Officials of the Kerala Forest and Wildlife Department drove back a tigress and its cubs, which had triggered panic among villagers at Vakery in Wayanad, into the forest .
The operation was initiated after a partially consumed carcass of a spotted deer was found in a private coffee plantation near Vakery town under the Meppadi forest range of the South Wayanad Forest Division on Wednesday night.
“We drove away the three animals from a human habitation at Vakery around 8 p.m. on Friday to the Mannundi forest under the South Wayanad Forest Division, South Wayanad Divisional Forest Officer Shajna Kareem told The Hindu.
