Adilabad:A tiger, named S-12, has been missing in the Dimmadhurthy forests in the Mamada range of Adilabad district for a week, officials said on Saturday. S-12, seen last week, had entered the Mamada range the Jannaram forest area.
In another development, forest officials were learnt to be calling the tiger which killed a woman in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district, S-4. It was informally being stated that S-4 may have killed three other persons earlier. The report could not be confirmed officials, and was gleaned from sources. S-4 has been reported to be moving in the Komaram Bheem Asifabad district, sources said.
Meanwhile, principal chief conservator of forests (PCCF) R.M. Dobriyal, on Saturday cautioned that tiger migration to Telangana from Maharashtra would increase in the coming days and there would be more danger of human-animal conflict in the Kagaznagar forest division.
He appealed to the people to not poison cattle to kill the tigers. He said there were now up to five tigers in the Asifabad district.
Dobriyal meet with forests from Maharashtra on the state borders in Wankidi and reportedly inquired about the measures they were taking to track and protect tigers in the Tadoba Andhari reserve. He called for better coordination between the forest officials of the two states. The officials shared the photographs of migrating tigers and their pug marks.
The Maharashtra foresters, including Chandrapur assistant conservator of forests Prakash Awadhuthawar and Dabha DFO Gourkar, informed Dobriyal about the compensation they were giving for human and animal deaths.
Dobriyal’s visit to the Kagaznagar forest division on Friday was kept under wraps to avoid protests by locals who are affected by the movement of tigers. He watched the drones flown by the field staff to track a tiger that is believed to have killed a woman and attacked a man, verified forest maps and spoke with local foresters.
The visit assumed importance following the forest department’s effort to develop the tiger corridor between the Tadoba Andhari reserve in Maharashtra and Kawal in Telangana as a conservation reserve.
Foresters were focusing on controlling the outbreak of fires which affect tigers and other wildlife.
