The Forest Department personnel are perturbed over repeated incidents of gaurs being poached in Nagarahole.
In the latest incident, a fully grown gaur aged around 10 to 11 years was found dead on the edge of the Nagarahole buffer zone abutting Devamachi Reserve Forest on Friday.
The carcass was found near the elephant-proof trench which borders the forest boundary. C. Harshakumar, Director, Nagarahole Tiger Reserve said the gaur was ostensibly shot.