Mysore/Mysuru: A tragic incident occurred last night as a one-and-a-half-year-old male tiger that strayed into urban areas searching for food, identified as T-6, was fatally struck by a speeding car near Mysore Airport on Nanjangud Road between 11.30 pm and 12.15 am. The tiger sustained serious head injuries. Following the accident, the driver and occupants …
Image of elusive tiger captured
January 19, 2024Mysore/Mysuru: The image of elusive tiger that has created panic in Mahadevapura and surrounding villages in Srirangapatna, Mandya district was captured on the camera trap installed in one of the private farms in Channahalli on Wednesday night. Though, there were complaints about the tiger movements in ‘Shooting’ Mahadevapura, Channahalli and Bidarahallihundi, there is no oficial…
Tiger sighted at Mahadevapura, barely 10 kms from Mysuru city
January 17, 2024Villagers unnerved; four goats killed last night at Gobbaragala, 4 kms from Mahadevapura Srirangapatna: Residents of Mahadevapura, popularly known as ‘Shooting’ Mahadevapura, situated just 10 km from Mysuru and the neighbouring villages are gripped with panic following the sighting of a tiger, a video of which has gone viral on social media. In addition to…
‘Urban Tigress’ roams Mysuru border, forest staff adjusts tactic
December 15, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The female tiger, separated from its mother and attempting to establish territory near the Mysuru border, is on the move, prompting the Forest Department to adjust its operation based on pug marks. The 18-month-old female tiger cub has posed a challenge for the Forest Department, having been spotted in Chikkakanya, Doddakanya, Byathahalli and Sinduvalli…
Tiger playing hide-and-seek with Forest staff for over 15 days
December 11, 2023Operation intensified; villagers say staff lack seriousness, seek experienced capturers Mysore/Mysuru: For over a month, a tiger has been causing panic in Doddakanya, Chikkakanya, Bythahalli, Sindivalli and neighbouring villages, playing a hide-and-seek game with the Forest Department. The Department, joined by the Saragur Track Team and Fire and Emergency Services personnel, has intensified its operation…
Are tigers extending their territory?
December 4, 2023‘Villagers, Forest staff did not believe when we said we saw a tiger’ By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Mysore/Mysuru: “I had seen a tiger sitting by the roadside 15 days ago, but the Forest staff and villagers did not believe me. I saved my husband by banging the plate and scaring the tiger away. I was…
No sight of tiger even after 5 days; Confusions over rumours
December 3, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The combing operation to trace and trap the tiger which had created panic among the residents of Doddakanya and surrounding villages in the taluk has continued, with the tiger remaining elusive still. For five days, the tiger has been playing hide-and-seek with the Forest staff, who are making all efforts to capture the tiger….
Tiger menace: MLA GTD visits spot
December 1, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Following sighting of a leopard at a sugarcane field in Doddakanya village and spotting of tiger in Chikkakanya, Jayapura hobli in Mysuru taluk, Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) yesterday visited the spot, where an operation to capture the tiger by the Forest Department is going on and collected details from the Forest officials. The…
Tiger spotted at sugarcane field near Nanjangud
November 30, 2023Nanjangud: Even though the tiger that had killed a woman has been captured and shifted to the rehabilitation centre at Koorgalli in Mysuru, fear has gripped the villagers of a few villages in Nanjangud taluk after a video of the tiger being spotted at a village in the taluk went viral on social media, prompting…
Tiger that killed woman at Bandipur fringes captured
November 28, 202310-year-old male tiger, U-2371, shifted to Chamundi Animal Conservation, Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: The day and night operation that began on Nov. 25 to capture the elusive tiger that had killed 49-year-old Rathnamma near Balluruhundi village in the Hediyala Range of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Nanjangud Taluk, finally bore fruits at…
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