Overview
- Pugmarks were confirmed near Thoguta on Friday after a farmer’s sighting, marking the tiger’s entry into Siddipet.
- Residents in five nearby villages were advised to observe a self-imposed night curfew, with sarpanches alerted and round-the-clock monitoring in place.
- Officials report no attacks or cattle kills, noting the animal is circling a 150-hectare reserve block with deer and percolation tanks.
- Measures include camera traps placed at cattle sheds and coordinated patrols across three ranges to reduce conflict risk.
- The tiger is believed to have dispersed from Maharashtra, moving through KB Asifabad, Mancherial, Jagitial, Rajanna Sircilla and Kamareddy before reaching Siddipet, the 14th Telangana district with reported tiger presence in five years.