20 digicam traps positioned after lady’s demise in suspected tiger assault in Nilgiris

The forest division has arrange 20 digicam traps across the web site the place a girl was attacked and killed by a carnivore within the buffer zone of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) on Monday (November 24, 2025).

The 70-year-old sufferer B. Nagi from Mavanallah was herding goats close to the Mavanallah River when she was attacked, forest division officers stated. Preliminary investigations have led them to consider that the assault might have been unintended. “We consider the sufferer had been crouching close to the stream, the place the animal was hiding inside a bamboo thicket when she was attacked. The animal might have been stalking the goats and will have mistaken the sufferer for livestock as she was crouching,” stated a forest division official investigating the incident.

The forest division has additionally lifted hair samples from the scene of the assault to confirm the animal that attacked the sufferer was a tiger, and never one other carnivore comparable to a leopard. In the meantime, thermal drones have additionally been deployed to trace the motion of wildlife within the areas.

When contacted, MG Ganesan, Deputy Director of MTR, informed The Hindu the forest division would test digicam traps positioned on the web site of the incident on Tuesday (November 25, 2025) night to determine the presence of any tigers and different carnivores. “Solely after that is accomplished, and as soon as we test if the animal is within the forest division’s database, can we perceive if the animal is aged or if its injured,” stated Mr. Ganesan.

He added the forest division has additionally directed residents to not enterprise near the boundaries of the forest areas and to not graze their livestock close to forest boundaries for the subsequent one month to keep away from possibilities of any extra damaging encounters.