The Union Cabinet Thursday approved the creation of International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) to set up a global network for the conservation of tigers and other big cats.
The suspected tiger, which was suspected to have killed a tribal farmer to death at Gondapur village in Wankidi mandal on Tuesday drifted towards Kaghaznagar on Thursday evening.
In many places, big cats prey on livestock as an easy source of food, causing problems with ranchers who moving into cat territories. Often these ranchers will hunt the cats to protect their livestock, which in many places is the only source of income for people. Snow leopards, lions, cheetahs, and jaguars all face this challenging threat
Forest department officials said a cow belonging to Muktyar Ahmed was mauled to death by the big cat on the fringes of the forest near the Loadpalli village village
Speaking to Telangana Today Dammapet Forest Range Officer S Srinivas Rao said they were trying to ascertain in which direction the tiger went away after it was spotted by the villagers.