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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 […]

Frequent tiger sightings in Kumram Bheem Asifabad district led to panic among villagers. But experts see this as a healthy sign.

The spot where the tiger spotted was said to be around two kilometres away from the under construction collectorate building, sources said.

Rich prey base, availability of drinking water sources and enough forest cover reason, say experts

An elusive tiger which was moving around in the forests in the district for the past few weeks has reportedly attacked a cow and injured it at the village on Monday early hours.

Just like how the hairs on your arm can feel a soft breeze blowing or a spider crawling on you, whiskers on a tiger’s face and chin give it messages about what is going on around him or her.

According to officials, the animal was spotted by a private security guard Veeraiah at around 3 am at the pipe yard of the mine.