Odisha: Forest dept confirms presence of Royal Bengal tiger in Rayagada

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Odisha: Forest dept confirms presence of Royal Bengal tiger in Rayagada

November 24

00:42 2023

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By Sukant Mohanty

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 23: The Odisha government’s forest department on Wednesday confirmed the presence of a Royal Bengal Tiger in Rayagada block of Gajapati district bordering Andhra Pradesh after the movement of the big cat was captured by trap cameras.

Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) Ashok Behera said the big cat might have entered Gajapati from bordering areas of Andhra Pradesh and preyed on a cow from Analabara village.

“The forest department officials have found the pugmarks of the tiger and also recovered the carcass of the cow. In order to confirm the presence of the tiger, we installed five trap cameras in the area and the cameras captured the photographs of the predator,” he added.

“After obtaining the visuals of the Royal Bengal Tiger, we deployed five teams consisting of 35 members to alert people living in the bordering areas and instruct them not to step out of their homes at night. The teams also advised the villagers to properly tie their cattle to save them from the predator,” Behera further said.

In October, a Royal Bengal tiger was spotted in Mahendragiri forest of Gajapati district that strayed from the jungles of the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.

The villagers of Santoshpur near Gandahati under Mahendragiri forest range had reported to the Forest department that the tiger killed two cows in as many nights in their village.