Overview
- Officials reported a fresh cattle kill near Gundaram on Saturday, with pugmarks indicating the tiger remains in the Koheda–Chinnakodur area.
- Forest, veterinary and National Tiger Conservation Authority teams are monitoring the animal around the Sunigram–Chowdaram reserve forest after an unsuccessful cage-bait and tranquilisation attempt.
- Authorities have imposed night power cuts to fields, closed the Chowdaram–Gundaram forest road, issued safety advisories and moved trap cages along the tiger’s trail.
- Villagers have relocated livestock and officials maintain round-the-clock surveillance to keep people out of the forest.
- The sub-adult tiger, linked to earlier livestock losses across several villages since entering Telangana from Maharashtra, has not harmed people as experts urge a wait-and-watch approach.