Tiger alert in Jagtial post recent sightings & attacks

Ch Sushil Rao / Jan 26, 2025, 00:02 IST

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Tiger alert in Jagtial post recent sightings & attacks

Hyderabad: Four villages in Jagtial district have been alerted about the movement of a tiger in their vicinity. The villagers have been asked not to venture into the fields alone but to move in groups. Officials have also cautioned locals against causing the tiger any harm, but have requested that they take precautions by returning to their homes by 4 pm.
The alert was sounded in Kondapur, Bollemcheruvu, Dammayyapeta, Ramakrishnapur, Nallagonda, and Surampeta villages.
It is said to be the first time in three decades that a tiger's movement was noticed and confirmed in the district. A farmer from Kondapur village in Kodimyala mandal reported that the tiger preyed on a cow tied near his house on Jan 24.
Forest officials noticed that the tiger attacked the cow on its neck. A camera trap recording also confirmed that it was a tiger. Forest officials who visited the site confirmed that it was a tiger and that it could be moving in and around the location. They informed the villages that if a tiger preys on their cattle, compensation would be given to them according to the rules, but they should not try to harm the tiger.

Local forest officials told villagers that they were tracking the movement of the tiger. The villagers, however, are on tenterhooks, as recently a tiger attacked a woman and killed her in Kumurambheem Asifabad district. The tiger killed a 21-year-old farm labourer, Morle Laxmi, at Nazrulnagar in Kagaznagar mandal of Kumurambheem Asifabad district on Nov 29 last year.
Earlier this month, there were reports of cattle being attacked and killed by a tiger in Pipalkoti village of Pipalkoti mandal in Adilabad district.

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Ch Sushil Rao

Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.

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