Kaghaznagar: Forest officials found pugmarks of three missing tigers in Kaghaznagar

Kagaznagar: Forest officials are continuing their efforts for the second day to trace three tigers that went missing after eating the poisoned carcass of a slaughtered cow in the forests of Dharegaon village. They have reportedly found traces of three tigers. Among the Jews. Under the direction of district forest officer Neeraj Kumar Tebriwal, teams consisting of around 120 officials and animal trackers and ONG volunteers from Vesino Mancherial district scanned the forest from 9 am to 6 pm to track the tigers. It is believed that he saw traces of three tigers in some parts of the forest. Inspect the forest from different directions in coordination with their counterparts from the Forest Division of Asifabad. “New traces of tigers have been seen in the forests. “Information about the location of the marks has been shared with senior officials,” a source told Telangana Today. The event lauded the officials who were facing criticism after the death of two tigers in Dharegaon forests in two days. Meanwhile, in the forests of Ootpalli village in Kagaznagar mandal, a tiger killed a cat. The incident came to light on Thursday. Ootpally is located near the spot where two tigers were found dead. They installed CCTV cameras at the spot to check whether the tigers were eating the carcass. In a span of just two days, a one-and-a-half-year-old female tiger named S15 and a six-year-old male tiger named S9 were found dead in the forests of Dharegaon village on January 6 and 8 respectively. It is suspected that the cause of death of one of them was poison. According to CCTV images obtained later, two dogs and an adult tiger ate the carcass of a cow killed by tigers on December 30 or 31, prompting forest officials to search for the remaining tigers. Authorities launched an intensive search on Wednesday to find the three tigers, deploying 15 teams of 80 officers including animal trackers.