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The health condition of the 10-year-old tigress was stable, forest officials said. It was later shifted to an animal welfare centre in Bathery.
Cheeral and Meenangadi are villages on the fringes of a forest. The incursion of wildlife into human habitations here is a regular occurrence. But the back-to-back tiger attacks are unprecedented.
The 10-year-old male tiger took the bait kept in a cowshed it raided two days ago. The tiger identified as W-43 had attacked 15 cows since September 25.
Protesters to meet the chief minister at 11 am, pitch tent in front of Forest Station at Pazhoor; the tiger has snatched the livelihood of 13 families in the past 30 days
Forest Department says farmers will have to secure cowsheds if the tiger has to enter the trap cages.
In the past 17 days starting September 25, the tiger -- identified as a 10-year-old male and possibly with a missing canine tooth -- killed six cows and seriously injured another one.
Though there was a covering net above the well, the leopard somehow accidentally fell into it, said a senior wildlife official.
The male tiger fell into one of the cages set by the Forest department at Naimakkad, around 8.30 pm on Tuesday.
The Forest Department has put up three cages in the region to catch the big cat.
As part of the move, KFDC has issued letters to workers of Sri Lankan origin residing in the forest, seeking their willingness to vacate if they are granted adequate compensation.
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