Hyderabad Tiger Conservation Society (HyTICOS), which undertook tiger rescue operations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the past, was also roped in for the exercise.

The tiger is believed to be native to Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, and it entered the region after crossing Telangana and Chhattisgarh.

- IANS

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Rohit P
For six days, the people must have been terrified. My relatives live in that district and they were sharing updates non-stop. Thank God no human was hurt. The tiger only went for cattle, which is still a huge loss for poor farmers. Compensation should be swift.
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Aman W
Respectfully, while the capture is good news, sending it to a zoo in Visakhapatnam is disappointing. It came all the way from Tadoba. Can't it be rehabilitated back into a reserve? Zoos are not a great life for a wild animal.
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Suresh O
The fact that it traveled from Maharashtra through Telangana and Chhattisgarh is amazing! It shows how fragmented forest corridors are becoming, forcing animals into villages. We need better wildlife corridors.
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Meera T
Good to see teams from Pune, Delhi, and local societies like HyTICOS working together. This is a national effort. The villagers also cooperated by staying indoors. A successful model for human-wildlife conflict resolution. 👍
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David E
Interesting read. The use of 25 trap cameras shows a very tech-savvy approach. In other parts of the world, such conflicts often end worse for the animal. Glad the tiger was captured without harm to it or people.

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