‘Man-eater' tigress tranquilised in Pilibhit, to be put in zoo
PILIBHIT: A tigress suspected of killing five villagers, including a woman, out of seven human fatalities since May 14 in Pilibhit district, was tranquilised around 6.30 pm on Thursday at Dandia village under Neuria police station limits.
The joint operation was conducted by the Pilibhit Tiger Reserve (PTR) and the forest and wildlife division.
The big cat had been frequently moving around human habitats, prompting forest teams to comb 20 villages within a 25km radius. The search operation lasted seven days and was supervised by senior forest officials.
Chief conservator PP Singh said pug marks found in a sugarcane field in Dandia village on Wednesday evening — about 5 km from Bithra Mandaria, where a woman was killed on July 14 — indicated the presence of the tigress.
The field was immediately cordoned off.
Using thermal drone cameras, the tigress was kept under surveillance throughout the operation, which was accordingly named 'Operation Third Eye'.
Chief wildlife warden Anuradha Vemuri has ordered the big cat's relocation to a zoo due to its repeated intrusion into human settlements.
This same tigress was earlier tranquilised on May 25 near the junction of PTR, South Kheri forest division, and Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary after it killed two farmers in Nazirganj and Haripur Kishanpur villages on May 14 and 18, respectively.
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She was released near Chuka ecotourism zone but was again linked to a fatal attack on farmer Mahesh Verma in Mewatpur village on June 9, around 20 km away.
Timeline of tigress attacks
May 14
: A tigress killed farmer Hansraj in village Nazirganj while he was irrigating his field.
May 18
: The same tigress killed another farmer, Ram Prasad, in the village Haripur Kishanpur while he was working in a sugarcane field.
June 9
: Farmer Mukesh Verma was killed by a tigress in Mewatpur at night while he was irrigating his sugarcane field.
July 14
: A tigress killed Dayaram (45) in village Phulhar when he went to inspect his sugarcane crop.
July 17
: Krishna Devi (50) was killed by a tigress in village Bithra Mandaria while she was mowing grass in her agricultural field.
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