Finally, tiger captured using camp elephants
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Gundlupet: Finally the forest personnel have succeeded in capturing the tiger that had created a havoc at Gopalapura village in the taluk on Sunday.
Amid monsoon rain, forest personnel deployed Dasara elephant Abhimanyu and another elephant named Srikanta and succeeded in tranquilising the tiger that was hiding in the banana plantation of farmer Madappa.
The veterinarian Dr Sanath Kumar succeeded in shooting the dart at the tiger. Later, the forest personnel captured the big cat in the net, before taking the animal in a cage.
The tiger had killed a cow and attacked two men leaving them grievously injured on Saturday.
Following the incident, forest personnel had installed focus lights around the banana plantation to keep a tab on the tiger throughout the night. The tiger was found devouring the cow it had killed, said an eyewitness.
– Team Mysoorunews
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