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Kumram Bheem Asifabad: What would you do if you notice a tiger crouched in a bush is watching you? A group of 30 people had this scary experience in a remote forest stretch in Asifabad district on Thursday night. The villagers did not, however, shriek in fear or run away, but did something which must […]

Speaking to Telangana Today on Saturday the DFO said the pug marks of a tiger were spotted in the forests.

The bovine was lucky enough to escape from the jaws of death but the serious injuries it suffered on its neck has put a question mark on its survival. Its condition, forest officials said, was critical.

Mancherial: The recent attack on a shepherd by a tiger at Oddugudem village in Vemanapalli mandal of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district has become a cause of concern for the forest dwellers. However, it has left many wondering if tigers belonging to Maharashtra are now slowly heading towards the forests of Mancherial district in search of […]

Skeletal remains of a big cat, believed to be a tiger or a leopard, were found in Mulugu forest area in Telangana

Coimbatore: A tiger, on the prowl in Valparai in the district for the last couple of days, has been trapped by forest officials, police said on Wednesday. As it was injured, the tiger fell into the trap late Tuesday, the police said. The people, particularly estate workers, were alerted after noticing the animal moving in […]

Nirmal: The sighting of a tiger by a farmer in a cotton field created a flutter on the peripherals of Chata village in Kubheer mandal on Tuesday. Sources said that Shankar, a farmer of Chata village, spotted the big cat moving in the field. He alerted neighbouring farmers who raised an alarm, sending the carnivore […]

Forest beat officers Banaiah and Aravind along with tracker Satti had a narrow escape during a sudden confrontation with the tiger which was on the prowl in the forests.

Forest Range Officer S Venugopal said the cows belonging to Manduri Arjaiah, Bursa Ramaiah and Morla Mallesh were killed by a tiger that had made the nearby forest its home

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

Kalpana and Sindhu were attacked by the big cat when they were on their way to collect tendu leaves in Desaiganj Wadsa forest range

The authorities made their first attempt to catch the male tiger, following complaints from the public over their safety in the month of January last.

The big cat developed aberrant behavior and has been on the prowl for the past three months

While genetic diversity across a population improves their chances of survival in the future, the study said population fragmentation of tigers can decrease this variation.

Forest Revenue Officer S Venugopal said the tiger attempted to attack the cattle tied to a wooden pole at around 4 am.

The incident came to the fore when locals spotted carcass of the cattle on Monday

Certain motorists claimed that a big cat was sighted when crossing the stretch.

Bapu Rao, rapping the forest officials for failing to trap the killer tiger, accused them of intentionally releasing the tigers into the forests in the district to frighten the rural folk and to stop podu cultivation.

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.

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: A tiger killed a cow of a farmer when it was grazing in the forests of Papanpet village in Bejjur mandal on Monday. Foresters said that the cow belonging to Manepalli Sattaiah was found dead after being attacked by the carnivore in the beat of Papanpet forests. It was yet to be […]