Panic gripped residents of Kolavally near Pulpally on the Kerala-Karnataka border after a tiger reportedly killed two head of cattle on April 27 (Saturday) noon.
The cows owned by Joseph of Kalapurayil were reportedly killed by a tiger that entered from Karnataka’s part of the forest, while the animals were drinking water from the Kannaramapuzha river, a tributary of the Kabini, on Saturday noon .
The tiger escaped into the Gundre forest range under the Bandipur Tiger Reserve in Karnataka, on the opposite side of the river, after the farmer made a loud cry for help, Forest officials said.
The officials confirmed the bovines were killed in a tiger attack, and they had installed three camera traps in the area to monitor the movements of the predator.
