While the tiger remained elusive to Prime Minister Narendra Modi despite an exclusive ride during his recent more-than-two-hour-safari inside the Bandipur Tiger Reserve, safari-goers from the Kakanakote Safari Point (H.D. Kote) in the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve had a bounty sighting on Wednesday as they saw a tigress and its cubs relaxing by the side of…
PM Modi to release Tiger Census statistics in Mysuru on Apr. 9
March 25, 2023Three-day mega event to showcase Centre’s big cat conservation efforts New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a three-day mega event on Apr. 9 in Mysuru to mark the completion of 50 years of Project Tiger and showcase India’s tiger conservation success globally. According to reports from New Delhi, the PM will also release…
Tiger found dead at Nagarahole
March 18, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A tiger was found dead at Agasanahundi in the Veeranahosahalli Range (B.R. Katte Beat) of Nagarahole National Park yesterday. The tiger was aged around four to five years and the carcass had injuries sustained in what is suspected to be a territorial fight with another male. The spinal cord was broken and its forelimb…
Tiger death near Bandipur: Forest men arrest one, search on for five more
February 25, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Forest Department personnel have cracked the case of a tiger death, the carcass of which was found at Mallaiahna Katte lake at Chowdahalli village in the fringes of Bandipur Forest on Feb. 7, by arresting a person on the charge of causing the death of the big cat. Rechappa, son of Shivabasappa, Kebbepura, is…
Tiger that had claimed two lives in Kodagu captured
February 15, 2023Daring Dasara Golden Howdah elephant Abhimanyu leads operation; his 154th Gonikoppa/Mysuru: The Kodagu Forest Department has finally captured a tiger suspected to have killed a young man and an elderly beekeeper in Ponnampet taluk. The big cat was caught yesterday at around 2 pm at Nanachi Gate near Nagarahole Tiger Reserve. It may be recalled…
Big cat carcass found inside concrete pipe in Tumakuru
February 15, 2023Bengaluru: The carcass of a seven-year-old tiger was found in a concrete pipe at Gubbi taluk of Tumakuru district yesterday. According to forest officials, this is the first time that the carcass of a tiger has been found in the district, which has no population of the big cats. The carcass of the male tiger,…
Tiger menace in Ponnampet taluk: Kodagu Forest staff under pressure to capture big cat
February 14, 2023Family loses three persons in 48 hours; Combing operation begins to trace elusive feline Gonikoppa/Bengaluru: Soon after she heard the news of the death of two close relatives in tiger attacks at Palleri and K. Badaga villages in Ponnampet taluk of South Kodagu, a 65-year-old Jayamma died of shock at Koluvige tribal colony in Mysuru…
Tiger kills boy, grandfather within 24 hours in Kodagu
February 13, 2023In Feb. 2021, two persons were killed in tiger attack Mysore/Mysuru: Fear has gripped the residents of Nalkeri, Choorikadu, Palleri, Kutta and surrounding villages of Kodagu as two persons including an 18-year-old boy were killed by a tiger within a span of 24 hours. Palleri is situated on the Kodagu-Kerala border. Raju, a 75-year-old farm…
Decomposed carcass of tiger found in lake
February 8, 2023Gundlupet: A decomposed carcass of a tiger has been found floating in Malliahnakatte Lake on the outskirts of Chowdahalli in Kundakere Range of Bandipur Forest in the taluk. It is suspected that the tiger may have drowned about three to four days ago and the exact reason for its death is yet to be known….
Tiger found dead in Bandipur
January 10, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A tiger has been found dead in Survey No. 86 of Hadanur village, Hediyala Range in Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Forest Department officials and staff, who conducted an inspection, suspected that the tiger may have been killed in a fight with other wild animal. Post-mortem was conducted in the presence of Bandipur Project Tiger Director…
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