Whereas the Kerala Forest division officers have intensified the combing operation to seize Belur Makhna, a tuskless male elephant that killed a farmer at Chaligaddha a number of days in the past, the elephant has moved to the close by Bavali forest below the Nagarahole tiger reserve in Karnataka.
A sign obtained by the officers from the radio collar connected to the animal on Saturday evening confirmed that it had moved to the Bavali forest below the HB Kuppa forest vary in Karnataka, a Forest division official mentioned.
Because the animal was noticed practically 500 m away from the Kerala-Karnataka border, the darting workforce had awaited on the Bavali forest zone anticipating its return to Kerala‘s a part of the forest on Sunday morning. However the mission was briefly halted at midday after the animal moved additional into Karnataka, round 1.5 km. “However we are tracking the animal online,” the official mentioned.
As the precise facet of the forest zone was adjoining to a thickly populated human habitat in Kerala, evening patrolling had been intensified on the Mananthavady-Mysore State freeway that handed via the tiger reserves in Karnataka, he mentioned.
As many as 105 front-line forest employees had been deployed within the space, together with a 15-member Speedy Response Crew from the Bandipur tiger reserve in Karnataka with two autos, for evening patrolling. They’d patrol on 13 autos within the evening to maintain the animals away from the human habitats, he mentioned.
In the meantime, the officers have intensified the seek for a tiger that triggered panic amongst residents within the Pulpally space after it reportedly killed 4 heads of cattle.