Male tiger enters Nallajerla Reserve Forest en route to Papikonda National Park
The Hindu
Male tiger safely enters Nallajerla Reserve Forest in Eluru district, experts tracking its route, rescue operation in progress.
ELURU
A male tiger has safely entered the Nallajerla Reserve Forest on January 30 in Eluru district, inching close to its natural habitat at the Papikonda National Park (PNP).
Sighted by the locals in a maize field on January 26, the tiger entered into the reserve forest by walking through the oil palm fields and canals of the Godavari river, braving all threats. It did not harm any cattle since its fight sighting in the Eluru forest range.
The tiger has been walking at an average speed of 3 km per day, and its route is being tracked by the experts deputed by the A.P. Forest Department.
Eluru District Forest Officer Ravindra Dhama has claimed in an official release, “We have identified pug marks of the tiger at Challa Chintalapudi village in the Nallajarla Reserve Forest, which is close to the PNP. The rescue operation is still in force,” he said, adding that the authorities would tranquilize the animal in an inevitable condition.
Mr. Dhama told The Hindu that prey and water are available along the route the tiger is taking for the past few days. The Forest Department has already pledged to compensate the cattle killed by the tiger and appealed to the local communities not to harm the big cat.
On the other hand, a team of experts from the Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) and Forest authorities are following the movements of the tiger, attempting to drive it back to its natural habitat without any harm to it or tranquilizing it.
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