The Forest department handed over a female tiger captured from near Mylambadi in Wayanad last week to the Thiruvananthapuram Zoo on Friday.
The tigress, aged around six years, was caught from the south Wayanad forest division on March 12 following public protests after it strayed into a human settlement and devoured three domestic animals. Identified by forest officials as WYS-07, the big cat had been temporarily accommodated in the animal hospice and palliative care unit at Sulthan Bathery.
The tiger’s ill-health has prevented its release into the wild and necessitated specialised treatment at the zoo. It has multiple wounds on its body and has lost all four of its canine teeth. This could have led the animal to stray into human habitations in search of an easy prey, official sources said.
