Forest officials set up tiger trap after cattle attacks in Yadadri
After repeated cattle attacks in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, forest officials have set up a goat-baited cage to trap the elusive tiger. Camera traps, drones, and tiger trackers are deployed while villagers are advised to stay vigilant. Compensation is promised to affected farmers
Hyderabad: Forest Department officials on Wednesday set up a big cage with a goat as bait to trap the elusive tiger in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri mandal.
The trap was set up at Dattaipally village in Turkapally mandal of Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district where it had attacked two big cattle and a calf on Monday evening. The cage was brought from Forest Divisional Office at Yadadri Bhuvanagiri following constant attacks on cattle in Turkapally mandal.
On Monday afternoon around 4 pm, the tiger attacked cattle belonging to farmer G Srisailam at Dattaipally forest area. As the carcass of one cow was found, it was presumed that the tiger had killed only one bovine, while a cow and a calf were missing since the attack. However, the next morning when the forest officials and local villagers went into the forest to check the fate of the missing cattle, they found the carcasses of cow and a calf. The forest officials have assured the farmer of adequate compensation for the loss.
The forest officials had installed camera traps at the site and on checking the images found the animal had visited the place multiple times and preyed upon it in the past 48 hours. The officials have deployed drones to check the movement and location of the tiger in the forest, while tiger trackers from reserve forests were deployed to help in tracking its movement. The police and the forest officials have intensified patrolling in the areas and asked the people to inform them about movement of strangers in and around the villages.
Tiger pug marks were first noticed by a farmer of Turkapally mandal in his field on January 17. The next day it killed cattle in a shed on the outskirts of Ibrahimpur. After a brief gap of six days, on Saturday night, it attacked a calf at a cattle shed in Ralla Jangaon of Yadadri mandal. It returned to Turkapally mandal on Monday and attacked cattle on Dattaipally village outskirts.
