Search Intensifies After Tiger Confirmed Inside Mysuru Airport Perimeter

Officials suspect a young dispersing tiger slipped through fencing gaps near the runway.

Overview

Airport patrols and CCTV verified a tiger moving near the runway early on January 5, prompting an immediate response.
More than 100 Forest Department personnel in multiple teams are using thermal drones and over 20 camera traps to track the animal.
Pugmarks were traced for about 1.5 km and veterinarians confirmed tiger hair and blood on boundary fencing, with a walk-through cage installed on site.
Four Dasara kumki elephants were brought from Dubare and are now stationed at Aloka in Yelwal to assist if a capture is required.
Authorities report no fresh sighting during ongoing surveillance and have urged people to avoid the airport perimeter and nearby areas at night.