Fresh Pugmarks Found, Tiger on the Move Again
“Unless further evidence of its movements, either more fresh pugmarks are found or reports of a cattle kill are received, it would be premature to conclude where it might be going, though we all hope that it will go back the way it came.”
Hyderabad: The tiger in Siddipet district which since last Sunday had stayed put close to Arepalli in Koheda mandal, is reported to have moved out of its hiding spot along a stream. Forest officials on Friday said that its pugmarks were found some five kilometres away, and heading in a northwesterly direction.
The tiger is believed to have headed in the direction of Thangalapalli, after its pugmarks were found near Gundareddipalle, very close to the Sanigaram reservoir. If it continues in the same direction, it could find itself crossing over into Rajanna-Siricilla district.
“Unless further evidence of its movements, either more fresh pugmarks are found or reports of a cattle kill are received, it would be premature to conclude where it might be going, though we all hope that it will go back the way it came,” a forest department official said.
“Now that it has fed well on the cattle it killed near Arepalli, it might keep going for three or four days,” the official said.
Meanwhile, the forest department said it was taking all possible steps to keep both people along the route, and the tiger safe, adding that its advisory on safety protocols continued to remain in place. The advisory asks people to stay indoors after dusk, move around in groups and cautioning them against laying any electrified wire traps on the ground in their fields.
