Big cat pounces on granddad-grandson duo inside coffee estate at Bellur-Hysodlur Villagers resort to road blocks in protest; Tahsildar clamps Section 144 Ponnampet: The tiger on the prowl in parts of South Kodagu has taken its third victim this morning. The feline mauled eight-year-old Rangaswamy at Bellur-Hysodlur village, the epicentre of the menace. On Feb….
Big cat on the prowl in South Kodagu: Female scent strategy to lure elusive male tiger
March 3, 2021Ponnampet: A tiger’s keen sense of smell and sound is being used as a weapon to trap the elusive male tiger that has spread terror in parts of South Kodagu. Urine, faeces and recordings of roaring sounds of female tigers have been obtained from the Mysuru Zoo and they will be used to lure the…
Rana to track tiger in South Kodagu
March 1, 2021Foggy atmosphere hinders capture operation Ponnampet: Rana, the dashing German Shepherd dog of the Forest Department at Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been pressed into service to track the elusive tiger that has spread terror in South Kodagu. Even after 10 days of intensive search and combing operations with four tamed elephants led by the daring…
Big cat menace in South Kodagu
February 26, 2021Elusive tiger gives a slip; now spotted at K. Badaga Forest Department halts combing operation as permission was only for four days Senior officials to visit forest camps today to take a call on resuming trapping operation Ponnampet: The elusive tiger that has spread terror in parts of South Kodagu has given a slip to…
Big cat menace in South Kodagu: 150 Forest personnel set up camps to trap elusive tiger
February 25, 2021Ponnampet: 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…
Increasing tiger attacks in South Kodagu: Villagers take to social media to spread news on prowling big cats
February 24, 2021Pushed 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…
Tiger caught in South Kodagu but fresh attacks continue
February 22, 2021School-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…
Tiger kills two in South Kodagu within 12 hours
February 21, 2021Elephants 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…
Tiger caught in a snare amidst paddy fields rescued
December 23, 2020Ponnampet: 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…
Project Tiger completes 47 years: A thumps up for Big Cat conservation
November 20, 2020Gundlupet: 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….
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