Mysore/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…
Camera traps at Bandipur capture images of two tigers
November 27, 2023Forest personnel identify one tiger that had killed cowherd woman; Night combing launched Mysore/Mysuru: Camera traps installed at vantage points as part of the Forest Department’s operation to capture the tiger, which had killed a woman at Hediyala Range in Bandipur Tiger Reserve, have captured the images of two tigers at different spots. The Forest…
Echo of tiger killing cowherd woman at Bandipur: Massive operation on to capture elusive big cat
November 26, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: A significant force comprising more than 200 personnel, bolstered by technological resources, trained elephants and cages, has been deployed to track and capture the tiger responsible for the recent mauling of a woman at Balluruhundi in Nanjangud taluk within the boundaries of the Bandipur Tiger Reserve. This response follows a tragic incident where Rathnamma…
Malnourished, injured tiger dies at Bandipur
November 25, 2023Bandipur: A malnourished sub-adult tiger, engaged in a territorial altercation that resulted in serious injuries and subsequent starvation for over two weeks, died on the outskirts of Bandipur Tiger Reserve yesterday. The wounded tiger, believed to be around three-year-old, was initially sighted at the farm of Doddakariyayya near the D-Line of the Tiger Reserve in…
Tiger strikes again in Nanjangud Taluk abutting Bandipur forests
November 25, 2023Woman’s death sparks outcry; villagers accuse Forest Department of inaction, negligence Nanjangud: A 50-year-old woman grazing her cattle fell victim to a tiger attack on the outskirts of the Hediyala Range in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve at Balloora Hundi, falling under the Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district yesterday. The incident unfolded as the woman attempted…
Elusive tiger captured
September 20, 2023It had killed a 9-year-old boy at Kallahatti village in H.D. Kote on Sept. 4 H.D. Kote: A tiger, which had killed a nine-year-old boy at Kallahatti village in H.D. Kote taluk on Sept. 4 and was elusive since then, has been finally captured by the Forest Department yesterday. The tiger is aged between seven…
Boy killed in tiger attack: Three tamed elephants led by veteran Arjuna begin combing operation to trace killer tiger
September 6, 2023H.D. Kote: Three tamed elephants led by ‘combing operation expert’ and Dasara elephant Arjuna, along with over 80 Forest Department personnel have begun combing operation to trace and capture the killer tiger, which claimed the life of Charan Nayak (9) at Kallahatti village in the Metikuppe Wildlife Range, Nagarahole National Park limits, in H.D. Kote…















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