Overview
- East Godavari authorities declared a holiday for schools within a five‑kilometre radius of Diwancheruvu after the animal entered the reserve forest on the city’s edge, with an NTCA team using drones and preparing to tranquilise if required.
- Forest teams in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri reported a cow killed in Sharajipet on Wednesday morning after a calf kill in Srinivasapuram on Tuesday, prompting new cages, patrols and warnings to avoid fields at dawn and dusk.
- Yadadri Bhuvanagiri’s district collector urged residents to stay off roads from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. as trackers from Adilabad and Kagaznagar, thermal drones and camera traps are used to follow the animal’s movements.
- Officials say the sub‑adult male likely dispersed from Maharashtra and has travelled across multiple districts, repeatedly preying on cattle while deliberately avoiding people and recording no attacks on humans.
- Andhra Pradesh foresters report difficult trap placement along the Godavari’s uneven corridors and have advised motorists and locals to be cautious, while cautioning the public against sharing unverified videos.