A tiger which spread panic among the villagers of Moodakkolly, a village adjacent to the Chethalayat range of forest under the South Wayanad forest division, after it attacked two persons, was tranquilized at a coffee plantation on Wednesday.
Those attacked were identified as Binu of Pulimootil, 35, and Vasudevan, 36, of Karthamkalayil at Moodakkolly. They were admitted to the Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, with serious injuries.
‘‘While they tried to locate the animal, without heeding to the warning by forest officials and a mob gathered there, it attacked them,’’ the villagers said.
The tiger, nearly 10-year-old, was spotted by a farmer in his plantain farm near Moodakkolly in the morning. The animal was resting inside the plantation after killing a wild boar and a dog near a paddy field adjacent to the farm. When the farmer sighted the animal, it escaped to a coffee plantation near the farm.
A team of forest officials led by South Wayanad forest division officer P. Dhaneshkumar rushed to the spot .
Meanwhile, a team of veterinary surgeons led by Arun Zachariah reached there around 4 p.m. to tranquilize the animal. The animal was tranquilized around 5.30 p.m.
When the forest officials started to shift the animal to the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary office at Sulthan Bathery in a vehicle, a mob tried to prevent it and detained the forest officials demanding to disclose the location of release.
Later, the police team dispersed the mob by using force. ‘‘The animal will not be released in the forest area of Wayanad district instead we are planning to release it in Parmabikulam or Periyar Tiger Reserve after examining the health condition of the animal,’’ Mr. Gopinath told The Hindu .
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/straying-tiger-trapped-in-wayanad/article4483600.ece
Those attacked were identified as Binu of Pulimootil, 35, and Vasudevan, 36, of Karthamkalayil at Moodakkolly. They were admitted to the Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, with serious injuries.
‘‘While they tried to locate the animal, without heeding to the warning by forest officials and a mob gathered there, it attacked them,’’ the villagers said.
The tiger, nearly 10-year-old, was spotted by a farmer in his plantain farm near Moodakkolly in the morning. The animal was resting inside the plantation after killing a wild boar and a dog near a paddy field adjacent to the farm. When the farmer sighted the animal, it escaped to a coffee plantation near the farm.
A team of forest officials led by South Wayanad forest division officer P. Dhaneshkumar rushed to the spot .
Meanwhile, a team of veterinary surgeons led by Arun Zachariah reached there around 4 p.m. to tranquilize the animal. The animal was tranquilized around 5.30 p.m.
When the forest officials started to shift the animal to the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary office at Sulthan Bathery in a vehicle, a mob tried to prevent it and detained the forest officials demanding to disclose the location of release.
Later, the police team dispersed the mob by using force. ‘‘The animal will not be released in the forest area of Wayanad district instead we are planning to release it in Parmabikulam or Periyar Tiger Reserve after examining the health condition of the animal,’’ Mr. Gopinath told The Hindu .
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/straying-tiger-trapped-in-wayanad/article4483600.ece
Intolerance towards wildlife and instigated mob violence against forest department coexist in Wayanad also.
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