MYSURU: A day after a tiger that was spotted at Hediyala village on the the fringes of forest at Nanjangud taluk in the district, it was finally trapped on Sunday. However, the tiger that was found severely injured due to suspected territorial fight, was later brought to Mysuru for treatment at Chamundi Widlife Conservation, Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Koorgalli on the outskirts of the city.
In the operation to catch the animal that lasted one-and-a-half hours, forest personnel mounted an earth moving vehicle and succeeded in tranquilising the animal with a dart. The animal was spotted resting at a cotton field in the village where it had been playing hide and seek with the villagers, keeping them on tenterhooks from the past two days. Tranquilising expert Akram who made his way into the field with the help of an earth moving vehicle, eventually shot at the animal that collapsed after sometime. It was trapped in a net before shifting the same into a ready cage.
The animal is suspected to have strayed into the field behind the Forest Department office from Nugu side as it is just a few yards away from the spot where it was spotted on Saturday morning.Forest veterinarian Dr Nagaraj told The New Indian Express, “The male animal aged about eight to nine years has suffered severe injuries, mainly bite marks on its right ear and shoulder, with skull partly visible in the front. If gone by the wounds, it is surmised to be about 10 to 20 days old. It has developed weakness since then and has also gone without food with its inability to hunt in that condition. Intravenous fluids is being administered to the animal and will be kept under observation for three to four days.”Director of Project Tiger at Bandipur Ambadi Madhav, ACF Paramesh and forest veterinarian Dr Nagarj supervised the operation.