Already, about 24 teams containing 120 officials and animal trackers carried out an intensive search for missing tigers in forests of Dharigaon village in Kaghaznagar mandal following the death of the two tigers.
The three reportedly confessed to the crime and admitted that they had poisoned the carcass of a cattle killed by tigers with an intention to eliminate the tiger.
Led by District Forest Officer Neeraj Kumar Tebriwal, eight teams comprising around 120 officials and animal trackers drawn from the neighbouring Mancherial district and volunteers of NGOs scanned the forest to trace the tigers from 9 am till 6 pm
Forest officials were criticised by environmentalists for failing to follow the standard operation procedure (SOP) set by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) while dealing with the tiger mortalit
The tiger is believed to have wandered into the wild of this region from the neighbouring forests in neighboring Kumram Bheem Asifabad district a few weeks ago
The tiger recently attacked a herd of cows at Thamsi (K) village in Bheempur mandal and injured two calves, triggering panic among locals of surrounding the Gollaghat, Pippalkoti and other villages
Murmu made the remarks in her address at the first convocation ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi Central University at Motihari in East Champaran district of Bihar.
The female tiger cub was found close to the carcasses of two other cubs in Kalamana Beat after which it was shifted to the TTC and kept under the observation of veterinarians, he said
Since March this year, six out of the 20 adult cheetahs relocated to Kuno from Africa have passed away, with the latest incident occurring on Wednesday.
The victims were Baburao Buddaji Kamble (68), a resident of Rudrapur village in Sawali Taluq and Lahanu Sopankar (54) from Kantapet village in Mool Taluq of Chandrapur district