ELURU
A male tiger has safely entered the Nallajerla Reserve Forest on January 30 in Eluru district, inching near its pure habitat on the Papikonda Nationwide Park (PNP).
Sighted by the locals in a maize discipline on January 26, the tiger entered into the reserve forest by strolling by means of the oil palm fields and canals of the Godavari river, braving all threats. It didn’t hurt any cattle since its battle sighting within the Eluru forest vary.
The tiger has been strolling at a mean pace of three km per day, and its route is being tracked by the specialists deputed by the A.P. Forest Division.
Tracing route
Eluru District Forest Officer Ravindra Dhama has claimed in an official launch, “We have identified pug marks of the tiger at Challa Chintalapudi village in the Nallajarla Reserve Forest, which is close to the PNP. The rescue operation is still in force,” he stated, including that the authorities would tranquilize the animal in an inevitable situation.
Mr. Dhama advised The Hindu that prey and water can be found alongside the route the tiger is taking for the previous few days. The Forest Division has already pledged to compensate the cattle killed by the tiger and appealed to the native communities to not hurt the large cat.
However, a group of specialists from the Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR) and Forest authorities are following the actions of the tiger, trying to drive it again to its pure habitat with none hurt to it or tranquilizing it.
The rescue operation is in pressure as per the Tiger Conservation Protocol adopted by the Nationwide Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA). “We have installed the CC cameras to monitor the tiger’s movement round the clock and deployed Forest Department personnel to alert the local communities about the tiger,” stated Mr. Dhama.