Overview
- The three-year-old male was captured early November 29 in Devarsholai after sustained monitoring, including about 60 automatic cameras.
- The tiger entered a 30-foot baited cage brought from Wayanad, with officials keeping it unsedated as they worked to calm it.
- Forest officers linked the animal to repeated livestock losses, with reports of up to 13 cattle killed in nearby villages.
- Under NTCA procedures, the animal will be shifted to a smaller transport crate in the presence of an authorised team that includes NGO representatives and a ward councillor before relocation deep in the reserve.
- Parallel efforts continue to track a separate Mudumalai tiger tied to a recent human death, and Karnataka officials captured a tigress and reunited her four tranquilised cubs near Hunsur.