Tiger injures photographer, captured

Standoff:The tiger (left) and an elephant come
face to face at Antarasante in Mysore on Thursday.

A tiger estimated to be between eight and 10 years was captured by Forest Department personnel in the Antarasante range of the Nagarahole National Park on Thursday.

The tiger had pounced on a freelance photographer, who was attempting to take photographs of it, injuring him.

The photographer was identified as Ravishankar.

Man attacked

He suffered injuries on his hand and was shifted to a hospital here. Antarasante Range Forest Officer A.T. Poovaiah told The Hindu that the tiger had mauled a cow on Wednesday night and later attacked Basavaiah, a local, at Antarasante. Basavaiah was taken to H.D. Kote hospital and later shifted to K.R. Hospitalhere. Mr. Poovaiah said the photographer got past the forest officials and staff and went to the field where the tiger was hiding, to take photographs. The animal was tranquilised, captured and put in a cage. Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Field Director, Project Tiger, B.J. Hosmath, told this correspondent that the tiger was released into the forest between Nagarahole and Bandipur on Thursday evening.

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