Big cat on the prowl in South Kodagu: Female scent strategy to lure elusive male tiger
March 3, 2021
Ponnampet: A tiger’s keen sense of smell and sound is being used as a weapon to trap the elusive male tiger that has spread terror in parts of
South Kodagu. Urine, faeces and recordings of roaring sounds of female tigers have been obtained from the Mysuru Zoo and they will be used to lure the male tiger into particular places where sharp-shooters are waiting on ‘machaans’ (tree watch towers) to dart the big cat.
The tiger is giving a slip to the Forest Department that has deployed over 150 personnel including tracking experts, tribals who have innate knowledge of the big cats and sharp-shooters. Despite the best efforts since Feb. 20, the tiger that has killed a teenager and a 60-year-old woman along with a couple of cattle heads has not been traced so far.
Foggy atmosphere hinders capture operation
Ponnampet: Rana, the dashing German Shepherd dog of the Forest Department at
Bandipur Tiger Reserve has been pressed into service to track the elusive tiger that has spread terror in South Kodagu.
Even after 10 days of intensive search and combing operations with four tamed elephants led by the daring tusker Abhimanyu, the big cat has not been traced so far.
While the Forest Department officials forgetting about their families and other responsibilities are camping in T. Shettigeri, Srimangala and Bellur are sparing no efforts to trace the feline, villagers are getting impatient day-by-day as they are scared to even come out of their house in this peak coffee picking and irrigation season. The tiger on the prowl has already killed a teenager Ayyappa and 60-year-old Chinni and a couple of cattle heads.
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