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Mysuru: A tiger, which had been prowling near Begur village in adjoining Bandipura Tiger Reserve — thereby giving sleepless nights to villagers in the border areas of the forest — was rescued in the early hours of Tuesday.
The big cat, aged about 10 years, was tranquilised with drugged darts before being captured.
The foresters used quad-copter (drone) cameras to trace the elusive tiger during the operation. The drone-flying team spotted the tiger at a cotton field in Devalapura Hundi in Sargur. After being alerted, the foresters team astride on six elephants tranquilised the big cat at 3.15am.
Using nets, the forest staff shifted the animal to a cage where wildlife vet Nagaraj conducted its health check-up. The rescued tiger will be shifted to Mysuru Zoo for observation and medical treatment.
The tiger was prowling in the forest borders coming under N Begur range, and was hunting livestock in nearby villages. Recently, it had killed a calf at Katwalu village. Based on complaints from the villagers, the foresters kept a watch on its movement for the past one month. They had also launched an operation to drive the tiger back to the forest.

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