Forest dept. steps up effort to capture tiger from Vandiperiyar plantations
The Kerala Forest Department is conducting an operation to capture a tiger that has been terrorizing plantation workers and attacking livestock in Vandiperiyar. The tiger, previously relocated from Munnar to the Periyar Tiger Reserve, has returned to human-inhabited tea plantations, prompting calls for a permanent solution.
Why it matters
This highlights the ongoing human-wildlife conflict in India and the challenges of wildlife relocation programs in densely populated plantation areas.
The Forest department has launched an extensive operation to capture a five-year-old tiger which has been troubling residents of the plantation villages of Vandiperiyar here for the past two months. According to department officials, the tiger was captured in Munnar and released into the Periyar Tiger Reserve (PTR) in April. However, the animal ventured into human habitations in Thankamala, near Vandiperiyar. The tiger’s presence has since been noted in Thankamala, Arnakkal, Granby, and Hillash, where it has attacked cattle and terrorised workers.
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