Udhagamandalam: On the observation of Madras High Court that the forest department should not kill the tiger which is causing problem in Nilgiris, Shekhar Kumar Neeraj, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Chief Wildlife Warden said that there was no intention to kill the tiger . From the first day of the search operation when it started on 25 September in Devarshshola range of Gudlur division.
“Even when the hunt order was issued after a tiger killed a tribal man on October 1, the order was specific about capturing or pacifying the tiger. We clarified this in court today. We are sticking to our original plan of catching the tiger.
Hearing a PIL on Tuesday, the court asked the state forest department not to kill the tiger as it may not be a man-eater.
Meanwhile, Tuesday, the eleventh day of the search operation, was another fruitless day for the search party.
The teams found a wild buffalo in the Mannadiyar forest area located between the Singara and Masinagudi ranges in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), which died and was eaten halfway. “For the last four days, we did not find any animal that was attacked by a tiger as it killed a tribal man near Kurumbarpady hamlet in the Singara range. We do not know whether the tiger killed the buffalo or not. But his pugmarks were found at the location and we are sure that he had eaten some part of the dead body,” said Neeraj. “That might help us catch the tiger.”
On Neeraj’s instructions, a ‘Machan’ (tree house) was built near the spot where the half-eaten buffalo carcass was found. “A team of forest officials and a vet will be on the lookout for the tiger from the tree house. If the tiger comes back to eat the rest of the carcass, it can be pacified and caught,” said Neeraj.
The search team has found pugmarks of another tiger from the spot. They believe that two more tigers are roaming in the area.
“Even when the hunt order was issued after a tiger killed a tribal man on October 1, the order was specific about capturing or pacifying the tiger. We clarified this in court today. We are sticking to our original plan of catching the tiger.
Hearing a PIL on Tuesday, the court asked the state forest department not to kill the tiger as it may not be a man-eater.
Meanwhile, Tuesday, the eleventh day of the search operation, was another fruitless day for the search party.
The teams found a wild buffalo in the Mannadiyar forest area located between the Singara and Masinagudi ranges in the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR), which died and was eaten halfway. “For the last four days, we did not find any animal that was attacked by a tiger as it killed a tribal man near Kurumbarpady hamlet in the Singara range. We do not know whether the tiger killed the buffalo or not. But his pugmarks were found at the location and we are sure that he had eaten some part of the dead body,” said Neeraj. “That might help us catch the tiger.”
On Neeraj’s instructions, a ‘Machan’ (tree house) was built near the spot where the half-eaten buffalo carcass was found. “A team of forest officials and a vet will be on the lookout for the tiger from the tree house. If the tiger comes back to eat the rest of the carcass, it can be pacified and caught,” said Neeraj.
The search team has found pugmarks of another tiger from the spot. They believe that two more tigers are roaming in the area.
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