Forester, two others escape tiger attack in Asifabad
Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A forest official and two others managed to escape from being attacked by a tiger in the forests abutting Balaji Anukuda village in Chintalamanepalli mandal on Thursday. They were returning from Gangapur after carrying out an awareness programme among people over the need to protect tigers. The incident, however, came to light […]
Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A forest official and two others managed to escape from being attacked by a tiger in the forests abutting Balaji Anukuda village in Chintalamanepalli mandal on Thursday. They were returning from Gangapur after carrying out an awareness programme among people over the need to protect tigers. The incident, however, came to light on Friday.
Source said a female forest beat officer, her husband and base camp staffer were followed by a tiger which was on the prowl in the forest while the three were on their way to Balaji Anukoda on two motorcycles. The staffer who heard the roar of the big cat, was shocked and froze for a moment after spotting it in the bushes. He frantically waved his hands to alert the forester and her husband.
“The three returned to Gangapur and took another route to reach their destination. They would have been attacked by the tiger had they gone ahead. They were terrified by the sighting of the carnivore on the roadside. A big cat, which strayed into the forests in this region from neighbouring Maharastra’s Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve, has been searching for a habitat for the past few days,” the source said.
Meanwhile, a tiger reportedly attempted to attack a herd of goats at Kethini village in Chintalamanepalli mandal on Friday evening. The tiger, however, fled the spot when the shepherd raised an alarm. Locals have expressed their concern over their safety following the sighting of the solitary animal on the forest fringes and in agriculture fields.
It may be recalled that a tiger tried to attack an oxen on the outskirts of Yetiguda village in Bejjur mandal three days back. On November 11, Sidam Vignesh (23) was killed by a tiger when he was gathering leaves on the outskirts of Digida village in Dahegaon mandal.
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