ELURU
The Forest Department is all set to tranquillise a tiger that has strayed into the maize fields near the Eluru forest range, reportedly after it moved out of its natural habitat of Papikonda National Park (PNP) over three days ago.
On January 26, the local people sighted the tiger in a maize field on the outskirts of Perugudem village in Eluru district. On being alerted about the movement of a tiger, the forest officials on Saturday zeroed in on the spot, and traced a trail of pugmarks indicating its recent route.