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Thursday, Oct 9, 2025
The truck drivers, who first spotted the tiger, notified the highway patrolling police team about the incident.
Spread over an area of 1288.31 square kilometres, it is known for its biodiversity and the density of tigers here is the highest in the world.
Tiger shifted to the Animal Hospice and Palliative Care unit at Pachadi near Muthanga.
The animal, that has been terrorising Panavally and Tirunelli, is named NW-5.
Forced out of their streak by younger animals, older big cats turn to human habitats for easy prey.
The tiger survey was carried out from April 10 to May 25. while the count of wild elephants was done from May 17 to 19.
This is the second part of the findings of Chief Veterinary Officer (Retd) of the forest department E K Eswaran and Prof (Retd) Dr Jose Joseph, who took a study trip on Manorama's behalf to the state's hilly regions
The 10-year-old tiger was caught in a trap on Friday.
The safari that begins at 8 am closes in the evening. It lasts for three and a half hours.
A cage was set up in Thovarimala under the Meppadi forest range to capture the tiger following the villagers' complaint about its presence in human-inhabited areas.
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