Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Rishi]

Alleged man-eater of Bandipur that mauled to death 2 farmers & killing 14 cattle, was captured in Karnataka this Sunday after 5 days of tracking & combing. The tiger "of around 5 years", is under observation at the wildlife rescue & rehabilitation centre in Mysuru. The animal is said to be a healthy male, weighing around 170 kg.

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Forest Department was in for a surprise as the captured tiger was a known male tiger which was once identified in Kerala a year ago, about 100kms away.
In last one year, it had been wandering in search of territory through several forest ranges and ended up in the buffer area of GS Betta Range of Bandipur Tiger Reserve. Officials who verified their database for the authentication of the big cat revealed that it was the same tiger that was previously camera trapped in Nagarahole Tiger Reserve near Dammanakatte (Kabini) in Antarasante range in 2018 January-February.

Not a man-eater, say officials

Forest officials said the tiger was looking for a new territory and food. He was pushed out of every place by other tigers, and found solace at the border of Gopalaswamy Betta range, near Muguvinahalli and Hundipura villages. He was hunting cattle. Camera trap images confirmed that the tiger mauled its victims out of fear, and there is no ground to call it a man-eater, officials said.

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5 teams on ground participated in this search & rescue operation:

• 300 staffers
• 7 elephants
• 1 specially-trained German Shepard sniffer-dog named Rana
• 5 veterinarians
• 5 teams, 5 guns
• 200 camera traps
• 30 vehicles
• 4 Soliga tribal-trackers
  

Sources:
https://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/tigr...-t-2116212
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/k...47155.html
https://www.deccanherald.com/state/the-t...68153.html
https://indianewengland.com/2019/10/karn...servation/ Reply