Action recommended against senior Indian Forest Service Officer Y. Chakrapani Chamarajanagar: More than a week after the shocking deaths of five tigers — a tigress and her four cubs — in Karnataka’s Male Mahadeshwara (M.M.) Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, Forest Minister Eshwar B. Khandre has suspended two officials for dereliction of duty and recommended action against…
Tiger deaths at MM Hills: Three arrested for poisoning
June 28, 2025Centre constitutes Special Investigation Team Chamarajanagar: Three individuals have been arrested in connection with the recent deaths of five tigers — a tigress and her four cubs — near the Meenyam Zone of Hoogyam Wildlife Range in the Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary. The tigers died after consuming a cow carcass intentionally laced with poison and…
Tiger Deaths at MM Hills: Poisoned cow carcass reason?
June 27, 2025Forest Minister orders high-level probe into death of five tigers at MM Hills Sanctuary; 14-day deadline for report Mysuru: In a shocking incident near the proposed Male Mahadeshwara (MM) Hills Tiger Reserve, the decomposed carcasses of a tigress and her four cubs were found in the Meenyam Range under Hoogyam Division of Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife…
Tiger spotted near school
June 20, 2025Hunsur: Parents of children studying in Morarji Desai Residential School, near Dharmapura Social Forest at Bilikere Hobli in the taluk are a feared lot after a CCTV camera installed in the school has captured movement of a tiger near the school. About 15 days ago, information was given to the Forest Department after a tiger…
Efforts on to capture elusive tiger in South Kodagu villages
October 15, 2024Madikeri: 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…
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