MANANTHAVADY: A tiger seen in Kuppadithara Saturday morning was tranquilized. The district collector informed that the tiger has been tranquilized. The tiger, which fell unconscious after being shot, was shifted to the cage and taken to the Batheri Animal Welfare Centre. The forest guards confirmed that it was the same tiger that killed the farmer on Thursday.
The locals seeing the tiger at the coffee plantation informed the forest department. The police and the forest guards reached the spot and intensified a search. The forest department and the RRT team surrounded the place and conducted an inspection.
Following that, the tiger was tranquilized. The tiger was today spotted at a place 20 km away from Pudusseri Vellaramkunnu, where the tiger was seen the previous day