Ponnampet: The operation launched by the Forest Department to trap the elusive tiger that has spread terror in parts of South Kodagu has so far proven futile. At the same time, killing of cattle heads have continued and the latest killing was reported from Bellur where a Jersey breed cow became a prey to the…
Pushed to corner, people may use guns to shoot tigers, warns MLC Veena Achaiah Ponnampet: The frequent appearance of tigers and killing of cattle heads in parts of South Kodagu has revived fears among locals who are pressurising the Forest Department to capture or shoot the big cats on the prowl. Pressure is mounting on…
School-going girl faints seeing big cat at one village; cow killed in another village Is the captured feline same as the one that killed two persons, wonder villagers Ponnampet/ Srimangala: The tiger that is believed to have killed two people in South Kodagu within a span of 12 hours on Saturday night and Sunday morning…
Elephants arrive for combing operations; Villagers resort to flash bandh Ponnampet: A tiger on the prowl in South Kodagu mauled two persons to death within a span of 12 hours. While a 16-year-old youth was killed late last evening, another woman was killed early this morning. The places of attack are close to each other…
Ponnampet: A tiger survived the snare in which it was trapped for hours before Nagarahole National Park officials located the animal and rescued it on Wednesday. The tiger’s leg was caught in the snare and no major injuries were identified. The tiger was caught in the snare believed to have been laid to trap a…
Gundlupet: It is definitely an occasion to celebrate. The ambitious ‘Project Tiger’ launched in 1973 to protect the dwindling tiger population in Karnataka forests, has completed 47 years. On November 17, 1973, the then Chief Minister D. Devaraja Urs declared Bandipur Park as ‘Tiger Reserve’ heralding a new era of tiger protection in the country….
Gundlupet: Tourists, who were returning from Gopalaswamy Hill, were a happy lot as a tiger came in front of the KSRTC bus and sat on the roadside giving pose to them yesterday evening. As entry of private vehicles is banned to hilltop, tourists and others visiting the Temple atop the Hill have to take KSRTC…
Was tranquillised with the help of tamed elephants H.D. Kote: An aged tiger, which had killed domestic animals in and around Moorband, Kalsur, Hegganur and N. Begur in Sargur taluk, has been finally captured after tranquillising it with the help of tamed elephants near an agricultural field at Devalapura hundi village yesterday. According to the…
Forest Department sniffer dog ‘Rana’ traces scent of poachers Hanagodu: The tiger that was found dead in the Kallahalla Range of Nagarahole Tiger Reserve on Tuesday was shot dead by poachers. The post-mortem that was conducted yesterday revealed gunshot wounds. Forest officials said that this was the first such poaching incident involving a tiger in…
Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad has arrested two persons and seized a tiger pelt from them yesterday. Deputy Conservator of Forests A.T. Poovaiah, who led the team, said that they arrested Akash Rao and Vishnu, who are in their twenties, and seized the tiger pelt. Both are from Santhemala near Krishna Raja Sagar in…
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