Four tigers recorded near Akala village in Mysuru district

Forest officials recorded four tigers on a drone camera on Wednesday night near Akala village in Nanjangud taluk, Mysuru district. They have intensified an operation to capture the tigers and advised residents to stay away from fields until it is complete. The operation began after a tiger attack injured farmer Paramesh two days earlier. A tiger also killed an Adivasi woman in Doranakatte Colony on Wednesday.

Notable Points

• Historical wildlife-traffic response in Bandipur: After a bus hit the Asian elephant Ranga in Bandipur in October 2018, the governments of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu agreed to ban night traffic through the forest.