KALPETTA: The tiger that landed in the village at Kenichira in Poothadi Panchayat, Wayanad, was trapped in the cage set up by the forest department late on Sunday. The tiger entered the cage around 11.05pm while returning to the cowshed where it had killed cows the previous day. Following the repeated tiger attacks and the presence of a stray tiger in Manthadam, Kenichira in Wayanad, the Chief Wildlife Warden issued the order to tranquilise and capture the problematic tiger on Sunday. The forest department officials are relieved to have caught the tiger without having to tranquilise it. Following the tiger attack, residents of Kenichira had blocked the Beenachi-Panamaram road with the carcass of one of cows that the tiger had attacked.

Source: Indian Express June 24, 2024 02:38 UTC