Madikeri: The Forest Department has ramped up its operation to capture a tiger that has been terrorising certain villages of South Kodagu by preying on livestock. Yesterday, Forest personnel combed West Nemmale village in Srimangala Hobli, where they discovered a partially devoured wild boar carcass. Believing the tiger to be nearby and likely to return…
Tiger spotted in outskirts of Mysuru
June 30, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A tiger has been spotted near Mudalahundi in Mysuru taluk in the district, triggering fears among the villagers yesterday morning. The tiger, a female, is suspected to be the ‘Urban Tigress’ often spotted in various parts of the district, from the last six to seven months. This tigress, aged about two years, is one…
Tiger found dead at Nagarahole after injuries in territorial fight
June 14, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A decomposed carcass of a tiger has been found in the forest area of Anechowkur Range in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. Forest officials suspect that the tiger may have died from injuries sustained in a territorial fight with another tiger. On June 11, while returning to the Anti-Poaching Camp after their regular patrol, Forest staff…
Tiger mauls woman to death in H.D. Kote
May 26, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department officials and villagers this morning discovered the body of a woman shepherd who had gone missing after a tiger attack in the Murband Hill area of H.D. Kote taluk yesterday. The victim, identified as Chikki (45) from Malada Haadi in N. Begur, was grazing goats near the hill with another woman from…
Pug marks of tiger spark fear among H.D. Kote villagers
May 24, 2024H.D. Kote: Pug marks of a tiger have been spotted at an agricultural field in Annur-Hosahalli village in Veeranahosahalli Forest Range of Nagarahole National Park in Mysuru district sparking fears among the villagers. Shadakshari, a farmer went to his agricultural field in the morning only to spot the pug marks of a tiger. He later…
Tiger carcass found near N. Begur
May 17, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A highly decomposed carcass of a tiger was found among the bushes near N. Begur, coming under Hediyala Sub-Division limits in Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The staff of Hediyala Sub-Division, who were on their regular beat on May 15, noticed the decomposed carcass of the tiger, aged about 4 years, near a tamarind tree on…
Tiger rescued from banana plantation
May 5, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A tiger, aged about 8 years, which was hiding in a banana plantation, has been successfully rescued by the Forest Department. The tiger was captured with the help of Dasara elephants Abhimanyu, Bhima and Kumki elephants at the banana plantation in Malali village at Metikuppe-Antharasanthe Forest Range in H.D. Kote taluk and was released…
Tiger carcass found in Bandipur
May 4, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The forest sleuths attached to Bandipur Tiger Reserve found the carcass of an 11-year-old male tiger at Hediyala Forest Range attached to the tiger reserve yesterday. The forest sleuths, who were on a regular beat, found the carcass near Chamalapura Katte near Hebbala under Hediyala Range. Soon, the forest sleuths informed the higher officials…
Tiger trapped near Saragur
February 15, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A tiger has been trapped in the cage set up by Forest Department at Chikkahalli near Saragur, coming under Mysuru range today early morning. The tiger, a sub-adult aged about five years is healthy and the decision whether to release the big cat back into the forest or shift it to Chamundi Animal Conservation,…
Villagers in panic after tiger spotted in Bannur
February 14, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: A tiger which was spotted in Bannur has created panic among the villagers. Even as tiger sightings are being reported in Mysuru surroundings, this is for the first time that a tiger was sighted in Bannur. A tiger was spotted wandering around Doddakanya, Chikkakanya, Doora, Kadakola and Srirangapatna’s Bidarahallihundi and Channahalli creating panic among…
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