Sloth bear caged and released in the wild
Forest officials in Tamil Nadu successfully captured a sloth bear responsible for a fatal attack on a watchman near Kadayam. The animal was relocated to the Kalakkad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve after being monitored by cameras.
Why it matters
The incident underscores the ongoing challenges of human-wildlife conflict in regions bordering protected forest areas.
The forest personnel have successfully caged a sloth bear that killed one person near Kadayam on July 31 and released it in the jungle on Friday.
When watchman G. Murugan of Tana in Vickramasingapuram had gone to the farm at Vadamalai Samudram near Kadayam on July 31 evening, a sloth bear mauled him to death.
Subsequently, the forest personnel kept cages at four spots and fitted cameras to monitor the movement of the animal.
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